subway tile.

Maybe it's because I spend an inordinate amount of time underground waiting for trains to take me places, but I have a long held love affair with subway tile.  There is something about the simplicity of alternating tiles in order to create one of the most ubiquitous patterns out there.  It's fortunate that both the boy and I love it because I imagine it will make an appearance in our future kitchen.  Hopefully we will have a backsplash similar to the one below because I am lusting over the simplicity of something so white and clean.   (I also find myself lusting over the double wide sink, extra large stove, open shelves with all white dishes!, and butcher block island but that's not surprising.)  

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