Also, we will be getting rid of the “boob light” and suggestions on a fun light for this space would be appreciated!!

Fun light ? First just add a few more pots instaed and make sure all the bulbs in all the pots are LED 4000K. IMO open shelving anywhere in a kitchen is not ideal and even worse where steam and grease are floating in the air . Where is your hood fan that needs to be at least in the darwing when you start figuring out anything else on that wall.The tile that on there now is going to be removed and what was on that wall before ? You seem to have patched the drywall why did you leave the tile that should have been removed before patching the drywall since that tile has to go everywhere .

So the patching you see was revealed when we removed the upper cabinets. The backsplash you see will be removed and replaced

We did ours like this, with a similar corner (though it looks like you have a little more space between the sink and the stove wall, so might want to wrap the corner).

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These shelves are 18.5" off the counter, which was intended to allow for uppers to go there in the future (though we are now 12 years post-reno and haven't done that yet, so may never get to it!) One thing I would do differently is the tile behind the range--it was supposed to meet the hood but for reasons I can't remember anymore, the spacing was off so the tile extends slightly beyond the hood and we had to end it short to avoid it looking really odd. The hanging utensils bar was a fix when it still looked strange. There were also supposed to be two shelves on the right side, but we realized all the bottles we wanted to keep there would hit the top shelf, so decided to put the second in another area of the kitchen instead.

In general, we planned these based on what we wanted to store on them (and mapped out the whole kitchen for that at the time we renovated). If you plan to do a gut remodel at some point in the future, it probably doesn't matter as much how far up you tile or where exactly you place the shelves as long as it works for you now. Our shelves and tile were also all DIY, so if you have a contractor they can probably get more creative on solutions and placement. (We were not up for opening our plaster walls, for instance, even though that would have been the way to get the ideal placement of the shelves since you could then place blocks.)

Also yes to a good range hood (and know that even with that, you will get some grease on items on the shelves--though it's been much better than I expected, and we really only have issues with it on the oil shelf where items are right up against the range). The primary issue on the long shelves is just dust, but we definitely expected that and give it a good clean a couple times a year, which seems to address it enough for our needs. YMMV based on your tolerance for that!

if you are going with open shelving, I would tile the entire wall to the ceiling. It's a feature.

Shelves may mimic the shelf level in the existing cabinets for ease of use. If you keep the tile light and reflective, a so called fun fixture would be interesting. Houzz has alot of great fixtures to choose from, metals to compliment the other metals in the kitchen.

A couple of questions: 1) Are you getting rid of the upper cabinet near the peninsula, too? It looks awkward hanging there. 2) What type of vent will you be putting above the stove?

We are undecided on those uppers to the left of the sink! We will be doing a chimney type wall mounted hood

I think your decision on tiling will be most impacted by the hood you choose. Sharing that along with dimensions will probably get you the best advice.

If you are planning a larger redo of the kitchen in the future I would forgo painting the cabinets. It can be quite costly for a professional paint job and your current cabinets look fine. New tile, lights will be fine for now. Save that money for later.

For a better balance I would remove the last upper and do decorative open shelving on each side of the window…add a nice fan over the stove …and tile the walls in something modern and graphic… hang a fun light over the peninsula.. and add enough recessed lighting for the rest of the workspace… I would avoid painting the cabinetry… saving that $ for the full re-do