Simple Kitchen Backsplash Ideas

These simple kitchen backsplash ideas tie together any kitchen design while providing an easy-to-clean surface behind kitchen counters, sink and stove.

Incorporating a few well placed decorative tiles into your backsplash design adds a unique pop to your kitchen.

An easy, straight-forward layout of tiles in one color is a simple fix for your kitchen backsplash.

Specialty tiles, like this, can be interspersed in your backsplash tile design to create a beautiful kitchen.

Using colorful grout to fill spaces in between your tiles creates a unique element, taking the ordinary to a new level.

Large tiles, as pictured here, tie together a contemporary design kitchen.

The mosaic subway tiles and the cool color of this backsplash complement the clean lines of this modern kitchen.

This super modern kitchen adds a big splash of color with its randomly placed white and red backsplash tiles.

This black and white checkerboard provides a dramatic style reminiscent of a 50's diner.

Checkerboard backsplashes don't have to use traditional colors. These earth-toned tiles give a more modern and subtle look to the kitchen backsplash area.

The earth tones of this backsplash are also reflected in the granite counter tops. These small tiles are often sold in 12-inch sheets connected by a mesh backing, making them easy to install.

An elongated diamond shaped tile gives a slightly different look to a tumbled marble backsplash. The shape of these tiles give some uniformity to the backsplash, while the stone's subtle variation gives it depth.

This kitchen backsplash tile design uses larger sized tiles, but breaks up the monotony by having a line of different colored, smaller tiles, creating a focal point on the backsplash.

This vivid-hued mix of handmade tiles gives a colorful, patchwork quilt look to the backsplash. This type of backsplash can be created with any mix of tiles that are the same size and shape.

The warmth of the wood cabinets matched against the coolness of the quartzite backsplash tiles pictured here gives the kitchen design a great balanced look.

Varying shades of blue tile create a rich look in your kitchen.

Kitchen backsplashes come in many styles. If simple designs aren't what you are looking for, consider some other kitchen backsplash ideas, tile designs and resources to create the kitchen of your dreams.