How to Style a Kitchen Backsplash: 8 Fresh Ideas from Our Projects

Any of the options from our selection will remain relevant for a long time and will definitely not go out of style. They are all unconventional yet not ostentatious, blend organically into the interior and look great.

Small-format tiles + interesting texture

"Pig" tiles — an impressive and therefore popular solution. Small rectangular tiles with uneven shades and a subtle sheen look more original.

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Design: Milla Kolkova

Vibrant Moroccan tiles

This option will look especially striking in a monochrome interior. Play with contrasts: choose colorful tiles with a vibrant pattern for a kitchen in muted gray tones.

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Design: Soda Homedecor

Monochrome tiles + unusual shape

If bright finishing isn't for you but you want to make the kitchen interior less boring, this solution is perfect: choose monochrome tiles in an unconventional shape. For example, owners of this kitchen used matte dark gray tiles in the form of elongated hexagons — it looks striking.

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Design: Elena Loskina

Black color + texture

Another idea for a monochrome interior — black tiles with an uneven texture. Especially stylish when combined with smooth white kitchen cabinets and contrasting grout.

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Design: Anastasia Brandt

Matte paint

Perhaps not the most practical material for a backsplash. But if you cook infrequently, such finishing might work for you — it's best to choose matte paint in a complex, deep shade.

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Design: MK-Interio

Vibrant color + glass

See how the kitchen was styled in this studio apartment: furniture and walls are in one vivid tone, while a glass surface adds a bit more lightness to the interior by reflecting light. Maintaining such a backsplash is very simple — just wipe it quickly with a damp cloth.

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Design: Julia Shmidt, Alexandra Taranova

Metal

This backsplash fits perfectly into a kitchen in loft style. Or, conversely, it can "soften" and modernize a classic interior. Also very easy to maintain!

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Design: Antonina Veselova

Graffiti

You don't need to know how to draw or hire professional artists to create such an effect: in the project of a flat in Ekaterinburg, designer Julia Kalemie used tiles with a print that imitates graffiti.

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Design: Julia Kalemie