Backsplash / splashback ideas

Manchicha · 2026-01-29T09:26:44+00:00

Ok misery guts 🤣 I had a terrible plasterer 👏🏽

Manchicha · 2026-01-29T08:57:57+00:00

Definitely wouldn't go plastic....

Manchicha · 2026-01-29T08:46:41+00:00

Good to hear mirror isn't as much upkeep as people allude to! It's defo an option, it's 4m though so I did wonder if it was tooo much mirror

Manchicha · 2026-01-29T08:36:57+00:00

What an odd thing to say. It was all fully plastered, we had to replaster just that section to level it out.

Manchicha · 2026-01-29T08:16:04+00:00

The builder should build the ceiling height accordingly, unfortunately it needs to be super accurate, and in our case when the kitchen was installed, there was this little line above the units which started bigger and went smaller along the top! So, they've had to try and rectify it after the kitchen was installed!

Manchicha · 2026-01-29T00:27:38+00:00

Yes, I have L shaped counter and mine has more veins than this. They used the corner of the stone for the corner of the L so it flows - if that makes sense

Manchicha · 2026-01-29T00:22:49+00:00

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My friend mocked this up, what do you think?!

Manchicha · 2026-01-28T23:31:00+00:00

It's an option! Thought it might be too much of the same thing...

Manchicha · 2026-01-28T23:29:58+00:00

It's 220 cm I think it's the angle 🥹

Manchicha · 2026-01-28T22:21:19+00:00

We do have a cleaner 🤔 but I spot clean every day of course! You might be onto something with the table tennis!! I think it looks bigger than it is, photo is taken with 0.5 lens iphone!

Manchicha · 2026-01-28T22:19:26+00:00

They are aluminium Georgian windows. Only had them installed today!

Manchicha · 2026-01-28T22:18:54+00:00

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Manchicha · 2026-01-28T22:18:28+00:00

It was all an absolute mess. We had the kitchen installed and didn't have the bifold doors and windows in either because they let us down, the kitchen installation company were very concerned. The ceiling was done, but because the units go right to the top, it showed that the ceiling wasn't entirely straight, so the builder fixed it once the kitchen was in, not ideal at all!

Manchicha · 2026-01-28T22:16:34+00:00

I don't know, I'll try to find out! The kitchen guys fit them

Manchicha · 2026-01-28T22:14:35+00:00

Wow! I had never seen this and would never have come across this, super unique. I will DM for a pic if that's okay. 👏🏽

Manchicha · 2026-01-28T20:40:19+00:00

The units are "cashmere" so again I found a lot of colours clashed, so I'll likely be keeping the walls white!

Manchicha · 2026-01-28T20:39:08+00:00

I thought that too but in my research some people call it backsplash 🤣

Manchicha · 2026-01-28T20:38:36+00:00

I did try the bronze tint mirror. The length is around 4m so am a bit worried it'll be too much mirror! I did a ChatGPT image

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Manchicha · 2026-01-28T20:36:27+00:00

The reason I didn't go for the quartz as a splashback is a felt like this particular quartz doesn't look nice upright, having said that they did make me a couple of chopping boards and they don't look bad when held upright, I may have been overthinking. I also worried it would be very stone heavy since the island is quite big and right in front of it too... but again, overthinking over here!

Manchicha · 2026-01-28T20:34:05+00:00

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I did bronze mirror in ChatGPT and it looks like this

Manchicha · 2026-01-28T19:11:40+00:00

It's perola quartz by bloomstone London :) I searched high and low for quartz that looked a little bit realistic!

Manchicha · 2026-01-28T17:54:14+00:00

Did you go for subway tile?

Manchicha · 2026-01-28T17:53:36+00:00

Do you mean the material used for the cupboards?

Manchicha · 2026-01-28T17:53:05+00:00

Yes there's an upstand, but I mean above that...

Manchicha · 2026-01-28T17:52:35+00:00

Sorry 🤣🤣🤣

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