HI All,

I've fallen IN LOVE with the concept of putting a tile mural behind my stove in my new kitchen - currently under construction (we're washing dishes in the bathtub, ahhh.)

We've got walnut cabinets... warm colonial travertine countertops... stainless appliances... a white fireclay apron front sink...and brazilian Kempas floors. I would love to post pictures... but all is still in boxes all over my house!

I fell for the "Claremont Noire" in the link below... but the price for an 18x30" mural on tumbled travertine is a whopping $700 US plus shipping, duty, etc. Waaaay over budget. I was hoping to get the mural for $250 or so... but I can't find ANYTHING remotely equivalent, and feel like I have searched EVERYWHERE. Lots of tile mural manufacturers make pictures of stuff... I don't want a picture, I want an old world feeling motif.

Sooo... are tile murals tacky? Should I not be so heck-bent on fixing my own kitchen with one? Anyone else out there with a tile mural with an opinion?

And if ANYONE has seen another set of tile murals like the ones linked below for a third or so of the price... I would love to know!

Thanks, all!

Here is a link that might be useful: Stone Impressions Tile Mural