Miscalculated Subway tile spacing What should I do?

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I miscalculated the spacing of subway tiles (literally misstyped a number in my calculator) I’m installing for my backsplash and ended up with a sliver left over at the top of my wall and under my cabinets.
What should I do? I’m thinking of leaving the under cabinet ones alone since I’m going to be installing deco strips which will hide it. But right near the ceiling there’s a 5/8” gap which means I’d have to cut 1/2” slivers to fill it in. I’m worried that will look bad.
Any thoughts from folks? Should I do it or is there an alternative solution?

handyman · Answer

Pity the tiles are laid: I'd have run full tiles down from the ceiling, and got rid of the cuts you put to line up with the top of the window architrave. You could have packed out the top of the architrave almost invisibly with timber and paint.
As it is, fit a small timber trim/coving, call it what you will and paint it as if it's part of the ceiling. Only you will notice it.

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