Mine is about 6" up, but if I had it to do all over again, I'd made the window sill flush with the countertops and run granite into the sill area, all the way up to the window. Others here have done it and it is SO gorgeous!!

Mine is 4".

If you have a window over the sink, you'll have splashes.

I think ours is ~3". We could only go so high with the bottom of the new window since we weren't replacing the header.

DH originally wanted to have the window at counter height, and I'd originally agreed, thinking that it's a great look as well. Then I'd remembered that my DH often splashes and leaves huge puddles behind the faucet while washing dishes (from an earlier post: I'm thrilled that he does wash dishes!). I envisioned small lakes sitting in that space between the faucet and the window itself (since DH is not programmed to notice those puddles), and we decided to raise the window up as high as we could go! :-)

We currently have casements above our sink that are down to the counter, with no bump out. I love the way the light washes over the counter - my favorite place to prep. However, the window immediately behind the faucet gets wet, the frame gets wet, the grout gets wet and during certain times of year, there is a crack between the counter and window frame that, you guessed it, gets wet. I realize we could have fixed it somehow, maintained it better, and with a different countertop (we currently have tile) it may not be such an issue. That said, with upcoming remodel, we are raising window 4". If we had room, I would do as others and have a bumpout, but we don't have the room.

I think its a great look to have the window come down to the counter, but you have to do it very thoughtfully to avoid future problems.

What will it look like from the exterior? If there are other windows nearby, it should "go". Doesn't have to be the same height, but if it's a few inches off it might look weird.

You might also consider replacing the window with a bow (or bay) and putting it down to the counter to gain some space behind the sink for faucet handle room as well as give you more room b/w the window and sink to cut down on splashing. This would give you some of the advantages of a bump out w/o taking up precious floor space.

Our window is down to the counter and a bay so it wouldn't help you with a standard window.

Just noticed the time...so I guess it's too late for changes...but other in this situation might consider it...

BTW...be sure you have enough room b/w the sill and the sink to be able to (1) install the faucet, (2) move the handle fully, and (3) adequately clean behind the faucet (and any other items installed at the sink like a soap dispenser or instant-hot/cold water faucet).

I've got the window (slight 10 degree bow) flush with the counter; it's gorgeous and I love it. But I do get splashing into the sill area behind the faucet, but I just don't care - I just wipe it when I'm done washing. I feel that otherwise I'd have to wipe the backsplash, so I'm wiping either way.

I do have to agree that it's important to make it a bow or box window to have room for the faucet handle, and to keep the splash confined to the sill area, and not on the window. My bow only goes out about six inches from where the counter top would have ended, but even that small space makes a big difference.

We're replacing a window that was in the old dinette so we will be moving it up (and over). The exterior should still look fine.

Our appointment isn't until this evening, so I still have time.

I'm hoping that the faucet will still work fully, but if we need to, we can always move it forward so the handle is slightly to the front. We'll have the Ticor S405D sink and either the Kohler Vinnata or the Moen Ascent faucet (can't descide). So, it will be installed on the shorter side.

I wish we could do a flush window but I don't think DH will agree to the expense of a bumpout. Maybe I can convince him to do 4" (He wanted to do 8" !!!!)
Is there a HUGE price increase to do a slight bumpout?

I love the look of the counter running into the window area but I'm fine with having the window above our sink. Water tends to puddle a lot behind our sink. We get some splash on the window once and a while but it's not bad. We used used stone for the sill and it's 4 1/2 inches from countertop to top of sill.

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Ours is 12" and it's fine for us because all we'd see out of that window is the neighbours wall. However, we can't really see out of it at all (except for the area straight on) because it is so high. I'd think 8 would be too high as well, but six would be good. I wouldn't it to be any higher than that.

Like some of the kitchens I see here,
I have a distance between the counter and window sill of approx. 3-4", can someone suggest what I can do for Backsplash? I am not sure if I should tile the backsplash through that "strip" as if nothing happened, would it look OK?

I don't have a backsplash strip that is made of the counter material.

Mine has a bumpout and is about 2-3 inches off the counter. Love it!

I'm sure that you've made your decision already, but in case anyone else out there is still contemplating, we have the Ticor S405D and our window comes down to the counter with no bumpout. We don't have any issues with splashing- occasionally it happens if we're washing something very large, but it is certainly uncommon. Also with our granite countertops, we have no gaps that are in danger of water, should splashing occur. I suspect that having gaps is more of a function of poor workmanship than anything else. I researched the counterheight windows extensively before we put them in, and have seen many threads on them afterwards, and the post above is the only one I've ever seen that states that water or gaps are an issue.

Mine is a bumpout and runs straight into the window, but prior to this, we had a few inches. We had tiled the backsplash and had granite countertops. The issue behind the sink in that situation was standing water, running into the tiled area and causing rusty stains on the grout. If I had to do that situation over, I would have run the granite up as a more solid backsplash (similar to what zelmar has).

We're having the same problem. We will have about 4 inches from the back of the sink to the wall, and the window sill is about 3 1/2 inches above the counter.

So there's really not room to do the small granite backsplash, especially because our other window has only 2 1/2 inches of space over the counter:

We're going to take out the trim around both of these windows and then see what we have to work with. I would like to do something like lsander's, with tile wrapping around the edge of the window opening.

I've seen one option that involves using a piece of granite as the sill and tiling the couple of inches underneath, and then having the window trim pieces rest on the granite sill.