Help with Kitchen Countertops!
digitaldiva2015
6 years ago
I am going crazy trying to decide what type and color of countertops for our new kitchen and need to decide soon! First I thought I wanted quartz because everyone says it's the way to go, then I went back to granite and quartz. Granite has the beautiful flow that I love and it is a natural stone but quartz is modern and fluid in its own right. Here are some slabs I looked at. I will attach pics of Kitchen. I have white cabinets and a light gray island with gray brown tile floors. My walls are worldly gray by SW. I have looked at a couple of options.
1. Quartz all over with a heavy vein throughout but worried about my exciting corners where 2 seams will run plus up and over a kitchen bar area. Looking at MSI calacutta classic.
2. Viscount White Granite on perimeter counters and a light gray quartz on island. The island will not be big due to a black induction cooktop.
3. Turbine Gray from Ceaserstone on perimeter counters and again a neutral color on island.
Thanks for any input! This is a bigger decision to me than the cabinets were and don't want to date myself or get something too busy or not classic enough.
1. Quartz all over with a heavy vein throughout but worried about my exciting corners where 2 seams will run plus up and over a kitchen bar area. Looking at MSI calacutta classic.
2. Viscount White Granite on perimeter counters and a light gray quartz on island. The island will not be big due to a black induction cooktop.
3. Turbine Gray from Ceaserstone on perimeter counters and again a neutral color on island.
Thanks for any input! This is a bigger decision to me than the cabinets were and don't want to date myself or get something too busy or not classic enough.
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jdgail
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PROmoico inc.
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Carly Schwanz
6 years agodigitaldiva2015
6 years agodigitaldiva2015
6 years agoIt is such a hard decision but I really appreciate everyone's input and advice! Can I just wave a magic wand and be done? Lol! Here are better pics of kitchen.
Sammy
6 years ago
PROBeth H. :
6 years ago2,1,3. in that order. they are all nice. Super White dolomite would look nice as well
or something on this order too. you have the movement, but it's not tightly-knit movement, more spread out, if that makes sense. I like the granite movement that has patches of solid color as opposed to tightly mottled coloring.
PROHavens | Luxury Metals
6 years ago
Ellen Barbarino
6 years agoI just did the Cambria Brittanica quartz on a 12 ft island. And looks beautiful. Seam looks fine. All white cabinets. Navy island.
digitaldiva2015
6 years agodigitaldiva2015
6 years agoI looked at Britannica and their new Annica both are beautiful but sometimes they have little dots on their patterns . The new ones would not be available for a couple of weeks but Cambria is a great line.
Nicki Roland Ecker
6 years agoremodelingincali
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Moneca Kaiser Design Build (MKDB)