Shades of Grey
The Victoria Grey Braxtyn Lt/Dk tile shown here uses dark and light grey marble to create a beautiful geometric pattern with wonderful movement. The color palette is soft but still provides some contrast creating an elegant backsplash that pairs perfectly with the white cabinets and steel appliances.
Featuring: Victoria Grey Braxtyn Lt/Dk Mix and San Dona. Design by Jaimie Nelson.
Bold Pattern
The simplicity of white cabinets allows for a pronounced approach to your tile, if that’s your style. A striking, graphic pattern like the Nara Arabesque shown here, will showcase your fun and bold aesthetic.
Featuring: Nara Arabesque.
A Band of Color
A band of the Chantilly Steel Blue tile in this white wall adds just a pop of color and interest. This example is somewhat muted, but if you’re in love with a color you’re afraid will overwhelm an entire room, a single band against white is a great way to incorporate your personality.
Featuring: Chantilly Steel Blue, Chantilly White and Laura Ashley Wicker Charcoal.
Charming Handmade-Look Tile
Perfectly imperfect handmade-look tile will add charm and character to your kitchen. The variations in color and surface texture in the Marrakesh Off-White tile shown here create beautiful movement that gives this backsplash a customized, designed appearance.
Featuring: Marrakesh Off White.
Chic Chevron
Create gorgeous movement with a neat, geometric chevron tile. These elongated V-shaped tiles naturally move the eye through the room. We love how the grey veining on this marble tile adds visual texture, but a solid color chevron will create an interesting graphic element–for an even more dramatic effect, try pairing it with a contrasting grout.
Featuring: Meram Blanc Carrara Polished Chevron. Designed by Nikki Chu.
White Picket Tile
Subway tile with a twist, picket tile is a new design trend that is here to stay. The elongated hexagon shape creates unique visual interest while providing the orderliness of stacked subway tile. If you’re loving this trend as much as we are, take a look at our full assortment of picket tile.
Featuring: Picket Florencia Super Bianco.
Geometric Mosaic
The movement and visual interest in the Victoria Grey Meander tile is practically electric. Elegant grey and white marble combine for a pattern reminiscent of a switchboard or maze. A geometric design is a great way to achieve a look that’s at once bold and orderly.
Featuring: Victoria Grey Meander.
Stand Out with 3-D Tile
3-D tile juts out of the wall creating natural shadows and a wonderful sense of dimension. You can use color, but if you decide to keep your kitchen monochromatic, like the one shown here using the Tangram Asas Bronco 3-D tile, the multi-dimensional shapes will make your backsplash really pop.
Featuring: Tangram Asas Branco 3-D.
White Marble Subway
Subway is popular for its versatility–it comes in a wide variety of sizes, colors and materials. White subway tile is one of our most popular tile styles, but if your style is elevated traditional, marble subway tile like the Firenze Calacatta Honed Amalfi shown here is at once luxurious, elegant and timeless. The dark veining creates an especially striking backsplash for black granite countertops and white cabinets.
Featuring: Firenze Calacatta Honed Amalfi. Design by Timber Trails Development Company. Photography by John and Maura Stoffer.
Marvelous Mosaics
Mosaic tile combines shapes, colors and sometimes even materials to create a beautiful tableau that will make your kitchen a masterpiece. The Sampson Mosaic tile with its basketweave pattern gives this backsplash an elevated traditional look that’s at once intricate and simple.
Featuring: Sampson Mosaic. Design by Timber Trails Development Company. Photography by John and Maura Stoffer.
Gorgeous Grey
Grey and white are a naturally elegant combination. We love how the Retro Perla tile creates a soft, understated moment in this kitchen designed by Timber Trails. If you love how this grey backsplash looks with white cabinets, explore our full assortment of grey tiles, to achieve this beautiful aesthetic.
Featuring: Retro Perla. Design by Timber Trails Development Company. Photography by John and Maura Stoffer.
Glossy Pastel Hues
White pairs well with virtually any color, but something about the way the Glass Sky Blue reflects the light, creating a soft glow in this kitchen is especially captivating. If you want to incorporate color into your kitchen but still maintain a calming color palette, a glossy pastel tile is the way to go.
Featuring: Glass Sky Blue. Design and photography by Benson Homes.
Classic & Chic Hexagons
Hexagons are a classic shape that’s very much on trend. The Royal White Hex tile shown here is both stylish and playful with the grey and sable brown veining that creates a wonderful sense of movement.
Featuring: Royal White Polished Hex.
Captivating Shapes
Unique shapes are a fun way to add a little personality to your kitchen backsplash. From scalloped fan shapes to cross and star shapes to elegant leaf shapes, like the Laura Ashley Leaf Dove Grey shown here, an unexpected tile will add character and charm to your kitchen backsplash.
Featuring: Laura Ashley Leaf Dove Grey. Design and photography by DeShong Construction.
Stone Slab
Create a slab look with a large-format stone or stone-look tile like this gorgeous 12″ x 24″ Calacata Evora honed marble tile. Large-format tiles require fewer grout lines so you can achieve the popular slab look–the effect of a single piece of stone like marble or granite–at a fraction of the cost. Large-format marble tiles will infuse your backsplash with a look of luxury, but for an affordable option that’s also durable and easy to maintain, try a porcelain or ceramic marble-look tile.
Featuring: Calacata Evora Honed. Design by Angelia Guthrie.
Dramatic Contrast
Create a definite mood in your kitchen by installing a black backsplash with your white cabinets. The Noir honed limestone Amalfi tile used in this kitchen designed by Timber Trails is as refined as it is striking. This tile has the ability to make the room appear too dark but the white cabinets make this space feel light and airy just as the dark tile creates the illusion of extra depth.
Featuring: Noir Honed Amalfi. Design by Timber Trails Development Company. Photography by John and Maura Stoffer.
We hope we gave you some ideas for pairing tile with your white kitchen cabinets. For even more inpso, check out these 13 Beautiful Kitchen Backsplash Ideas.
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