Before photos of the back splash

Every time I walked into the kitchen it bothered me to go from all the warm colors in the living room and study, into the "cold" kitchen.   Even though the walls are pumpkin, what you first saw turning the corner into the kitchen was the black counter tops, black flooring, white cabinets, stainless steal dishwasher and stark white back splash.  It was like a cold splash of water.

Notice the white back splash under the cabinets in the first and third photo.  The second photo is to show you what I mean by walking into the kitchen from the warm study into the "cold" kitchen.