Browse Forums Kitchen Splashbacks 1 May 16, 2007 11:05 am Hi everyone
I am going to brave and post my kitchen colours!!! Bench is the chocolate stone colour, main cupboard colour is the darker laminate and the drawers will be in the lighter laminate colour pictured. The wall colour is the background in my photo - its a light beige colour. Any suggestions on what colour I should do the glass splashback? I have attached part of the kitchen plan to show where most of the splashback will be situated (where it says tiles by owner on the plan). I was thinking perhaps a light silver colour for the glass splashback as the appliances will be stainless steel but I'm open to any suggestions!!! Thanks Nat Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Splashback Colour Advice?? 9May 16, 2007 1:31 pm OK. That worked. The only reason I can see that the picture was not displayed was that the blank space between 'kitchen' and 'plan' stuffed it up.
If you go to the actual web page of the photo and copy the address in, it inserts a % symbol where the blank is and, voila, it works. Re: Splashback Colour Advice?? 10May 16, 2007 2:00 pm Although I can't help with which colour to put up, I can perhaps agree with Spot that a dark colour wouldn't work. Our neighbours have colouring similar to yours in the kitchn. The kitchen looks fantastic but they have a very dark splash back (could even be black .. hard to see through the windows) and it doesn't look as if there is enough contrast. Re: Splashback Colour Advice?? 11May 16, 2007 2:32 pm Personally I wouldn't go with a dark brown, I would think it will show scratches very easily.
Re the MW - consider putting it lower, as having at above eye height is dangerous. MW's tend to overheat things and if thawing soup, it might partially thaw, then as you go to check it, the icy block slops over to the side of the dish, and splashes some of the very already thawed hot soup over you from above your head. ![]() Steve Re: Splashback Colour Advice?? 12May 16, 2007 2:35 pm Bud,
love the colours....peruvian clay!! same!! ![]() We used the wall colour around the rest of the house as the colour behind our glass splashback. If you have the option of starfire glass take it!! well worth the extra $$$ Matt Re: Splashback Colour Advice?? 14May 16, 2007 3:45 pm Wow thanks for the replies! I defintely agree with the majority and will be avoiding dark colours. I think white or a light silver/stainless steel as suggested may be the way to go!
Bud - Thanks heaps for getting the photo's up - next time I'll leave out the spaces when naming the file!! Royalblue - very funny! You really are very passionate about your carpet aren't you!!! Yak - thanks for the input on the microwave...but not an issue because we aren't actually putting the microwave in what the builder has called the microwave recess..it will either go in the appliance cupboard section or elsewhere...the "microwave recess" open space on the plans will shelf my recipe books!! Matt - it's my kitchen...Bud was kind enough to put my photo's up because I failed! Our colours are very similar...I thought that when you posted yours up...even our bathroom choices are similar! The bench top is actually a Essa Stone colour but it looks similar to your ceasarstone colour! Re: Splashback Colour Advice?? 15May 17, 2007 8:26 am Hi Perthgirl,
We did the colour selection for our place recently, and found that there are actually two types of "white" glass splashback. The first (and cheapest) uses a "normal" piece of glass which is painted on the back. This give the glass splashback a bit of a pale green tinge to it. The second (and more expensive) is a clear piece of glass which has been painted. This give an almost pure white look to the splashback. I'm probably not describing the differences in the correct technical manner, but I'm sure you get my drift. We went for the "greenish" one, as our kitchen will have white overhead cupboards, and the pure white would have been, well, too much white. Hope that makes sense! Cheers Perry Re: Splashback Colour Advice?? 16May 17, 2007 9:04 am Hi
Green glass is the normal float glass which contains iron. It looks green in a splashback because the light is reflected and passes through the glass twice. If you look at a pile of glass you can see the greenness. There is also iron free glass which is crystal clear but commands a higher margin. Thanks "ECOECO" At 'EcoEco', we design windows, we design the best windows, we do it for you, so that when you’re happy we are happy. Tel. 1800 326 326 Re: Splashback Colour Advice?? 17May 17, 2007 10:02 am Just a thought.....
The splashback can be one of the last things to fit. Can you have all the other stuff insitu, and then get samples and see which looks the best in its actual position. This would give you a 'try B4U buy' affect. Ash. Re: Splashback Colour Advice?? 18May 17, 2007 10:44 am The glass with out the green tinge is called starfire i believe..
Something to do with cooking the impurities out of the glass to provide a clear finish.. It costs more but you can really see the difference in my opinion. Carlisle Homes charged us an extra $390 (i think) and that was for nearly 8sqm of splashback!! Matt Re: Splashback Colour Advice?? 19May 18, 2007 3:27 pm Metalic Silver is lovely..................what about your furniture in the room have ? Keeping the to the same wall colour is a great idea, white would also be fantastic if it connects with other things/ key items in your home. 1 640 Versaloc is a mortarless besser block system that still needs a properly engineered footing. If you just do a 400x200 footing it will fail in time. At 17m long you need it… 1 24387 I am about to replace rusted guttering and eventually paint the roof on my rental property. I would like to go with a medium grey (probably Basalt) colour and had planned… 0 1080 |