Kitchen & Bath - Kitchen

Make a splash: Kitchen backsplashes

By: Yuki Hayashi

Photography by: Gap Interiors

Update your kitchen with a beautiful and colourful backsplash.

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Pricing considerations

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Although pricing varies, expect to pay between $15 and $18 per square foot (not including installation). They're a great pairing to high-end European kitchens, and a nice way to add an upscale feel to less expensive IKEA knockoffs of the aforementioned kitchen designs!

If you move on this look now, you're acting on the trend at its early pre-mainstream phase. It's popular enough that you can find options at Canadian specialty retailers like Saltillo Imports (saltillo-tiles.com), but not so popular that the look is being trumpeted in big-box store catalogues and flyers. (Yet. The Home Depot does now carry one-inch-by-one-inch glass tiles.) While individual tastes vary, it's safe to estimate that if you install a backsplash of mini glass tiles today, they'll feel fresh for at least a decade.

For more useful tips and tricks on backsplashes, check out The Home Decorator's Tile Bible: A Complete Guide to Using and Choosing Tiles by Morwenna Brett. Copyright 2008 Quarto Inc. Published by Firefly Books Ltd. $29.95. Reprinted with permission.

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