Kitchen Tiles and Lights

All my tile has arrived, and I hope to tile the backsplash of my kitchen this weekend. I am very excited about getting this done. I will be using glass tile and stainless steel tile. Most of the tile will be the green glass 1 inch by 1 inch mosaic tile pictured below. It is Olive Green, Multi Color Clear Glass Mosaic (D007) from Vivagi Corp.

I plan to remove a few tiles from each 1 square foot section of the green glass tile, and substitute in a few stainless steel tiles pictured below. They are stainless steel (covering ceramic) mosaic tiles from Glass Tile Oasis.

I will also be using stainless steel tile to edge the backsplash. I am using liner stainless steel  tile also from Glass Tile Oasis. The edging tile is pictured below.

Generally when tiling a backsplash you only really need edging tile for the vertical ends. I will also be using it on the bottom edge where the tile meets the granite countertop. The reason for this is that like pretty much every house out there, my walls are not completely straight or flat. While the granite was cut in a straight line, the wall is not, so the space between the wall and granite varies. The field tile is only about 0.25 inches think, so in some places, the tile does not cover the gap between the granite and the wall. Thus I am using the thick edging tile to make sure the gap is filled as demonstrated in the photo below.

I love adding unique pieces into my decorating. I love functional art. So for my kitchen I am using two different types of handmade, functional art. I will be using two different styles of handmade glass accent tiles. A few are cobalt blue with little silver squares, and the others are variated jade green which will pick up the lighter green in the green granite countertops. I bought these tiles from Uneek Glass Fusions which has absolutely fabulous glass functional art. The two types of accent tiles are pictured below.

I actually initially was looking at Uneek Glass Fusion because I was trying to find some unique pendant lights. I found the jade green tile above, and I asked if I could get a pendant light made with that same glass, since the owner does special orders. So I special ordered the pendant lights and then bought some tiles to match the lights. The glass pendant light covers are pictured below. I bought three. One will hang over the island, and two will hang over the peninsula.