Tiles/glass slashback for kitchen

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Have brought an ivory white shaker kitchen with oak work tops (not yet fitted) and was convinced just to have a clear glass splash back behind the hob and then painted walls - I'm just getting a bit nervous - I know it will look modern and clutter free but am stating to think I may have to have tiles or at least an up stand - I have kids that like to cook and wonder what the state of the walls will be in a year? Any suggestions for neutral but warm tiles that are a bit different - or will I be ok with just the splash back??
Kitchen has a painted matt finish with oak accents

We've a friend who fits the glass panelling & he has what sounds like the same kitchen & worktops, he has a frosted glass splash back with his, even though it has a turquoise tint to it, it looks very streamlined & doesn't clash with the red colour he chose to accessorise his kitchen & it would no doubt stand up to your DCs cooking & be easy to clean - tiles can be a PITA to clean sauces etc from - I have a granite splashback with tiles around it & they often get splashed & its not so easy to clean the grout

the other point to bear in mind is redecorating - you may find with clear & paint behind that a few years down the line you want to revamp your kitchen with a bit of colour & it will be difficult to paint behind a glass splash back - frosted glass solves that problem too, so if it were me, I'd go with that

Does he have the upstand the same? Its round the sink I'm a bit concerned by ?

I hate tiles with a passion. Grout is a magnet for dirt!

I must admit the tiles we have now are minging :(

I second the frosted glass. It is a bit more forgiving than clear (fingerprints, small splashes etc).

Also much easier to clean than tiles. No more trying to scrub bolognaise from the grout when you should be finishing the wine .

IMHO I think it looks nicer too.

Yes he does, thinking on it, he has a strip of the glass about 10 inches high going all around the worktops & rising up around sink & hob & it works really well -

I don't have tiles behind my hob, the granite like the glass is lovely & easy to clean - but with hindsight even near it as a highlight was a mistake - boy that damned bolognese sauce can fly & as oreo says why waste time cleaning if you can avoid it

Also some sort of marble or granite or corrian (sp) could work, if its a light colour that picks up the tone of the cupboards with a fleck of worktop colour - there is a lot of choice in those & they also can look great

painted walls can be wiped or scrubbed until they get scruffy, then repainted pretty easily. It will probably be need to be done every year or two.

Glass all over will be a problem with switches and sockets on the walls. But if the glass is held on with screws, it can be taken off to redecorate behind. The glass will give a cast to the colour of the wall behind.

We've got glass splashbacks and I love it. DH is an impossibly messy cook and one quick wipe and everything's clean. We've got a window behind the sink, so the glass goes six inches up the wall below it then also covers the windowsill. It's immensely practical because I've got herbs and carnivorous plants on there so there are always flecks of soil, water and the odd leaf lying around and I don't have to worry. I think it looks beautiful too.

We've got cherry wood worktops with an upstand and a red glass spashback (Decorglaze - comes in any colour) just behind the hob, much prefer it to tiles. Easier to repaint, than clean grouting.

We have glass behind the hob and I love it. I wanted an upstand but our wall is too uneven for it to fit properly so we have a tiled upstand instead. I like the way it all looks, but would have chosen glass if I could. The upstand is only along the wall likely to get more splashed (galley kitchen) which has the sink, kettle, hob etc - the other side is kitchen paint and wipes clean fine, even from splattered home-made tomato soup.

thanks everyone - got my fitter comming next week to have a look and see if he can fit glass upstands as walls are a bit random