Custom Glass Splashbacks in Perth

Warm Tones, Low Iron Clarity, and Cooktop Safety

When you walk into a kitchen, your eye goes straight to the splashback. It’s right at eye level, takes up a huge chunk of wall space, and gets punished by grease splatters, boiling water, and intense Perth sunlight every single day.
While tiled splashbacks have had a bit of a revival lately, anyone who has spent twenty minutes scrubbing curry oil out of white grout lines quickly remembers why a single, continuous sheet of glass is still the ultimate practical choice.
If you are planning a kitchen refresh, here is what you need to know about getting a glass splashback right the first time.

Moving away from stark white and sterile grey
For years, bright polar white and cool grey glass splashbacks dominated Perth renovations. In our intense local light, those cool reflective tones often end up looking harsh, clinical, or slightly blue—especially in north-facing open plan living spaces.
Kitchen design has moved heavily toward warmth and natural texture. Homeowners are choosing soft organic shades like warm greiges, mushroom tones, sage greens, and muted sands that pair naturally with timber cabinetry and stone-look benchtops.
The beauty of glass is that the paint sits on the back of the panel. You get all the depth and visual warmth of a soft, earthy colour palette without ever having to worry about grease stains, hot oil, or yellowing paint behind your stove.

Why standard glass ruins lighter paint colours
One of the most common issues we see with DIY or budget glass orders comes down to the glass type itself.
Standard float glass contains a high level of iron oxide, which gives the edge and surface of the glass a natural green tint. If you spray a warm white, soft cream, or light grey onto standard glass, that built-in green tinge bleeds through. Your warm cream ends up looking like a murky olive, and your crisp off-white looks pale mint.
To get the exact colour you picked from your paint swatches, you need Low Iron glass (often sold under brand names like Starphire). Low Iron glass undergoes a refining process to strip out the green tint, leaving you with absolute crystal clarity. What you see on the paint chip is what ends up on your kitchen wall.

Thermal stress and gas safety rules
A splashback isn't just a backdrop; it’s a functional heat shield. Under Australian safety standards (AS/NZS 5601), any glass panel sitting behind a cooktop must be Grade A Toughened Safety Glass. Standard float glass cannot handle thermal expansion and will snap or shatter under the heat of a busy stove.
Toughened glass can handle massive temperature shifts, but installation rules still apply:

• Gas Clearances: You need a minimum clearance—typically 200mm—from the edge of the nearest gas burner to the wall surface, or an approved thermal barrier installed behind the glass panel.
• No On-Site Cutting: PowerPoint cutouts, rangehood notches, and corner cutaways have to be precision-machined before the glass goes into the toughening furnace. Once glass is toughened, you cannot trim, drill, or adjust it on site by even a millimetre.

Why precision measuring makes the difference
Plasterboard walls are rarely flat, and stone benchtops almost always have minor dips or runs. Trying to fit a pre-cut, off-the-shelf piece of glass into a real-world kitchen usually leaves ugly gaps that require thick beads of silicone to hide.
At All Things Glass, we cut everything to order. We measure your kitchen after the cabinets, stone, and rangehood are fully installed. That means powerpoint cutouts sit flush, rangehood flues align perfectly, and the glass fits tight against your cabinetry lines.
We process and paint your toughened Low Iron glass locally and handle the entire installation with our own team of experienced Perth glaziers.
If you want to compare Low Iron glass against standard float glass side-by-side or test out custom paint colours under realistic lighting, pop into our Wangara showroom for a chat.

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