Amber, after looking over your rendition pics, I came up w/some other alternatives.
Lots of pictures below trying to explain a few diff things that I caught. hope it isn't too confusing.
first,
I like this tile
if you're taking out that left cab, then for sure, put up two floating shelves. (I know you're doing it on the other side, but why are you removing it from the window side?
I'd run the tile all the way up, and all the way up around the vent hood.
In fact, want to see my rendition? (iimagine it w/your green tile)
I'd do the floating wood shelves, woven wood blind w/pendant, and instead of the SS chimney style hood, I'd prob have one made to match the cabinetry and trim it out in the same wood as the shelving. I gave you a glass door, but that's up to you.
here, this is where I got most of it. if you used the 5x5 tile it would look like this
Another visual shoing the open shelves next to window, and the cabinet over by the peninsula. (and very nice pendants and window treatment that matches the stools)
With mine, I had a vent hood made to fit around my insert. I trimmed it out in the same walnut that's around my window and my shelves.
Do you like the SS chimeny style hood better?
Just something to consider. the inserts are around $700 for a 36" range top.
or, paint the chimney hood to match your cabinets. this looks so much better than the SS
Exactly where do you want to mix and match your tile? how exactly were you going to use both?
I see no obvious delineation where using two tiles will work.
Do you have another space where you could meld the diff tiles?
Or did you want to use one on one side and the one on the other? (that would be a no)
In my own space I have a marble tile as a backsplash,
andoff to the left, a little coffee bar area that I did a completely diff tile with my walnut shelving.
Do you have any other spot you could use it? maybe over in the dining area? or a bar area?
Back to your peninsula. you said you removed the cabs and are doing shelving?
something like this?
It's a little diff because this shot has the window on this side. you would only be removing the one end cabinet?
what if you shortened all of those uppers on that side and did a single long shelf to the end of the peninsula?
Pendants too
Both of these are peninsulas by the window
could you move your peninsula to the left side? is that an option?
Reaching your open shelves w/the peninsula in the way could be difficult.
You could opt for this instead, and do the shelves on the window side.
on the window side, you could do partial upper cabs( they sit higher) and one shelf beneath those. (and do the shelves on the other side)
Peninsula side- You could put the uppers back in, but make them glass front like shown here:
Or like this one. I like the enclosed shelving like they did here
Or like this one. a wood veneer on the interior just takes the look up a notch.
Where do you plan on ending the tile on this side? you going to take it all the way out to the edge? (make sure you get bullnosed tile for these end pieces. Or you could do a Schluter Jolly edge)
this one is a bullnosed edge tile that stopped at the upper cabinet
Personally I prefer this option. take the tile all the way to the countertop edge
lord have mercy, don't EVER finish off the edge w/vertical tile like shown here.
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