@Starcraft Custom Builders Lots of things aren't a great idea?! Have a really great laugh.....: ) Multiple segments below, dormers, windows columns, and just about every sin a person can commit. He calls 'em alllll out. https://mcmansionhell.com/101

We have a full slab behind our stove, and I love it. No grout lines to get dirty. It's a very clean look that perfectly fits our design language. But obviously, there are tons of different kitchen designs and it obviously wouldn't be a good fit everywhere. And yes, having a solid backsplash makes it harder to install other hardware. In our case, we opted to minimize penetrations. The only hole that we cut was for a pot filler above the stove. We designed the kitchen so that no switches would be necessary in this location, and outlets are installed as plugmolds under the cabinets. N.b. this puts restriction on where you have to install upper cabinets, as building codes restrict the heights and distance of outlets. If planning to go this route, have your kitchen designer or architect review building codes carefully. Also, I want to second the warning that quartz isn't an appropriate backsplash in a kitchen. There are countless postings on Houzz from people who found that out the hard way. Using quartz is very likely to result in eventual heat damage. In our case, we opted for ceramic material instead, but natural stone or metal is also viable. Glass might or might not work, depending on whether you can source heat resistant glass (noticeably more expensive!)

No, it's fake and it feels like paper. I discovered it once in an arrangement, and then I reused it. It works very well for the kind of arrangement you show Maddielee. Maybe I can just buy some from a florist!

I like the way you’ve designed your shower - I think using the same stone (or whatever your counter material will be) as a frame around the entry of your shower will look really nice. I have an unusual partial wall that divides my shower from the area where my free standing tub will be installed. I found your post because I was trying to see what people think about using the countertop material for not only the top of the curb, inside the niche, and sill of pony wall - but also vertically up the edge of pony wall + the “jamb” of the shower door (my shower doesn’t have an opening like yours - so, I’m not sure if it’s still called a jamb if it’s just where the tile ends on the wall in line with the curb). I just don’t know what the correct terminology is for those other areas in order to look up examples where it’s been finished that way.