"wkearney99" wrote in message
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I'm going to also replace the white-on-white appliances with stainless
steel. What about a stainless steel backsplash throughout the entire
kitchen? I think stainless backsplash may look good to me and match the
new
appliances, but I don't want it to look bizarre to others if I sell
later.

Frankly, unless it's likely to be extremely mess I've never had problems
with just using a decent semi-gloss paint. Why shell out all that extra
money to put up tile in a place that doesn't really need it? Why make the
room look 'overdone' with yet another color or pattern?

Also consider how that wall space might be used. If you want to hang
pictures or other things it'll be a lot of extra work if there's tile up
there instead of just paint on drywall. Fixing or covering holes in tiles
is nowhere near as simple.



The problem with this is that there are already existing tile backsplashes
under the cabinets. If not replaced with some other new backsplash to cover
the damage caused by ripping out the tile, the walls under the cabinets
would have to be repaired/retexturized and the entire kitchen repainted to
match.