How high/where to tile kitchen?

[ThePug]

I'm having a lovely new shaker kitchen with painted timber F&B Lulworth Blue doors installed in a couple of weeks, along with oak-effect worktop.

Last thing I need to sort is the tiling and I'm totally stuck. I'm pretty sure I'll go with a simple white metro tile with a greyish grout, something like the attached pic. But I have no idea what area to get tiled. Just behind the hob or all the way around? And if the latter, to what height? It's the overhead units above the sink that are confusing matters I think!

Attached pic of kitchen layout from our fitters (they aren't doing the tiling).

There's a door out to the pavement vaults on the right hand wall (it's lower ground floor) and then the area opposite the units is our dining area which we'll just be getting repainted.

Any suggestions and/or photos of yours much appreciated

Oh meant to say, there'll be a matching upstand above the worktop a couple of inches all the way around too

Were having a similar style but we're only having base units. We're having about 5 tiles high. I'd either go low (ie no more than 3) or the whole height.

Thanks Bax. When you say whole height, do you mean all the way up around the chimney bit of the extractor as well? And if low, would you do higher behind the hob or literally 3 tiles high all the way around? I'm finding it so hard to visualise what would look good

I'd tile as much as possible, purely because I'm a horrendously messy cook and splatter everywhere and would ruin the paint lol! I'm sorry that was really unhelpful

I have the upstand and no tiling. Hob is on an island though. Sink also and larger sink is slightly away from the wall. Big mirror behind it. Shaker kitchen. I’d rather repaint then have greasy grout.

As high as possible. It always looks elegant with tiled walls.

As high as it reaches the bottom of your kitchen cabinets. But the tile colors should compliment the walls or less just get the tiles as high as possible.

I've just had mine done similar to this. I tiled right round from worktop up to cabinet bottom. I'd advise grey grout, brilliant for the kitchen and not discolouring.