The backsplash

The first picture is work-in-progress, showing one of the seahorse mosaic tiles (bought them from eBay a while ago). The other tiles are "tumbled" stone from Home Depot, either individual 4" tiles, or pieces from 12" by 12" or 12" by 4" mosaic tiles that I cut into pieces. The small thin tiles along the top of the backsplash were all part of 12" x 4" mosaic strips. Had to go back to Home Depot three times before I had enough. Just can't count ;-)

I used ready-mixed stone/marble/tile thinset to mount the tiles. You just buy a bucketful of the stuff, no need to mix it. Worked really well as this was a relatively small area which took a long time (fiddly).

The other pictures show the completed backsplash--grouted and sealed, apart from the join between the tile and the countertop. I can do that this evening as the grout will be dry enough by then.