I love that stone also and have seen several slabs in person. Some do have more "tan" others have more "grey". I am still trying to pick my stone choice after agonizing several weeks. This picture is my "favorites" I didn't include Black Granite but that is also my other color choice for my white cabinet transitional style kitchen. hth The photo of the stone on the far left side with small red dots is the Bianco Romano. Another great color is Bianco Antico (mainly brown and white)

Thanks for heading me in the quartz direction. I was just thinking I should stay with granite, but I like the idea of quartz now that I think more about it....I've had quartz in previous homes, and I find it much easier to care for. I think the Blue Pearl totally clashes with the BR. I don't have a good eye for "what goes" so maybe it's just me. Seems to me the warm tones of the BR compete with the cool of the BP. Also, the Blue Pearl is polished and is a nightmare to keep looking good. I've put together a little story board of some ideas using quartz. The background is a picture of our current Bianco Romano and I think it's a pretty good representation color wise. I've copied the quartz colors directly from their websites, so hoping it's close to reality. I think I'm down to figuring out if I should go with the grey tones, beige tones, or ??? I've included a pic of the cabinets. They aren't as yellow as the picture shows, more reddish. Hard to get an accurate picture. Sure hoping I get a consensus. Thanks so much.

Still searching for a good cream color tile for backsplash

Thanks for your input! What a beautiful kitchen research queen! I like how you changed up the island with the darker granite, something to ponder. Rhome, I want it to be calm and soothing, but I don't want the granite to get lost. It's beautiful and needs to be showcased. I do like the contrast of the darker cabs though. Bahacca- it's a new build so we don't have anything picked out yet. I know we are going for recessed lights, pendents over the island. A 5 foot section of the kitchen is bumped out and has a cathederal ceiling, with a huge paladian window. That part has the sink under the window, counters, cabs, dishwasher. The rest of the kitchen has 9 ft ceilings. I'm going for a white apron front sink, with a pull down faucet. There is a backsplash I LOVE on houzz, it has a metal insert over the range, and glass mosaics around that, then a square border around the entire part. The rest of the bs I don't know yet. I tried to put the picture on the post, but couldn't, sorry. It's hard to describe it, but it really is beautiful.