I am really undecided about the wall behind my range. I originally thought I would do a flat 'box' of cabinets in which the range hood would be housed. Then I thought maybe just the range hood 'box' with a shelf to the left and right for pitchers and stuff(I have a antique Russian samovar that DH's granny brought to the US with her). Now I am thinking just to do a chimney hood with no cabinets to the right or left.

Part of the struggle is because I dont know where a backsplash will start and stop. The window behind the sink is at counter height and the countertop will extend directly into the window.

My base cabinets will look like this(except all drawers, and I will have a slide in range). Originally I thought to do the uppers like this too, but my box would have been taller as I dont have the window above. Would it look off, if it goes to the wall on the right but then just ends 'in space' to the left? How much room to leave between the end and the window?

To mitigtate the issues above I thought to do the "box" with shelves

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or just the box.

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