I never could find a quartz that looked like our crema marfil porcelain tiles. I used a leathered crema marfil marble slab for the bathroom counter & it has been great. The color is perfect & there has been no etching, at least that is visible. The leather finish seems to hide any possible etching. It was installed almost two years ago. i also used crema marfil marble chair rail molding & baseboard. As with the marble counter, the real marble blends very well with the crema marfil porcelain 12 x 24 wall tile & floor tile. Using real marble trim with porcelain has worked very well.

Love Caesarstone- Taj Royal for my kitchen renovation, but my island is 60 inches wide and Taj Royal does not come in the jumbo slab. Any suggestions before I have the island made narrower?

If you're dealing with apples to apples products...one of the stores is making a killing in sales. I have seen several porcelain tiles called crema marfil but please bear in mind that true crema marfil is a marble. If you're dealing with apples to oranges...well there's your answer.

luvbeautifulthings: I live in SoCal, where houses cost what yours cost. I have stated before in these forums that I do see LVP in my area. But we live in a suburban area of large families, SAH moms, pets--that kind of neighborhood. It's not West L.A., if you know what I mean. I agree it's important what realtors tell you about the local market. In your case, "floating" the floor on top is going to mean a couple of things you might not like; such as having to cut the door molding around every door casing. Removing and re-installing the baseboards. Will your doors still shut or do those have to be cut down too? How will the new floors transition to the kitchen? (Ugly transition strips?) Or are you taking LVP right into the kitchen...in which case you're going to (maybe) be fencing in your appliances (How will you now slide your dishwasher out?). The other thing is this: as you search for your awesome LVP, that looks realistic, that's good to excellent quality, you're going to find you're almost spending as much as engineered wood. And as we both know, the cost of installation in SoCal is high--- product cost isn't going to vary all that much unless you go really bottom basement (but I have a feeling you won't). Near me, installation was $5-6/sf and that was 5 years ago (or so). It's probably higher now. The cost of glue for my downstairs (which is large) was $2,000. Not a budget breaker in the scheme of things.... so given the choice, glue down engineered works better where we live (we are on slab). Either way, you'll have to redo your baseboards. Price it out. I'd demo that floor and not think twice. I'd get the floor you want and do it right the first time. Glue it down.