The 4” backsplash is out of fashion, but the splash police will not come looking for you. Just don’t put a tile backsplash on top of it. That is a big no-no.

Should you want to do a full tile backsplash at some point, you can always remove the 4” splash then, and tile down to the counter.

Thanks so much. I won’t worry about the cops. Haaaaa.