40+ Granite Countertop with Backsplash
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Blue Shaker Cabinets and Gray Granite Countertops with Backsplash
The harmony of wooden textures and blue color shades is indisputably eye-catching. The gold hardware used for the blue-colored shaker cabinets, on the other hand, completes this harmony and offers a stylish look. Blue-colored shaker cabinets, which integrate with gray granite countertops, bring the design to its final form with white cabinets and a white subway tile backsplash. In this kitchen, which has a bright appearance, the natural look of white cabinets blended with wooden textures and blue color gives a warm atmosphere.
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White and Wood Kitchen Cabinets with Granite Slab Backsplash Behind Stove
There is a beautiful movement in this traditional kitchen that you may like to use in your designs. White kitchen cabinets and wooden cabinets add harmony and gray glass-fronted cabinetry create a soft contrast with them. Wooden floors and wooden cabinets, of course, add a warm and inviting atmosphere. The full-height granite backsplash behind the stove and white granite countertops complement each other with their lovely appearance.
Granite Countertop with Backsplash
Granite countertops are one of the most popular design elements for all kitchen types which are available in many patterns, colors, textures, and shades. From bright whites to sophisticated blacks, granite countertops come in a wide range of color options. These natural slabs have a striking beauty that can instantly change the overall look of a kitchen design. But, how to match granite countertops with backsplash? This is a common question for many homeowners who choose a granite slab for their counters. In this article, we gather different types of tile backsplash ideas that you can find the perfect granite countertops!
After the cabinets, countertops, and backsplashes are the most important design elements that define the overall look. Although you use different materials, colors, and styles, these two elements need to complement each other to create a complete look. When it comes to choosing granite countertops, there are plenty of different backsplash types that you can match with them. Keep reading and find some design tips and tricks about a granite countertop with backsplash ideas!
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Granite Countertops with Backsplash in Traditional Kitchen
This French cottage kitchen, where small, cute windows provide beautiful lighting, welcomes us with its simple and elegant beauty. Here you can see the harmony created by the wooden hood and the floors. This harmony, which gives a warm and friendly atmosphere, is completed with white shaker cabinets. We can feel the integrity with the gray stone slab backsplash, which suits white granite countertops very well. The hardware that teams up with stainless steel appliances blends the modern and traditional look.
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Wooden Shaker Cabinets with Gray Countertops and Stone Slab Backsplash
When we look at this kitchen, the strongest feeling we can see and feel will be naturalness, of course. A warm air completes this feeling created by natural textures. Wooden cabinets, granite countertops, and stone slab backsplash are the protagonists of this warm and natural atmosphere. Wooden shaker cabinets, complete with black handles, increase movement in the interior.
Traditional Mosaic Tiles
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Black Serenity with Wooden Floors and Gray Backsplash
The black color creates a more noble and simpler look as the design modernizes. The bright and warm air created by light wooden floors combines with the mysterious appearance of black colors to create a contrast. This contrast is complemented by black granite countertops and a gray ceramic backsplash.
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White Shaker Cabinets with Beige Granite Countertops and Multicolored Mosaic Backsplash
The beige granite countertops with light salmon-colored walls certainly scream a warm welcome. White shaker cabinets, which achieve a sweet harmony with the white-framed windows, provide the interior lighting and daylight very well. The color on the wall and the beige granite countertops create a perfect duo. A clean look is achieved with the multicolored mosaic backsplash, completing the elegance of the countertops.
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Navy Blue Kitchen Cabinets with White Backsplash Ceramic Tiles and Granite Countertops
These dark blue kitchen cabinets positioned on wooden floors stand out thanks to the white granite countertops. We can feel the natural and warm air created by white, navy blue, and wood textures in this look, which is completed with white ceramic backsplash tiles. Despite the use of dark colors, a bright and spacious kitchen design stands before us successfully.
How To Match Backsplash with Granite Countertop?
Because granite is a natural stone that has natural grains and flecks, it might be hard to find a backsplash material that can complement it. So, what backsplash goes with granite countertops? Granite is a natural material, so, each slab is unique and it is impossible to say what will work and what won’t. But in general, if you want to use a granite counter, first choose your granite. This way you can eliminate many backsplash materials and colors.
