We always think of backsplashes as the jewelry of kitchen design. They cover a small area and they often possess a little extra oomph to snazz up the room. What better place, we thought, to collect really cool backsplashes than from the kitchens of our stylin' readers? So here, we present five inspiring backsplashes gathered from Small Cool Kitchen competition entries:
Do you have a favorite backsplash that you've noticed lately, here or elsewhere?
Related: Small Cool Kitchens Contest 2010
(Images: As linked to original contest entrants above)
Eileen's Beachside Oasis Kitchen
How to Make Fresh Pasta Dough in the Food Processor
Good Food to Share 
The Big Book of Small, Cool Spaces 
Apartment Therapy Presents 
The Eight-Step Home Cure 
Floral Drink Dispen...
Small Cool Lessons: Discovering Small Space Design Ideas That Really Work
Marisa and Peter's Playfully Eclectic Home
These are so lovely. I'm currently living in my parents' house -- we live in a cookie cutter housing development, so the backsplash is pretty boring (read: granite that matches the countertops), kind of like the rest of the house's design elements! Someday I will have a snazzy backsplash of my own. I love the look of little, multicolored tiles.
http://operagirlcooks.com
I really want a glass tile back splash. sigh......
That first photo is a dream!
OH I love the counters in the first photo!
My son just had a new Formica counter installed in his apartment and they ran it up the wall to the cupboards as a backsplash. It's too much fake marble to his liking. Any apartment-friendly solutions to camouflage the backsplash, folks?
I just designed my own backsplash a few months ago at www.susanjablonmosaics.com, using 1x3 inch subway tiles in a variety of colors (white, dark grey, orange, watermelon, and red). It was very fun to do, but hard to choose the colors!