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I tried to post them at the beginning but it wouldn't let me. The only way I could do it was post them in the comments. Now they appear to be gone so I will try again. Thanks for letting me know.

IF you are not using the same type crown for kitchen cabinet as rest of home. I would stop the crown where it is with a hanging return (google) I would not do crown the kitchen/ceiling wall just the cabinets tops.

I googled hanging return and I think that is something that might work. It would keep the 2 contrasting trims far apart from each other.

I'm sorry to say the fully tiled wall in subway, is the bigger problem......along with what I assume will be different molding styles , and not a repeat of that which is in den?

There was just a design issue at the start, hard to say. Maybe show more pics of both areas?

I think at the least, both sides have to End at the same point, the break in the ceiling. So I would remove some of the tile on the left hand side. Yes the countertop will extend slightly onto the other finish, but I think that is the most discreet way to handle this, given the circumstances.

I appreciate all your advice. I think to paint my bagel trim white is out of the question. It took me 2 years to get all of the rooms painted and it would be an absolute nightmare. I agree that it would help to take down some of the Subway and have it end at the same place as the other side. I'm including another picture of the rest of the den so you can see what it looks like all the way across. I don't know if that helps any. Again thanks for the expertise.

I think you are going to have to recreate the left bit of wall on the right of the door. The boundary needs to be re-established if you are going to keep the area on the left in the colors it is.

It's abrupt, but the two spaces can't really bleed into each other since they have two different identities and you want to keep it that way.

I agree that's what needs to be done. I'm a little embarassed to admit it, but that's exactly the way the wall used to be. We had matching wainscoting on both sides of that large doorway. Then, when they came to install our countertops, the wainscoting stuck out too far for the edge of the countertop to be flush against the wall. That's when some dummy (ME) came up with the idea to pull it all out and just extend the tile all the way over. Could kick myself..... I think I will just recreate what was there, before. (see picture) Thanks so much for the advice.

Someone also suggested only putting crown molding on the cabinets, not the wall. I think that's what I'll do. Then, there won't be 2 different types of crown right next to each other.