I love the idea of your cupboards 'floating' between two windows. OK, thinking about the whole privacy issue, let's treat it a bit like a risk assessment... I gather we're talking about the side of the house, gap, fence, gap, neighbour's wall. Concentrating on the splashback window, it seems there are two issues, the neighbour looking in from their window and a random peeper. It seems to me the probablity of the neighour looking in is fairly high, more from useage, rather than deliberate spying. The consequence, lack of privacy. What controls can you put in place: solid wall (no window), screen along fence to minimise sight line (probably fairly easy, depends on fence), smart glass (expensive), blinds (aesthetics and practicality/cleaning issues). Residual risk/issues is a bit hard to quantify, as it really comes down to would you be comfortable in your own home with the lights on and the control/s in place. Moving on to the Random Peeper, which to my mind the likelihood is a lot lower. Consequence is the same as above, so IMO has a lower ranking. Controls: Barrier as in a fence or gate to reduce easy access (should be fairly straight forward), smart glass and blinds as above. Residual risk, as above. What do you think?

sarahburf - I was going to go for a glass splashback for my new kitchen but decided it was just going to be too plain so I chose a glass mosaic tile and am so glad I did now. The one I chose was white with hints of soft colour in it but it reflects any other colours in the kitchen too. What I like most is that it just adds some bling to take the plainness away. There are many to choose from so it would depend on the look you want, but I found this on Houzz if you like the stainless steel look [https://www.houzz.com/products/luxury-bright-silver-many-kinds-3d-masklike-glass-mosaic-bump-r235-prvw-vr~4200895[(https://www.houzz.com/products/luxury-bright-silver-many-kinds-3d-masklike-glass-mosaic-bump-r235-prvw-vr~4200895) Otherwise maybe something in greys and whites or even into black. Sorry, Houzz won't let me post photos anymore but this site has a white tile if you just want to keep to white. Keep the grout matching the tile and let the tiles be the stand out. http://www.spec-net.com.au/press/1213/mdc_111213.htm

Hi Clikmania, i have just renovated my son's split level home and installed totally new kitchen, i chose black mirrored splashbacks with black benchtops, white drawer fronts and stainless steel appliances, your kitchen looks great and i think would look great with the black mirrored splashbacks also. I will add photos for you asap( the ones i have don't show up very well)

Hi everyone, I've finally gotten around to creating a "Before and After" post which includes my kitchen and the remainder of the house. Pop on over if you'd like a look! We are very happy with the finished project. Thanks, Louise