kitchen refurb - advice please

[runner2]

Am having my first ever new kitchen after 18 years (yay!) and whilst it is exciting I'm a bit daunted by all the choices that need to be made. For example, I would like to be rid of tiles and have been told that you can get glass panels (in a variety of colours) that act as splashbacks. Does anyone have these? Are they practical? Are they easy - or hellish! - to clean?

Hi runner. I am just about to get one of these for my new refurbished kitchen. They are not cheap. I am paying £1,600 for mine. I am having it in sparkling white. Lots of people have the really bright funky colours like bright red or green but I am not that daring. I would rather put coloured accessories against it. Currently I have granite up-stands and the wall above the up-stands is painted. This is a nightmare if you splash anything up the wall.

Good luck.

Glass splashback an expensive loveliness - no nasty grout to clean, no cracked tiles...

I have had glass splash backs for years now - i would never go back to tiles, you clean it with glass cleaner spray and a microfibre cloth - everything comes off, no grout to deal with - really easy to maintain. decoglaze are the leading brand but in my experience you can get local suppliers a lot cheaper than them.

We have bright pink glass splash backs with a white gloss kitchen. I love them, easy to clean and no grubby grout to clean. Def recommend

If cost is an issue, you might want to consider aquabords. www.ipsluk.co.uk/designer_panels/aquabord-panels-brand/

I had those samples and also the acrylic 'glass' panels from mermaid & others. As they are made for showers they tend to be supplied as 8'x4' panels which means a lot of wastage, but more important is whether you like the look of them in a kitchen. I tried really hard, but gave up & went for glass; economised in other areas. Of course they are cheaper - the ones I looked at would have saved me about £500 over glass incl fitting & socket cutouts, but there was a much more limited range of colours. With glass it is limitless, so I got the exact shade that I wanted. HTH

Possible stupid question. Is it possible to have clear glass with a painted wall behind?

I have a painted orange wall with a plain glass splash back behind the hob. It's fixed with mirror bolts I think they are called so I can unscrew them and paint the wall when I fancy a change of colour

Thanks Stoorie that's just what I was planning to do. I'm having a white kitchen with a lime green stripe all,the way around with the area behind the cooker / worktop having the glass splash back.

Does anyone have an old Crosby kitchen which they have refurbished? Our kitchen is 36 years old. The doors are solid Alder wood, and we don’t want to replace it with a glossy modern laminate.