It will look fine. If it bothers you then run the backsplash behind the range and have the stainless bent so that it follows the contours of the granite. I would be tempted to start the stainless above the granite, but either way is going to look fine.

One of the pictures on the link you attached has some horizontal stripes, and I think in princible it could look really nice. The major problem with your plan is that if you have cabinets above, it will likely obscure the top blue stripe from many viewing points. I think you want your accent row at least 4 in below the top. One other problem is that by using 2x2, you're going to have twice as many grout lines in the top row, and I think that may look odd. 2x4 tiles, or 4x4 cut in half would probably look better (as long as the cut side abutts the cabinets at the top). Do you really only have 13" in your bar area? Also, I didn't understand your statement about "in the rest of the kitchen".

Meant to post this is kitchen forum. Will re-post there, if there are moderators here, please feel free to delete this one.

palimpsest, For the past few hours I've been staring at Wilsonart's SOLICOR color Calcutta Marble, but I have discovered that the "Solicore" feature appears to be a fiction. Wilsonart's website states: "Wilsonart® SOLICOR™ is a specialty laminate created with a solid color core that lets you design visually crisp and stunning spaces by eliminating the disruptive brown line at the edges." This photo clearly shows that Calcutta Marble color is not solid all the way through, even though their website says it is, and edges do in fact show brown lines: Flat cut showing ugly brown lines. Flat cut showing ugly brown lines. Formica also has the "COLOR2CORE" but it's a lie also. Their website says: "Classic flat edge. Your laminate countertops will have the traditional 90-degree flat edges that show a brown line between the top sheet and the edge. The exception to this is solid core laminate that has color throughout, like COLORCORE®2 by Formica Group. You’ll still have the flat edge, but no brown line." I have found images on their website that they use to illustrate a lack of brown edge but it's still there. This link has a section "ColorCore®2 Color-Through Laminate Patterns" and a picture of a large white counter to the right which clearly shows brown lines. On the other hand, apparently it's possible somehow to eliminate the brown lines because this picture from Houzz claims to use an edge called "Aegean" which does not show any brown lines, but I can't find anything about that edge on Formica's website.