Tile colour suggestions for rustic kitchen

2 years ago

I am refreshing my kitchen on a budget and would welcome ideas particularly with the tiling.

There are three walls with low-level units and the fourth has doors to a pantry and boiler room. Floor is slate, pine cabinets are staying but may get painted one day, new worktop is more of a slate grey colour. Curtains are staying. The left and top black beams around the cooker are going. It is a light room with decent sized windows facing south-east and south-west. It has a pitched roof. Some appliances are white, some steel grey. The walls are mostly painted brick so quite uneven (it's an old cottage!). I was thinking of painting the walls a lighter cream than the current colour.

I would like to put a row of rectangular tiles all around the worktop as a sort upstand type effect and then need something behind the cooker to form a splash back. Would pale cream tiling work with the white appliances and also white windows and sills or maybe I should stick with a more pronounced cream? I don't need it to be statement as the curtains provide that colour hit :-).

All feedback welcome.

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rinked
2 years ago
My first thought was do an upstand in the countertop color, as there is so much going on already. But since a statement tile would be lovely as well and your floor is grey, why not a patterned tile? I'm dutch so over here we'd do Delft Blue combined with white and cream squares. What kind of tiles were used in old houses where you live?
rinked
2 years ago
Sidenote: I love the look of slate and pine together, no need to paint the cabinets.
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rinked
2 years ago
And could you post some photos of the other walls? Any windows in there? Upper units?
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Original Author
2 years ago
Thanks for your comments. I will get more photos later today. Yes, two decent sized white windows facing south-east and south-west. No upper units although there is more shelving on other walls. I do love the Delft blue tiles but I have a few of the cabinet curtains so plenty of colour (you can see in the photo) so not sure if they would work together? I can change the curtains of course!

And good to know slate/pine looks OK! I don't dislike it but almost felt a bit of pressure to hide the pine!
Wumi
2 years ago
I think an upstand and/or coloured glass panel backsplash will work well as the brick is quite busy already already.

Personally I’d paint the wall a flat white and have light grey. Are the kickstands a different material from the cabinet doors?

The cabinet curtains can be improved by increase the gathering (length), making them slightly longer and installing them on a slim rail. Looks very smart.

Maybe switch out the dark shelves for pine shelves and get some nice black cup handles to match your brackets and door hardware.
rinked
2 years ago
Didn't say you'd have to pick delft blue, but definately don't base the tile choice on those curtains. Replacing them is way easier then tiling.
HU-739250480
Original Author
2 years ago
rinked - very true and I can make curtains but can't do tiling so you are right with focusing on the tiles!

wumi - the kickstands are also pine but maybe just look different because of the light angle. Yes I see what you mean about the curtains, they do look better in your pictures.

Thanks both for the good ideas.
Sonia
2 years ago
I feel there is perhaps too much colour and pattern. I think going for a french country look with white walls, including the brick, blue additions in accessories and for the fabric. I think Zelig tiles in an off white or blue or even pink would suit your kitchen. I would go for a small gingham print for the skirts in a blue, green or pale grey. A thin country stripe would also go well. Just keep the palate simple. Zelig tiles have a lovely pearlised hand made look (first pic). There is a beautiful magazine called Country Homes & Gardens which showcases lovely cottages and other country houses and a great place to get ideas. Pinterest is also good for ideas and is free. Here’s some ideas I found:
Wumi
2 years ago
*light grey worktop.
katlucy
2 years ago
Working just from the photo you have shown, the colours in the tiles above the oven/hob work very well with the pine and the black shelves.
I would repaint the walls the stone colour and pick a fabric that has a couple of the other colours within it. If at all possible I would swap the oven to a black or stainless steel version.