Running it all in one direction as your installer wants to do gives you multiple seams on the ”B” counter, correct?

Is the slab long enough for ”B” without a mid-counter seam?

Your marble slabs are beautiful, lots of movement. I agree with your fabricator. Imagine wall paper. If you were to take wallpaper and have some going vertical and some horizonal it would look super busy. Going in the same direction even if you need to use more slabs would be more soothing. Repeats are calming. Notice these busy granites and how they work

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It's just going to be what it is...no way around it. Unless you use like 4 slabs all from the same bundle. The "pro" designer neglected to see the dimensions. Too long of a run do what she exampled

just to be sure…

you want the veining run along the counters then up the backsplash -landscape for lack of a better word, and then your island is a different stone?

your not wrong and it will be stunning.

but might not have enough to do it with two slabs.. quick math you need three.

especially if you want the corner mitered

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The fabricator is correct; visually everything flows the same direction. One side of the counter will always be off when looking at the island. Too bad the island was not designed length wise the other way; the range wall is more cut up and the vein direction would not have been as noticeable.

I agree with Skippack: if your island were rotated 90*, your veining could run the long way on the island and on your window wall. In addition, island seating would have a nice view out the window. (However I’m looking at this on my phone so don’t have a great sense of how that would affect your function.)

ETA great looking stone! I’m glad you’re being thoughtful about how it’s installed.

Thank you all for the advice! I got the granite from MSI, Chicagoans, thanks for your suggestion! I also visited Global and United, as you recommended. All three places had beautiful slabs and much greater selections than any of the local fabricators. Well worth the drive!

I reserved 3 slabs--the picture only shows 2. The island will be done in the same stone.

Turning the island 90 degrees is a nice suggestion, but the view looking into the kitchen facing wall A is the view into the room from the attached living room.

Your graphic, Beverly, explains the thought process perfectly. Thank you! Now I understand.

The 3 slabs measure 128" x 78". The fabricator said there would be 2 seams on the countertop for wall B

Hey I'm glad the stone yard suggestions worked out! Regarding this: "I reserved 3 slabs..." I'm sure they told you, but MSI will only hold for a week. I lost out on the slabs I held there because (for reasons unknown) my fabricator never took delivery. It turned out to be a blessing because I ended up with different stone, which I love. I just want to make sure you don't lose those gorgeous slabs!

Wouldn't the best way be to do a 45 degree mitered cut at the corner to match the veins at 90 degrees? So, in essence, you'd run it horizontally in both directions while still maintaining the flow. Almost like a bookmatch, but doing it in the corner.

That might require more material, but it would look the best, IMO.

You don't do 45 degree seams in stone. That's the longest seam possible, with the biggest chance of a mismatch, and lippage at the seam.

What needs to happen is that the perimeter needs to be in a dark gray or black stone, with the striped stone on the island, and maybe backsplash. NOT circus tent stripes everywhere. It's too visually overwhelming. And it may still be too overwhelming with it as the splash. It is a VERY BUSY stone. But it will certainly be too busy with all the stripes everywhere on every counter that exists, and the backsplash.

Thank you Chicagoans for the concern and tip. I did initially have a situation because one local fabricator told me it was OK to go look now even though my cabinets won't arrive until the end of August. I went to look--and had no intention of making a decision--but found something that I love. MSI told me that they would only hold the slabs for a few days. I contacted the local fabricator that told me it was OK, and they backpedaled on holding the slabs. Not cool. I found another fabricator that I like better who is willing to hold the slabs for me (I put down a deposit). So all is good.