No. Stick with just 1.

Is there anything between the stand alone cab & the long run of cabs? Or, what’s filling that space? The angled side of that small cab section is the outside edge that’s not against a wall, correct? If yes, why can’t the back side of cab that’s against the wall have a coved backsplash? What am I not understanding?

I would do it.

The stove is in the open section between the single cabinet and the L-shaped run. I was told I had to have a cabinet on the other side of the stove to be up to code. None of the cabinet sides are against a wall - just the backs. I have no idea why the angled cabinet can't be coved, but 5 different places have now told me it's impossible.

Are they working with pre-formed laminate? Cuz that would make sense.

What about putting something different on that countertop to make it look intentional?

Or, where is the sink? Is it the bottom of the L? If so, maybe you can just do the backsplash on that part of the counter and leave both sides of the stove nekkid for tile?

I'm confused, or perhaps just ignorant. If you are using a tile backsplash can't you just have that come down to meet the countertop without the use of a coved backsplash. I'm not sure I am familiar with using a coved backsplash in the counter material plus a ceramic tile backsplash. How many inches high will the coved splash be?

I never like coved backsplash it is IMO avery dated look but on the other section if you have no water or grease issues there then just paint the wall. Why did you choose the coved backspalsh for anywhere . The whole point of teh new laminates is they try to mimic real stone and that would not come coved .

You do a flat deck counter in laminate, with a tile backsplash. Or a coved backsplash with wall paint. You do not do tile above a coved backsplash. Or a set on backsplash. One or the other as a splash. Laminate, or tile. Not both.

I would love the look of no coved backsplash and just tiling the wall, but I'm concerned about water pooling in that area. my kids are messy, and I have found water just sitting there before on more than one occasion. I guess my question now is how likely is water damage without the coved backsplash? What about with a set-on splash? I am trying to avoid having a seam there at all, but it's starting to seem inevitable.

Millions of people do not have coved backsplashes, and just have tile, or nothing at all. This is why you caulk the counter to wall joint, and then the backsplash to counter joint. None of this is reinventing the wheel. It is standard construction industry practice and holds up to normal use. Abuse, such as spraying the walls deliberately with a sprayer is entirely something else. As always, kids are a work in progress to teach respect for surroundings and belongings. What disrespect toddlers have, they outgrow quickly by school age, so it is a brief period of excess water anywhere.

I agree with the others Get your formica without the cove, and put in your backsplash, so its all the same both areas, and make sure its caulked between the counter and the backsplash. NOT grout, which many have done. It needs to be caulked in a matching color.

No, stick with one.