Another consideration is to get granite ledges for those two windows and scrap the wood ledges and trim... I think my fabricator should have enough waste to do that for me.

Thoughts on that idea?

behind the stove tile the entire way to the ceiling, it adds a huge bang for your buck, especially with open shelving. there is no need for any decorative insets behind the stove, that trend will appear dated shortly, no subway tile either. the rest should end at the base of the upper cabinets and below the window trim. however, the placement of your receptacles look like they may present a problem? if that is the case, run the backspash to the window sill. a wider/larger pendant shade is needed over your sink too, they are mostly all uniform in opening sizes. good luck!

personally I like doing the tile all the way up or to the tops of the cabs. some like to stop it at bottom of cabs/bottom of hood.

here are some pics

are you doing uppers to the ceiling? shelf? as for the wall to the left, you don't have to go all the way up on that one. Do you have a pic that shows that wall tho?

The receptacle placement will change a bit... the upper right will disappear, the upper left will be the wiring for the hood, and the outlet that is currently in the space where the range is going will be moved over to the right.

heres a shot of the adjacent wall. All cabinets are installed. I chose not to do uppers on that one wall because with the range centered, the left upper would have been small (I didn't want the uppers touching the hood)

What do y'all think about doing a geometric pattern? Too busy for such a large open space?

not that its busy, it's just that particular tile doesn't look good. what is it?

I think there are better looking geometrics out there

are those wood floors new? yikes. couldn't they have laid down some resin paper to protect them?

Here's a link to the tile I had found; I plan on looking at some local tile stores this weekend to see what I can find.

https://www.wayfair.com/EliteTile-Karra-7-x-8-Hexagon-Porcelain-Field-Tile-EML3280.html

As for the flooring, they are tile that was recently laid, but with the workers constantly going in and out, they have gotten real dirty... I have been assured that everything will be easily cleaned up.

My contractor told me tile should be protected from scratches during construction. I don't know whether he meant that in general terms, or that my porcelain tile specifically was prone to scratching. If your contractor is not keeping the new floor swept/covered, you may want to shop vac it yourself and lay down some cardboard or paper. It would be irritating to see a blemished floor in your brand new kitchen.

My contractor did not protect my porcelain floor tile and after the clean-up I noticed a couple of places where something (a screw?) had made a large, noticeable scratch in the tile. One mark is right in the middle of the hall. Hope I can color it in so it's not so noticeable. Get your floor protected!!

I took the opportunity this weekend to stop and look at a few tile warehouses to see if I could find something for the backsplash. . . I think I found one that will work well:

I saw many others, but most were priced above what I was looking to spend. . . The above tile is $14/sf. I also could do 4x4 or 3x6 tiles of carrara for $5/sf and $10/sf respectively.

Now I just have to decide on how much. . . I have 3 options below. Hood is in red, shelving in silver and inside the black area would be the tile.

A:

B:

C:

heres how A or B would look

and C. I like the C option

We are doing a similar configuration of vent hood flanked by floating shelves. Went with your option C; kept under $10/sqft. Good luck with your project!

"C" but it has to be planned out well so you don't mess up tiles with shelving install.