I am no design expert so I am sure others will chime in that have more experience than me. Since you said your floor tile is already busy, and you want to go with a busy skinny brick backsplash, on the wall that has the range and hood, I would only put that skinny brick behind the stove and hood and go straight up to the ceiling. I personally would not do the entire wall with that tile. Y'know that saying "too much of a good thing"? That's what I think of when you say you want to tile the entire wall. The tile looses it's uniqueness (is that such a word?) when it's everywhere. Plus, if your floor is busy, and your countertops will be busy with granite, and your wall is super busy, your eye will be drawn to all these different surfaces and textures. It's not a soothing look. All three textures will be competing with each other. The wall with the sink....does it have a window in it? Are the cabinets on that wall? Again, I would not tile the entire wall, only up to underneath the cabinets (assuming there are some there). I personally would have one texture be the focal point, whether it be the countertops, backsplash or floor. I really love the tile around the fireplace so I personally would choose that as the dominant texture and have the other surfaces more soothing, if that makes sense. When you mention painted crown moulding, I am assuming you mean on the walls and not on the cabinets. I think you would be fine with white above the cabinets since the cabinets do not go up to the ceiling. I have also seen crown moulding on top of tile, should you decide to tile the entire wall. As I said I am sure others will chime in. Good luck!

@Suzy - your kitchen looks amazing. What color silicone did you use for the joints between the backsplash and the countertop? @Joseph - I was thinking of extending it all the way up to the ceiling, but we've decided not too. Our kitchen is quite tiny. Thank you for the advice though, I appreciate it. @everyone - we have decided to leave the sides alone. No backsplash. Thanks again for your feedback and advice, and especially for taking the time to post pictures. You're all awesome :)

Yes we will be taking it up to the level of the hood and I agree that would be a more unified look. We are going to do the install ourselves unless you guys think this will be way too hard.... Anyway, say we do the install, what should we use on the top edge that will run under the sink light from cabinet to cabinet box? Some kind of pencil tile border? I'm not sure if they make one for this tile.

Thank you! I’m going to go full throttle on the tile around the whole wall... I found this kitchen pic, that is essentially my pre-kitchen design and it just makes me want to fully commit to the new look and feel of my new space. im so thankFil for yall of the changes that were made and for all of your help along the way... Your support means more to me than you will ever understand. Many thanks to you all!!