I need some help. We have recently installed 1 in. black and ivory hex porcelain tiles in both of our bathrooms (pic of our downstairs bathroom attached).

We will be replacing both our bathroom vanities soon with new ones (Lillangen in birch). Right now we have off-white ceramic tile backsplash in our upstairs bath, and this will need to be removed when we rip out the old vanity (it's currently attached to the laminate countertop). We are looking to replace the tile in our comb shower/bath upstairs (also currently off-white ceramic tile - same as you see in our downstairs shower pic), because it's beginning to show its age, plus we'd love to install one of those new shower bars by Grohe in place of our current old shower head.

So, here's the question: we would like to install glass tile on the wall behind our new vanity and toilet upstairs (covering the entire bottom wall), maybe to within 3 inches of the new wall cabinets. Kind of like those pics from the Ikea catalog showing the square tiles on the bathroom walls. Our walls are currently pumpkin orange, and I'm thinking of maybe installing a slighly lighter shade of this same orange in 2x2 or 1x1 in glass tiles. For our shower, I was thinking of using these same tiles, but in off-white (to match our ivory floors better).

I'd like someone's opinion on whether the glass tiles will work with our porcelain tiles i.e. will they be too modern in contrast to the hex tiles? What about the size? Since the hex tiles are 1 in, should I stick with the larger glass tiles for contrast, or does it not matter?

Thanks for any design help!

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Can this type of thing be a DIY? How do I get started? Can you just paint the back of a sheet of 1/8" glass? How do you prevent brush/roller marks? How to attach it to the wall? My searches lead to tons of info about glass tile, but very little about sheet glass. Would it need to be tempered glass.





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Hey there,
After pondering on whether I should cut my cabinets back or not I decided to go for an alternative route.

The pipework is a complete mess in my kitchen and I can't afford to move things about. I've had an idea that I could box it in using timber and hardboard as a splashback and then paint or tile it, I've drawn up some diagrams in sketchup.





The base cabinets would come away from the wall 8cm to give room for the pipes behind, and the pipes currently on show would be conceald by the splashback. I know the base cabinets require to be wall mounted, I could use another piece of timber as a baton and mount it to that, but where on the cabinets do they attatch to the wall? Can anyone think of any reasons why my idea wouldn't work, or any alternatives to my problem? Again I can't really move the pipes so thats out of the question.

Thanks!

I have a backsplash dilemma and have run to you for help. Our recent Kitchen redo includes a dakota granite countertop, ginger maple cabinets, ss appliances and ceramic tile floor (illusione caramel). I don't recall the name of the paint color. My mind has drawn an absolute blank on backsplash options and I was hoping I could tap ideas from this forum. Thanks in advance.

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