Brick by brick, your dream kitchen comes to life. We’re big believers that the perfect backsplash can be the defining feature of your cooking space, and our Glazed Thin Brick, beloved by homeowners and designers alike, brings a unique blend of textural charm and modern appeal–making it the ideal choice for any kitchen design.
With so many design possibilities available, we’ve rounded up 20 of our favorite modern brick backsplash kitchen ideas so you can start your next project with the perfect inspiration. Let’s get into it!
1. Go Midcentury With a Colorful Twist
Brick: San Gabriel | Design: Jessica Davis | Image: Emily Followill Photography
Designer Jessica Davis, founder of the firm Atelier Davis, loves our brick so much that she’s used it in two of her personal kitchen renovations to date. “It’s just the perfect brick tile,” she gushes. “Lots of texture and depth and variation. It can work in both traditional and modern settings.”
In her midcentury modern home’s expansive kitchen, she opted for San Gabriel Brick in a clean vertically stacked pattern. “The San Gabriel color is so rich. It can read grey or green and even has a touch of blue,” Jessica remarked. “I have a minty color that carries through my home, so I love that the tile brings this into the kitchen.”
2. Pretty in Pink Brick
Brick: Antelope Canyon (discontinued) | Design + Image: Claire Thomas | Installer: Bryce Dallas Howard
Claire Thomas is a master at telling stories through interior design, so when her friend Bryce Dallas Howard requested a pink and green color scheme in her kitchen Claire reached for our Brick to pull the look together. The result is a stunning, one-of-a-kind space anchored by the texture and reflective surface of earthy pink brick.
3. The Modern Treatment
Brick: White Mountains | Design: Heather Cleveland | Image: Steven J Magner
Step inside a kitchen that keeps it cool with a white brick backsplash bridging sage-colored base cabinets and wood grain above. We love how even in a traditional offset pattern the neutral brick gives off a clean, modern look and adds a subtle touch of texture.
4. All Eyes on Texture
In SIN Ceramics’ HQ, a backsplash of Elk Brick brilliantly displays the material’s inherent texture nestled under a swoon-worthy arch. The soft green background is the perfect canvas to showcase SIN’s handcrafted ceramics.
5. Handmade Herringbone
Brick: Klamath (discontinued; for a similar look, try Joshua Tree) | Design + Image: Emily Starr Alfano
Create an eye-catching kitchen backsplash by arranging your brick in a herringbone pattern. This look is both timeless and fresh, especially when you choose an unexpected color like cool blue-grey.
6. Add Pops of Color
Brick: White Mountains, Columbia Plateau | Design: Colossus Mfg | Image: Stephanie Russo
The classic white brick backsplash gets a twist with the addition of an earthy brown pattern. The uniquely inviting result proves that a simple color swap can elevate a space from conventional to unforgettable.
7. Clean & Sleek
Brick: Columbia Plateau | Design: HubbaHubba | Image: Lauren Engel
Still think that red brick only belongs in rustic farmhouse kitchen design? This space begs to differ. Our beloved Columbia Plateau fits right into the sleek lines and modern finishes of this inviting kitchen.
8. Coastal Cool
Brick: San Gabriel | Design: Gina Rachelle Design | Image: Christopher Testani
Sagey San Gabriel Brick stretches from countertop to lofty ceiling in this bright coastal kitchen, showing off its handmade variation and exuding elegant charm in a classic offset pattern finished off with a clean row of vertical brick by the counter.
9. Moody, Modern, Matte
Brick: Black Hills | Design: Nicole Roe Design | Image: Daniel Barcelo
Playing with heavy contrast, this backsplash of our matte Black Hills Brick completmented by tonal grout commands attention in its clean contemporary kitchen setting. This dramatic and delightfully versatile black glaze ads a sophisticated element to any space.
10. Border Your Backsplash
Brick: Lewis Range | Design + Image: Lisa Herlocker | Installer: Ben Saunders
White brick in an offset pattern is as classic as it gets, but if you want to add a twist of visual interest take a page out of this midcentury modern kitchen’s book and include a border of vertical white brick at the bottom of the backsplash.
11. French Country Elegance
Brick: Wind River | Design: Brett Dampier Design | Image: Adam Potts Photography | Installer: North Coast Design Build
Our neutral Wind River Brick brings character and charm to this French Country-inspired kitchen, grounding the airy space with its saturated beige hue and subtly contrasting the white marble accent.
12. Embrace the Earthiness
Brick: Zion (discontinued; for a similar look, try Adirondack) | Design: Kim Wolfe | Image: Madeline Harper
The sumptuous matte finish of our Glazed Thin Brick is on full display in this contemporary kitchen, drawing the eye under open shelving thanks to its earthy shade and contrasting white grout.
13. Make it Monochrome
Brick: Lewis Range | Design: The Little Market, Dawn Pauline | Image: Yoni Goldberg | Installer: The Little Market
An all-white kitchen will never go out of style, and our Lewis Range Brick is the perfect choice for this aesthetic. In The Little Market’s office kitchen, our brightest white brick option balances the space with its clean white hue and subtle texture.
14. Frame Your Handpainted Accent
Brick: Elk | Tile: Sintra, custom motif | Design: MP James | Image: Charlotte Lea
Have the best of both worlds by combining our Glazed Thin Brick with an accent of our signature Handpainted Tile. This traditional kitchen makes a lasting impression with soft green Elk Brick augmented by a beautiful focal point of Handpainted Sintra in a custom complementing colorway.
15. Design A Green Moment
Brick: Green Mountains | Design: ATELIER CHO THOMPSON | Image: Jared Kuzia
Take a page out of Gioia Cafe + Bar's book and go green. We love how the fresh tones of our Green Mountains Brick infuses tactile character throughout this modern space.
16. Small Splash, Big Impression
Brick: Lewis Range | Design: Maredi Design | Image: Jamie Kelter Davis | Installer: Antiquity General Contract Management Services
If you’re on a tight budget, you might be concerned that a full brick backsplash is too expensive. This kitchen has a stunning solution, creating an eye-catching organic focal point behind the stove with only four rows of brick.
17. Pattern Play
Brick: San Gabriel | Design: Ashley R. Fiocco Design | Image: Olivia Katz Photo
Nestled between modern white upper and lower cabinets, our turquoise San Gabriel Brick adds lively movement to this kitchen with a classic herringbone pattern.
18. The Dark Side
Brick: Norman Absaroka | Design: Jessica Davis | Image: Emily Followill
It was important to Jessica Davis that her kitchenette, an addition to her midcentury modern home, felt cohesive with her original space–so she reached for Fireclay Brick again. “I wanted the tile in the kitchenette to speak to what we had done in our kitchen, especially since you can see one space from the other,” she explained. Our deep charcoal Absaroka was the perfect complement to the San Gabriel in her kitchen.
19. A Nice Niche
Brick: Klamath (discontinued; for a similar look, try Joshua Tree) | Design + Image: Gina Rachelle Design
Create convenient, built-in storage by including a niche in your backsplash as the kitchen above did. Glossy cool blue-grey brick, augmented with tonal grout, contrasts the space’s modern accents with its characteristic texture that continues seamlessly into the behind-stove niche.
20. Create Visual Interest
Brick: White Mountains | Design: Anita Yokota | Image: Sara Ligorria-Tramp
Wrapping behind the stove and around the adjacent wall and kitchen window, our White Mountains Brick displays stunning color variation in a dynamic herringbone pattern.
