Kitchen Backsplash

[Matt Boyle]

Hello everyone. I am helping my mother install a backsplash in her kitchen and I had a question. In areas like around the window thats above the sink should the tile extend to the ceiling? Or just to the top of the cabinet line? She also has a small breakfast bar with cabinets that is separated by a doorway. Should we tile around the door way connecting it to the other side of the kitchen?

[Michael Karl]

@Matt Boyle here is a few things to think about. You can just end the tile around the sink and doors at the bottom of the cabinet if you are using a tile with a straight edge, or if you want to buy a trim tile to stop it in the open areas,  same goes for the door way.  also it would not look bad if you took the tile up to the ceiling, or to the top edge of the cabinet if the cabinets do not extend to the ceiling, and if you do stop at the top of the cabinet you will also need that trim edge.  honestly if you google the word backsplash and click images you will see hundreds or even thousands of examples, and as you mentioned in your original post this is for your mother, so a lot of the decision on this is personal preference and show her the different options and let her decide, any way you go can work fine