Once you decide on the granite slab, you need to choose your focal point. Do you want the make the star of your backsplash or your countertop? If you want to make your granite slab is the centerpiece, you can go with a busy granite and a simple backsplash like a classic white subway tile which creates a clean and fresh backdrop. If you want to incorporate some patterns and textures through your backsplash, you can go with a granite slab with less texture.
Also, you can use the same granite material on both the countertop and backsplash. This way you can emphasize the beauty of this natural stone. The other option is matching different natural stones. You can pair your granite slab with a marble backsplash to add more visual interest.
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Contemporary Kitchen Design with Granite Countertops with Backsplash Ceramic Tiles
It is as if this kitchen wants to immerse us in nature, with high ceilings and a spacious interior, with the use of intense wood materials. Dark wooden kitchen cabinets and gray granite countertops offer a design at the peak of natural harmony. Kitchen cabinets designed without handles complete the design by providing a complete and perfect look with paneled appliances. Beige backsplash ceramic tiles, which complete the gray countertops in a monochromatic manner and the white hood, help create a stylish look.
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Contemporary Kitchen and Granite Countertops with Backsplash
A pale powder pink color looks simple and soft in this contemporary kitchen. The simple and flat panel design of these kitchen cabinets, which is almost close to the beige color, makes the plain appearance in the interior stronger. Gray full granite backsplash and gray granite countertops make the final touch to the contemporary kitchen, where the chairs also join the atmosphere with a harmonious color.
Travertine Mosaic Tiles
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Wooden Island with White Shaker Cabinets and Black Hardware
The wooden island emerges from the center of the wooden floor like a tree trunk and completes the design with island stools. The countertop of this island, which is surrounded by white kitchen cabinets, is gray granite and provides a monochromatic harmony to the white cabinets. It creates a strong contrast to the white cabinets with black granite kitchen countertops and black hardware. The gray ceramic backsplash, which captures a harmonious color tone with stainless steel appliances, provides a sweet combination in the interior by providing integrity with the gray granite countertop of the island.
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Black Kitchen Cabinets Combined with Black Granite Countertops and Granite Backsplash with Mirror
A very modern kitchen welcomes us with the noble and simple stance of black color. The continuation of black wooden furniture on the ceiling turns the kitchen into a large niche, like a cave. Black granite countertops of course add a seamless look to this modern kitchen design. While the use of mirror and granite materials as backsplash increases the stylish effect, the mirror first misleads us by creating an illusion. The mirror backsplash, which also provides indirect light to the black kitchen cabinets, adds depth and increases the stylish and modern look in the environment.
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Contemporary Wooden Kitchen Cabinets with Island and Black Hardware
A contemporary kitchen design that integrates with the green landscape seen from the window impresses with flat-panel wooden kitchen cabinets. The gray granite used on the island completes the naturalness of wooden materials with its natural texture. The black hardware on the wooden cabinets, which harmonizes with the white countertops, adds a soft contrast to this harmony. Mosaic tile backsplash and granite countertops create a harmonious duo.
Backsplash Types for Granite Countertops
In today’s market, kitchen backsplashes come in a wide range of color, pattern, texture, and style options. From glossy glass tiles to luxurious marbles, from bright whites to dark and dramatic blacks, options are endless. And when choosing the backsplash, you need to complement your countertop to create a completed look. Keep reading to find some granite countertops with backsplash ideas!
Granite Countertops with Tile Backsplash
Tiles are the most popular design elements for kitchen backsplashes. From subways to hexagons, simple whites to patterned ones, backsplash tile come in an endless array of options. But which are the right ones for granite counters? If you are working with a busy granite, using a minimalistic backsplash tile will create a balanced look without overwhelming. If you want to create a timeless look, pair your granite countertops with a subway tile backsplash. Geometrical tiles like hexagons or pickets are great to add a modern vibe. On the other hand, you can create a traditional sense with oriental shapes like arabesque tiles.
