Here a Tile, There a Tile...

I wanted to wait until the counters were installed to pick the backsplash tile, because I'm slower than molasses when it comes to making decisions for myself. If this kitchen belonged to anyone else, I would have picked everything at once and it would have been done a year ago... but that's because I'm sort of bossy and (not so) secretly enjoy making decisions for other people. Ha!

I have it narrowed down to three options. I'm all about options.

Thanks to the magic of computers and my limited skills, I threw three images of my kitchen together with samples of the colors.

Option 1: Green glass tiles (3x6")
Pretend these tiles are 3x6.

Option 2: Green marble tiles (2x4" or 3x6")
This is what I'm leaning toward because I think they're so darn pretty. And I think they're different enough from my Formica counters that there wouldn't be an issue of the real marble making the fake look cheap.

The mosaic sheet shown is just to illustrate the color variation -- they're each 1x2" in this sample which I don't like as much. The hang up is, if I do go for the slightly smaller 2x4 tile, I have to wait a couple months because they're out of stock. (So naturally that's what I think I want at this point...)

This green marble tile also reminds me a little of this kitchen's beautiful crackled ceramic tile, and I've always loved this kitchen.

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Option 3: White subway tiles (3x6")
A classic choice. Would make for a very white kitchen, though..

 So, what do you think? Does anyone have any words of advice for me? Let's pick some tile!