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Unique glass splashback designs from our customers

Glass splashbacks are now on of the most effective - and cost effective – ways of making your kitchen design completely your own.

With the latest manufacturing techniques now making it possible for you to create your own design on a glass splashback, you can literally have a unique kitchen design style.

We have a range of photographic options in our patterned glass splashbacks to give you some inspiration, including floral, black and white and landscape images – but you can also choose your own image or create your own pattern that we can then use to create your splashbacks – and you don’t have to restrict it to behind the hob, you can have entire walls covered in your bespoke designs. We make to pretty much any size, so the world’s your oyster.

We have a full range of plain glass splashbacks too, so you can choose from a rage of classic and contemporary colours at very competitive prices.

Get inspired and make your kitchen unique to you – talk to us about your glass splashback designs by calling 0845 539 4439, or visit www.mykitchenstore.co.uk and take a look at some of the ideas on there.

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Beautiful bespoke glass splashbacks, a perfect fit

For kitchen decor that offers a sleek, hygienic, easy to maintain, yet still beautiful finish, then consider having your glass splashbacks made in bespoke sizes and colours to ensure your kitchen is as beautiful as possible – and finished to your exact taste.

Glass can be made to the exact sizes you need to cover the wall space that is ideal for you – and all socket cut outs, shaping and even curves are cut into the panels prior to toughening – and the panels can then be sprayed to your exact colour requirements.

To select your colour, you can tell us the paint reference you have selected from any standard paint colour chart, or you can opt for a standard colour like an RAL colour, details of which you can see on this link. You can even have photographic designs printed onto your panels with our

Stunning splashback colours and designs

 new patterned glass splashback design service, which allows you to choose from a huge range of images (and even photos that you might like to supply yourself), including beautiful flowers, striking graphics, stunning landscapes and simple elegant designs that will give your kitchen a uniquely personal look. We can match colours to provide plain panels mixed with photographic pictures – it really is a case of your imagination being the limit of the possibilities.

Exclusive red poppy design by Nita Joy

For a really beautiful kitchen, glass has become the must have look – and as well as creating your bespoke splashback panels, we can also manufacture table tops and work surfaces to create a total co-ordinated look.

For more information about all our optionsglass splashback options, click here, or to talk through your requirements, call us on 01608 679469 for a friendly no obligation chat.

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Glass splashbacks are the latest must have item – and we have many enquiries both for our standard sized splashbacks and upstands plus custom made versions, so I thought I’d give a quick guideline to answer most of the questions we get asked.

I will concentrate here on the options available to purchase – and in a subsequent blog, how to fit and maintain them.

So first of all, when is it a splashback and when is it an upstand? Well they are really the same thing in terms of functionality – they are glass panels fitted against the wall to protect it from the splashes and general mess created from preparation of food and cooking – the two terms are simply used to distinguish between a panel that goes directly behind the hob (splashback) and a panel that fits against the wall above a work surface or other part of the kitchen (upstand). If you want to use a single term, then call it all splashback.

Do I Buy Standard Or Bespoke?

1.      Standard Splashbacks and Upstands

As the term implies, standard splashbacks come in fixed size and colour variations. The splashbacks are varying widths that conform to the standard sizes of hobs and cookers, 600mm, 800mm, 900mm, 1000mm and 1100mm. Our standard glass splashbacks are 750mm in height.

Upstands (which come in matching colours so that you can create a continuous wall of glass) are in fixed lengths of 1m and heights of either 450mm or 140mm.

The colours vary from vibrant lime, fuschia, Vermeer (stunning! Zest green is shown in the pic above), to more subtle blues, browns and blacks and mid range colours between

Key Question: Can I Cut Them?

If the splashback is made of standard float glass, then technically yes. But the reality is that you will be taking a risk. You should not cut them yourself, but take them to a glazier who can also smooth and polish the edges – but beware; the glazier will not guarantee that the panel won’t fracture or that the cutting won’t weaken the glass. If you need to conform to a particular size or shape, you could save yourself some stress and possibly money by having a bespoke one made.

If the panel is in toughened float glass, then they cannot be cut.

2.      Bespoke Splashback panels

Bespoke panels offer you great flexibility in having anything from a simple made to measure back panel for the hob, to creating a fabulous made to measure wall of glass. We recommend that panels be a maximum of 2m for handling, but corner cut-outs, curvature shaping and socket holes can all be accommodated to ensure the panels fit snugly under cabinets, around window sills and so on. There are some minor limitations, (you can’t for example, have an exact square cut out of the corner of panel as it will break), but apart from this, most designs will be workable.

Another major advantage of bespoke panels is that you can have virtually any colour – select from a standard RAL chart or provide a paint colour that can be matched to suit your décor.

Types of Glass – What to Choose

There are essentially three types of glass, which can come in varying thicknesses. Our splashbacks and upstands are all formed in 6mm glass, which is standard (work surfaces, window sills and so on tend to be thicker).

1.      Stand 6mm float glass

Formed in extra strong glass but not toughened. This technically means the glass can still be cut, but please beware the points made above. Our standard splashbacks and upstands come in this option, but not bespoke.

2.      Toughened 6mm float glass

This is one of the options we use for our bespoke splashbacks. This glass conforms to all required EN and BS standards. The difference between it and the Low Iron variation (see details below) is in colour purity and consequently, cost. Float glass has a slight natural green tinge which may show though to varying degrees in the final colour of your splashback. For pale and some mid range colours (blue for example), the green tinge will be noticeable to a small degree (and some people prefer it), whereas for dark colours and heavier mid range colours (re, pink etc) the tinge is barely noticeable. This is the lower cost option.

3.      Toughened 6mm Low Iron Glass

Manufactured by Pilkington and branded Optiwhite, the glass is purer and offers a more accurate representation of colour. For paler colours and where you are specifically aiming to colour match, this may be the best option. It is a little more expensive than the float glass.

So that’s an overview of the options available.

In the next blog, information about measuring for, fitting and maintaining your splashbacks. If you have any questions in the meantime, then email enquiries@mykitchenstore.co.uk and we’ll be delighted to help!

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We’ve been waiting from some pictures from our glass splashback suppliers because we wanted to show them off to better effect.

We’ve had a mass of interest in them but haven’t really been able to demonstrate just how fabulous they look when they are actually up in the kitchen – but now we can! 

We’ve got a couple if images – and as it happens, they are in the two best selling colours, bright refreshing Zest (that’s Zest in marketing speak, or lime green in English!) and deep exotic Fushia (dark pink!). I’ve slotted them into this blog for you to take a look at and will be adding them to the main section of the website later on today.

They come in a wide range of colours – orange (also a strong seller), lime, pink and red for a fresh, bright look and then a range of blues, greys, browns and blacks for the more subtle appearance. Whichever colour you choose, they make a stunning effect. The glass is sort of translucent and if you have downlighters under your kitchen cabinets, they really do look amazing.

And not only are the great to look at they are also really practical They fix to the wall with a self-adhesive backing and are very easy to wipe clean.

So there you have it – to add some truly beautiful practicality to your kitchen you need glass splashbacks.