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White Granite Countertops with Subway Tile Backsplash and White Cabinetry
Subway tile backsplash, the wingman of farmhouse kitchen design, welcomes us in this kitchen. Referring to the old times with its brick appearance, this subway tile backsplash creates a harmonious duo with white granite countertops. White kitchen cabinets and chrome hardware complete the stylish look, while white granite countertops carry this look further with a subtle backsplash tile
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Transitional Kitchen with Wooden Textures and Gold Hardware
Light colors create a spacious and bright atmosphere in this transitional kitchen. The harmony created by white shaker cabinets and gold hardware is completed with gray granite countertops. Herringbone ceramic tile backsplash, which is used to add a little movement and a little stylish look, catches the harmony with gray countertops.
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White Shaker Style Cabinets with Farmhouse Sink and Stone Counter
The wooden hood and floor harmony is seen in some kitchens, the form of wooden framed windows and wooden floors create that harmony in this kitchen. The white kitchen cabinets, which have a spacious and airy appearance with the appropriate lighting provided by the daylight in the interior, are completed with gray granite countertops. The white subway tile backsplash used in this kitchen, which has a farmhouse style design, is well fit. The window, which draws attention with a rustic touch, adds a natural look.
Do you need a backsplash with granite countertops?
Although a kitchen backsplash offers a visual impact, the main aspect of it is to protect the walls against water and flood damage. That’s why, whether you have a granite countertop or other, you always need a backsplash. Of course, there are other alternatives for a backsplash like wallpapers or wall panels, but using a backsplash will be the best option for all kitchens.
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Granite Countertops with Backsplash Picket Tiles and Green Cabinets
The harmony of dark green kitchen cabinets with wooden floors and floating shelves creates a lively and dynamic look. The soft contrast between the white picket tile backsplashes and the dark granite countertops adds a stylish look. The bright and spacious look is carried further by the white backsplash in the interior. The kitchen, which has a natural atmosphere with the warm look created by dark wooden floors, welcomes us.
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White Cabinets with Black Counters and Glossy Gray Wall Tiles
The soft effect of daylight spreads to the kitchen with white cabinets and stainless steel appliances. The black granite waterfall almost surrounds the wooden island, showing it as its central point. While the chrome handles used in the white kitchen cabinets increase the stylish appearance, the black granite countertops create a strong contrast. The gray ceramic backsplash, which is used to match the plain and glass-fronted upper cabinets, creates a harmonious and stylish effect.
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Gray and White Traditional Kitchen with Oversized Metal Range Hood
It creates a soft and inviting harmony with the gray-blue walls and white wooden floors. The bar chairs used for the island also join this harmony with their simple designs. Traditional kitchen cabinets contrast modern times with granite countertops and porcelain tile backsplash.
Granite Backsplash with Granite Countertop
Using the same granite material on both backsplash and countertop is a classic way for kitchens. This way you can allow the granite slabs to stand out and make a statement. Also, using contrasting colors for your cabinets and these two features will emphasize them more!
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Contemporary Kitchen Design with Gray Granite Countertops with Backsplash
Handleless wooden cabinets and dark gray cabinets create dominant color harmony, while gray granite countertops and granite backsplash join this harmony. While the patterns and appearance of the granite material create a masculine style, it supports the contemporary design. If you want a natural material that you can complete with dark wood colors, gray granite is perfect for it!
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Gold Hardware with Dark Blue Island and Marble Backsplash
It is a fact that gold hardware and dark blue color make an incredible impact on elegance. With white cabinets, these gold hardware gains a completely different elegance. If you want to achieve this kind of elegance, you can use white granite countertop selection. The other thing that will add naturalness and elegance to these granite countertops will be the marble backsplash.
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Gray Floors with Wooden and Black Kitchen Cabinets in an Industrial Kitchen
White and timber texture create a harmony that matches with the strong black color. The indispensable texture for industrial kitchen design style is bricks, of course. They add a soft and natural feeling to the interior with wooden and granite materials. Here, we can see that grey granite countertops and granite backsplash create the focal point and help the daylight to spread the interior softly.
