I finally have my kitchen in and love it, but I am really struggling with the splashback colour. The kitchen is open to the family area (where we have a dining table and buffet) and this then goes into the rumpus room. This is what we have so far:
cupboards - dulux white on white satin finish in a shaker style
bench - caeserstone Osprey
kickplate - looks like brushed stainless but I think it is laminex
window frames - dulux white on white
doors and architraves - white on white
skirting boards - grand piano (same colour as wall to hide them)
walls - grand piano
small feature wall - dulux linseed
ceilings - white
New wooden furniture is made of tassie oak, and it is I suppose a light chocolate colour (very hard to explain as I haven't see it anywhere else. It isn't dark chocolate, it isn't the orangey or walnut sort of colours either).
Lounges are in a wide cordoroy which is a chocolate colour.
Kitchen and family are tiled in a light colour, pretty much like grand piano.
So this is what I am thinking. How about a splashback in Porters Cardinal? It is a bit of a purply red colour. It is quite dark and dramatic but not sure if I'm brave enough to take the risk as I have a fair amount of splashback! Otherwise I'm thinking a green like Porters Eden.
Cardinal
http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/8015/cardinald.jpg
Eden
http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/6136/edeni.jpg
White on White
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/3940/whiteqfv.jpg
Caeserstone Osprey
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/4884/osprey.jpg
Grand Piano
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/543/grandj.jpg
Linseed
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/3250/linseed.jpg
Desperate to decide so very interested to see what you think!