I’m wondering what you ended up doing.

Thanks prill...I'm leaning towards only doing tile in area to the left of the casing...then in the window area just doing paint and the casing down to the counter. I guess I'll just have to be more dilligent with cleaning. The Reef was the first tile that spoke to me...I really thought I was going to go for a more solid blue, but reef is so much softer....it allows me to play up the color of the walls more...not that I have a lot of walls...And, I found out that my designer can get it for about 12.50/sf where I was quoted around $15/sf.

YOu can go to dupont.com and play around alot. It is fun to do as well! Check it out. As a matter of fact, I need to revisit. I have looking at the same & I am in overload at the moment.

First fix the lighting all LEDs in 4000K . You need pot lights or a track light to replace the boob light there and anywhere else you have them. Then you can choose colors , IMO a white from the granite for the cabinets . A pale gray glass tile tie for the backsplash of course after you remove the 4” piece and the part behind the stove. Do the tile to the bottom of the cabinets and the whole space where the hood is.