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Contemporary White Kitchen Design with Minimalistic Island and Black Stone Slabs
The use of contemporary kitchen cabinets as flat panels creates perfect integrity. The strong contrast of black and white, of course, is also seen here. Black granite countertops and black backsplash create complete integrity with the black granite countertop used in the minimalistic island.
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Granite Countertops with Backsplash and Wood Cabinets
Wooden handles used in white flat panel cabinets and wooden upper cabinets form a complete set. The white granite countertops and granite backsplash added to this set provide a whole look. The natural atmosphere created by the textures of wood and granite gives an inviting and warm atmosphere.
Marble Backsplash with Granite Countertops
Marble and granite are both precious and unique natural stones that can instantly lend sophistication to any space. And when these two beautiful stone meets, the result is undeniably perfect. But, you need to be careful, because both of them have a unique appeal, and finding complimentary colors and textures might be hard. That’s why before you decide you can order a sample to find the right match.
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Granite Countertops with Marble Backsplash and Matte Black Cabinets
Black designs are also inviting, just like we see in this kitchen design. These modern black kitchen cabinets, which display a bold and strong stance, are in perfect harmony with granite countertops. Handleless flat panel cabinets add simplicity and highlight the flawless appearance of the design. It maintains the integrity of the design by creating a team with a black marble backsplash and island.
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White Beach Style Kitchen with Marble Subway Tiles and Wood Shelves
A bright and friendly kitchen adorned with natural materials welcomes us. Thanks to the white kitchen cabinets and light-colored granite countertops, daylight spreads softly in the interior. Marble subway tiles, which form a complete set with light color granite countertops, offer a stylish and elegant look. Wooden exposed beams and wooden open shelving create perfect harmony. The warm and inviting look of wooden materials, combined with the spacious look of white kitchen cabinets, creates a lively atmosphere.
Should my backsplash match my countertop?
There is no certain rule that the backsplash should match the countertop. However, these two features work together and your backsplash needs to complement the countertop. You can use matching, mixing, or contrasting colors, textures, and patterns, and create a complementary look!
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Contemporary Kitchen with Flat Panel Cabinets and Marble Backsplash
Who would be dazzled by this kitchen? The best part of the Contemporary kitchen design style is that it can increase the variety of materials by using technology. You can achieve this in other design styles, but it may not work like contemporary design. The white marble backsplash with its pink-white monochromatic transition used in this kitchen offers an exquisite look. Black granite countertops form the center point in color transitions like a horizon line. We are faced with an incredible harmony of transition from dark colors to light colors.
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Traditional Kitchen Design in Country Home with White Kitchen Cabinets
French country style welcomes us with its glamorous look. White recessed-panel cabinets and chrome handles-of course-add a stylish view in this kitchen. You may like to use grey granite countertops with white kitchen cabinets, and to complement the design it is a good choice to use a marble backsplash as in this kitchen. Light blue color usage and grey granite countertops create a harmonious look together and the marble backsplash keeps this look further.
Brick Backsplash with Granite Countertops
Brick is a very popular design element for both interiors and exteriors, and kitchen backsplashes are one of them. With its striking beauty, a brick backsplash is a great way to create an eye-catching focal point between the cabinets and counters. Pairing a brick backsplash with granite countertops is a great way to create a warm and welcoming atmosphere. These two materials complement each other’s naturality!
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Industrial Kitchen with Brick Backsplash and Granite Countertops
A modern, simple and bright kitchen design impresses with its brick backsplash and walls. Brick walls, one of the favorite materials of industrial design style, create a warm and friendly atmosphere with their natural look. In an environment where everything is plain and simple, the dynamic appearance added by these walls makes the interior even more inviting. The granite countertops and brick backsplash used together with the handleless cabinet designs reveal simplicity and harmony.
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Black Contemporary Kitchen with Black Appliances
Serenity and simplicity welcome us in this kitchen design. The perfect integrity created by the handleless cabinets harmonizes with the black granite countertops. Gray cabinets, which achieve a full-color harmony with the gray brick backsplash, become a stylish pair with black granite countertops.
