I ordered a sample of it directly from the company since it's so new and not available in many stores yet. I really liked it since it is much whiter than the Misty Carrera. It's more larger dot like than swirls though and this has been on my mind as well as which one to pick. I know Zodiac makes another similar color but I do believe it has much more black veining it in. I may end up with the Bianco River by silestone though just because it's a much truer white color - I was very impressed.

Thanks missleah. That's good to hear. I have several pieces of the Okite which is now the Zodiac and it wasn't very marble like. The veining had too many small dots and it was bluish gray and didn't match real Carrera. Do you think the Silestone would work with a Carrera brick backsplash? The Misty Carrera didn't. Thanks for posting!

Blondelle, I just wanted to let you know that I'm crossing my fingers for you so that the Silestone will be just what you need! I know you've been looking a long time for this counter.

Thanks alku05! I also design professionally and sometimes also obsess about choices I make for my clients. All my postings aren't for me alone, but it HAS taken me a long time to really decide what I want. It's much easier to design for other people, but a designer has so many choices and if their design likes span many styles it's often hard to make up ones mind ;-). Would be a lot easier if I only liked one style, but I think I have it all in place now finally. Was going to do a black counter until I saw this Bianco River. The other problem is I'm trying to use one slab for both the kitchen and bath counters.

blondelle, sorry to ask OT question, but does it save a lot of money to try to use the remainder of a slab elsewhere in the house?

I asked at one stone store if I was buying the whole slab, thinking I would certainly take the scraps for another future project, and they said, "No, you are only paying for the square footage you use"..... but I interpreted your post to mean that if you used more of the slab for another project -bath- it would cost less. Is that right?

Staceyneil, sorry but I just saw your post. I had planned on buying the slab and sending it to a fabricator. I think if I can get a designer discount on the slab it might save me some money. I might be wrong though. Some places do make you buy a slab, or they figure in the waste from the slab in the price. I might as well use it all if that's the case.