kitchens - is a splashback the same as an uplift? and are they nice or will they date?

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Our old kitchen is out, our tradesmen are despairing at the designer's "airy fairy" drawings, we have a lovely mini-kitchen in my office, it's good fun.

Now then - you know how nowadays people don't have tiles against the counter so much, instead they have the work surface bend upwards? Is that splashbacks? Is it nice or naff.

The nice vote: kitchen designer has assumed I will have them in his drawing and most people I know seem to have them.

The naff vote: flooring guy said "they will date - tiles will never date" and that did chime with me I have to say....

What do you all think?

Hotch-potch is much better than orderly pattern of coloured tiles - that just makes me want to scream!

They had a kitchen on HUTH the other morning that looked liked the Custody Suite in a Police Station - all large black and white alternating wall tiles. Twas horrific!

Never take design advice from the flooring guy.

My dp is a tradesman and has no clue about design. He is really skilled but hates The design bit, so when clients ask what he thinks about tiles, colours and stuff he just politely says that they need to decide what they want, and be will tell them if feasible/cost but he has no feelings either way.