Slate Mosaic Tiles
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Farmhouse Kitchen with White Cabinets and Black Hardware
The wooden exposed beams, brick backsplash, and wooden floors with the island already create a warm and welcoming effect. The white shaker cabinets stand out thanks to the brick backsplash that is used in its natural texture. Gray granite countertops and brick backsplash add a harmonious look and black hardware keep this harmony further.
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Granite Countertops with Backsplash and White Shaker Cabinets
These shaker cabinets already create a movement in the kitchen with the bronze hardware but this movement is taken further with the brick backsplash. White granite backsplash and brick backsplash serve as a natural look source that you can feel once you look at this kitchen. Stainless steel appliances create a modern view in contrast to the traditional appeal of farmhouse kitchen design.
How much does it cost to install kitchen backsplash?
The cost of a kitchen backsplash can change according to the size of the area, material, and type of the backsplash. In general, the average cost of a backsplash installation is $1000. This price can be lower at $600 and higher at $3000. Of course, there will be a contractor labor fee which is a minimum of $160.
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Black Kitchen Cabinets with a Peninsula and Dark Wooden Materials
From the white ceilings to black kitchen cabinets this open-concept industrial kitchen design has a gorgeous monochromatic color transition. Brick backsplash shows off between the grey and black shades! Black granite countertops and this brick backsplash created a perfect contrast. Black lighting fixtures complete the kitchen design harmoniously.
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Blck and Gold Granite Countertops with Backsplash and LAcquer Cabinets
Thanks to light wood floors these stunning black kitchen cabinets stand out. Look at this black granite waterfall and countertops! They have brilliant patterns in harmony with the brick backsplash. Stainless steel appliances are used in this kitchen but you can also use black appliances to match the black cabinets. A contemporary and stylish look is achieved very well in this industrial kitchen design.
Glass Backsplash with Granite Countertops
With their glossy appeal and durability, glass tiles are the perfect material for kitchen backsplashes. With the wide variety of glass color options and the sleek appeal of these tiles, you can easily combine a glass backsplash with granite countertops!
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Black Granite Countertops with Backsplash and Dark Wood Cabinets
The color tone of the wooden shaker cabinets has a striking look. Thanks to the light wood floors these kitchen cabinets stand out. Gray granite countertops complete the dark wood kitchen cabinets that draw a strong line surrounding the kitchen. The light green glass backsplash tile gives a fresh feeling to the interior.
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Transitional Kitchen with Dark Wood Island and Blue Wall Tiles
A dynamic look doesn’t always come from colorful designs. Sometimes lines and darker colors help to look dynamic in designs as in this kitchen. Blue glass tile backsplash and brown granite countertops create a nice harmony and black floating shelves put strong contrast to white kitchen cabinets. Dark wood island and light wood island have a match and natural effect.
Best Seller Mosaic Tiles
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Brown Busy Granite Countertops with Backsplash and Two-tone Cabinetry
Gray walls and gray glass backsplash become a duo with their harmony. Dark wood cabinets and blue cabinets created a soft and welcoming effect. Stainless steel appliances and gray granite countertops add a modern look. Chrome hardware also joins to this modern look and takes the design further. Glass backsplash gives a depth to the kitchen that has a spacious look effect.
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White Granite Countertops with Glass Backsplash and Light Wood Island
Marble floors, wood island, and granite countertops have perfect harmony in terms of a natural look. Handleless kitchen cabinet design adds a seamless view and wood island completes this view with its simple design. Ceiling windows help to the illumination of the interior being daylight source. Green glass backsplash and simple white granite countertops add the plain look and give the stylish look to this kitchen.
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Dark Wood Cabinets with Glass Tile Backsplash and Chrome Hardware
Wooden kitchen cabinets create incredible integrity and this integrity is completed with brown color transition materials. Beige floor tiles, light beige countertops, and glass tile backsplash complete this color match very well. If a plain backsplash had been preferred in this simply designed kitchen, perhaps it would not have captured this intimate and lively image.
