to tile or not to tile - that is the question

[ThatVikRinA22]

hi

would appreciate opinions please. am tiling a splash back in the kitchen, black brick set bevelled tiles - at min i have a stainless steel splash back behind the hob, but am wondering if i tile whether to get rid of it and tile the entire thing or whether to tile around it.
if i tile around it will it stand out and possibly look a little odd?

at first i was dead against getting rid of it as it cost me a stupid amount of money, but the more i think about it the more i think i maybe should.

what do you think?

it would look a bit like this if i keep the stainless steel one
like this

or if i tile fully like this
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hope those links work!

what do you think? cheers all

bugger! links done work!

oh well....you know what i mean dont you.

all ideas/opinions welcome!

Depends how much you like the splashback? I would do whatever you prefer regardless of the cost as it will only annoy you so worth getting right I think.

keep the splashback

im totally undecided. as usual!

the splash back looks nice but on thumbing through a kitchen catalogue it looked as though most people have a splashback if they have upstands and no tiles and if they tile it looks like they tile the lot.

both look nice - just not sure about a combination of both.

If you do tile the whole thing,just make sure the tiles are heat resistant,or they could crack or craze.That is what happened in my mum's kitchen.