Creating the Perfect Kitchen Backsplash with Mosaic Tiles

Are you dreaming of having the perfect kitchen? Putting together the ideal kitchen demands an eye for detail and practicality, so it’s important to focus on all the various elements that can make or break your space. Without a doubt, everyone loves having something unique in their home, and a backsplash is the perfect way to add a custom charm to your dream kitchen. Today you’ll learn the best ways to build a backsplash for a show stopping kitchen your whole family will enjoy:

Houzz

Choose Tiles that Suite Your Style: Mosaic tiles are an interesting addition to any kitchen, but they need to be paired carefully with your existing decor in order to have the best effect. Black and white tiles may look great on a retro kitchen, but could overpower a more modern or subdued kitchen design. Look to choose modern colors and designs depending on your current decor scheme like these teal chevron tiles.

Jute Interior Design

Kitchens that use a lot of rich, impressive wood panelling often suit mosaic tiles with equally rich colour – copper, bronze, and the like.

Emily Griffin Design

On the other hand, kitchens with minimal colour often suit a mosaic tile backsplash that’s less powerful. Try ceramic mosaic tiling, particularly in light blue or pink, for a backsplash that’s less of a centrepiece and more of a complement to your kitchen.

McGill Design Group

Make Sure to Choose the Right Sized Tiles: Mosaic tiles are available in a wide variety of sizes and shapes. Some tiles are small and square, making them the ideal choice for compact kitchens. Other tiles are long and rectangular, making them perfect for adding scale to a long kitchen counter.

Croma Design Inc

Selecting tiles that are the wrong size and shape for your kitchen can affect its sense of scale and make it seem uncomfortably small or lonely and expansive. It’s best to use small tiles in small kitchens, large tiles in large kitchens, and long, rectangular tiles in kitchens with extended countertops that run alongside an internal wall.

Zoe Feldman

Pay Attention to Lighting and Reflection: Any kitchen can look impressive when lit artificially, but it takes a certain level of design excellence to create a kitchen that looks impressive when lit purely using natural sunlight.

StoneShop

Make sure you choose mosaic tiles that suit your kitchen’s daytime lighting. While stainless steel mosaic tiles can look wonderful in a modern kitchen, they can make kitchens with large windows uncomfortably bright and difficult to work in.

Enviable Designs

If your kitchen feels overly bright during the daytime, select a mosaic tile backsplash in a soft, relaxed colour. Light blue tiles are excellent for turning a white, brightly lit kitchen into a more comfortable, softly lit place to prepare meals.

Sinclair Associates Architects