Five Kitchen backsplash ideas

Kitchen backsplashes come in all shapes and sizes and well designed kitchens are reflected with a good backsplash. A backsplash can be just behind the area of the stove top or they can equally be installed to cover an entire wall. Backsplash designs are up to the kitchen designer, but here are five ideas for creating your own kitchen backsplash.

Backsplash ideas using ceramic tiles

Plain ceramic tiles
The use of plain kitchen ceramic tiles is an ideal solution if you want the focus of attention to be on other areas of your kitchen.
Using plain tiles can still be creative however, still you can use colour and vary the shapes of kitchen tiles to create your very own unique design.
By using small coloured tiles, you could even create your very own mosaic design. Murals or kitchen tile pictures
Using kitchen tile murals or picture tiles is another way that you can be creative with your backsplash ideas.
You can create your very own unique mural that stretches across several wall tiles.
Equally, you can design your own picture tiles using your own prints or designs. In fact, you can visit a do-it-yourself or kitchen tile store with your ideas and have them place those ideas onto the tiles for you. Glass tiles
Create a great effect in your kitchen by using glass or mirrored tiles or reflective aluminium.
This will help to create the effect of you being in a much larger space than your kitchen actually occupies.
This style of backsplash is at its most effective when used across a large area of the kitchen surface and can be used as a single effect or a combination of each.

Other options or ideas for backsplashes

Washable vinyl wallpaper
Wallpaper was used in kitchens for many years, until it became more fashionable to use ceramic wall tiles.
The tiles are easier to keep clean than the traditional style wallpaper but in a country house or cottage especially if it has a more traditional design or feel about it then the use of washable vinyl wallpaper will not seem out of place. Other creative ideas
Your kitchen backsplash could be a focal point with the creation of a shelf located above and behind your stove-top and used to store your herbs and seasoning. Another creative idea is to use a theme
If you have a beach house, you could use some beach shells into your backsplash design and this could bring a beach theme into your kitchen.