Kitchen Splashbacks

[SkinnyPete]

I'm having a new kitchen fitted soon, and I haven't fully decided on what type of splashback I want.

My initial choice was a quartz worktop with a full-height quartz splashback (up to the bottom of the upper cabinets), which should give a premium feel, be easy to clean, and will never need painting when I come to decorate.

However most new kitchens I see with quartz worktops have an upstand of 100mm, or to the height of the window ledge. The rest of the wall between the upstand and the upper cabinets is then painted. This, to me, seems like it would be a pain in the arse to keep pristine and would need repainting (along with the headache that goes with it) every couple of years.

My neighbour has gone for something different and has a 100mm upstand but then has tiled the rest, which, to my eyes, just looks odd.

Glass seems like a popular option, but again, to me, glass attracts fingerprints and dust and needs to be cleaned constantly.

Am I missing something, as I feel that a full-size splashback is an unpopular/out of fashion choice?

Keen to hear what the PH experts have to say.

[SkinnyPete]

Thanks everyone for the suggestions.

DoubleSix said:

We went with a vein matched full height splashback on the sink run and the broke it up a bit on the cooker run to avoid over kill..

This is what I've chosen to do, quite happy with the decision now.

[SkinnyPete]

DoubleSix said:

Nice choice OP. We also ducked the stainless steel sink trend (because noisy).



Post up some pics when you’re done!

I've gone blanco silgranit, will be fitted once the worktop is done...so can't comment on it yet, but the one in the showroom was very nice!