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Originally posted by ltl/fb
There's not a ton of wall space -- cabinets and the refrigerator cover much of the walls, and there's a passthrough/bar over the sink area. The only appliances I would really have on the counter are a matte grey metallic mixer and maybe a black coffeemaker.
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If you own the place, and there's really not much surface area, consider a nice tile bar area/backsplash/other surround. It's easy as fuckall to slap tile on these areas with a little practice, and you can experiment and consider how different things look without too much concern (e.g. throw a few of them on the horizontal bar area for a few days, or attach pictures of them (or swatches, if you are handy enough to do it without it being permanent).
I have seen some very cool approaches in such situation involving what is called "subway tile." It comes in square foot sheets of 16 pieces by 16 pieces or so . Within the sheets the tiles are random, mostly a dullish cream (you can get different finishes, though) with some very lights swirls and spots of light, bright colors (pinks, yellows, reds). I really like the small size of the individual tiles.
Summary: there are all sorts of cool things that you can do with tile.
