[ourmoneypit]

But I am afraid to find out how much, given the prices associated with glass tile. Also, I suspect DS would veto the choice as too modern.



The other thing I was contemplating was a paver-look rectangular tile in a variation of colors (greenish, terracotta-like, lt brown/beige/cappuccino-ish and maybe med/dk grey) in a subway pattern on the bottom 2/3, topped with two rows of these in 1x1's, but in appropriate colors:

laid in a brick pattern, followed by 4x4 paver-look tiles in the same colors as below the mosaic line, laid on the diagonal. I'm really bad at visualizing, though...it might look awful all together. I know the mixes of paver-look tiles looks great, we saw some displays earlier in the week that we would have been happy to take home and put up as-is.

[GardenOfDarwin]

That's beautiful. Tell DS that it can also be very Arts & Crafts/Mission Style. There's a beautiful example done in all one color on the THS Finished Kitchen Blog. Dianne2566's:



Course, that may not rock her boat either. I've had great luck finding beautiful tiles at auctions for a song. Not that I've installed any of them...so far, I'm just hoarding.

Susan

[ourmoneypit]

GardenOfDarwin wrote:

cut, snip...so far, I'm just hoarding.

Susan

ROFLMAO

[Moon_child]

Wow, I love this...

and I took it as Arts & Crafts rather than modern.

Just gorgeous!



Moon

[DesignDiva]

That is VERY Frank-Lloyd-Wright-esque tile! The modern edge comes into play with the material, not the pattern. But I can practically guarantee that if FLW had glass tile available to him when he was alive, he would have designed a tile exactly like that one!

Here's why I say this:

http://www.maclinstudio.com/wrigstaingla.html

[ourmoneypit]

Maybe placing just a few of these here and there, and doing the rest of the backsplash in one of the plain tiles used for the mosaic would be an option...depending on the price...I haven't yet seen these at the tile places we visited so far, but their website lists the dealers in town who carry them, so we're going to make the rounds this weekend...I think I read somewhere that the mosaics were around $75 a sq ft...I sure hope not...

I'm not sure I could handle a whole room like this, though:

[Shadowkat]

Where did you find that pattern. I love it.

[ourmoneypit]

I googled glass tile and this site was one of the first that came up:

http://www.interstyle.bc.ca/

You'll find it under glass tiles, it's in the 'Painter's Palette' category and is the 'Renderings' selection. Enjoy!

I'm trying to find a showroom here that carries it that's open on Saturdays...

[laurie]

Our 1980's house has all the little different size tiles on our bathroom floor. When I first moved in I thought "it had to go"!

But now I'm seeing it in a whole new light. Perhaps fresh grout and it will look terrific.

[ourmoneypit]

Laurie: could be beautiful...get the elbow grease out, though...regrouting is a job.

Shadowkat: they also have something similar here: http://www.reflectionsinglasstile.com/rig.html