OK, well I painted my son's room yesterday trying to use LazyGarden's technique to see if I could get away with one coat. The walls had a flat paint on there that my kids had really banged up: I patched and primed over the crayon and pencil (sigh). We are also in the midst of a kitchen remodel, so I'm feeling a bit skint and used Valspar paint, color matched to my BM color of choice. I tried working in short, square areas. It worked really well, and I would not have needed a second coat save for a few spots where I didn't achieve even coverage. If I had been a bit more careful I really do think it would have been OK with just one. I ended up doing a second coat. But it looks really good now. I'm very happy. The Valspar paint didn't go on very well, and at first I was panicked that it was going to dry as splotchy as it rolled on. But it dried just fine and looks great. Of course, now I need new carpet since my 3 year old stepped in the paint tray and walked all over the carpet.... sigh.

I currently have creamy white upper cabinets ,two 36"wide uppers have glass doors on either side of my corner sink. ( (Yes I love my corner sink) The lowers are dark stained birch. I have creamy white travertine look porcelain floor tile and St Cecilia granite which has a lot of orangish flecks so I painted my BS pumpkin. I did this house as a flip; we're living in it while we build The House. I picked the two color cabinets because the kitchen has two north facing windows and needed light, and it's smallish at 12X16. I wanted a white kitchen but couldn't convince my DH so we compromised. White on top, stained on bottom. Funny thing is everyone who comes here loves this kitchen! From friends and family to strangers who step in the door, to the plumber to the appliance repairman. All comment positively. So I'm doing a combo in the new house.

OP, Did you ever finish? I wonder if you will see this post asking! Post a picture and details of the tile you chose please! I have a very similar granite I just installed in my powder room and I think it is too busy for many of the mosaic tiles and linear mosaics that I like. I am considering smaller scale marble subway from Home Depot. It is just a 42" wide counter (with 2 sides that will also get backsplash) so I don't want to go crazy with $ or time. The tile store overwhelmed me. I see the granite as being more of a white/grey with the purple flecks, but when I photograph it I see beige as well. I think there are deposits that are sort of like crystals that reflect beige in some lights, and not as beige in others. When I bought it I thought it was more grey. Due to the white sink I am not trying to pull out the beige. Then other times I go in there and I see more beige than white....The undermount sink will be white as is the toilet, so I am steering away from beige. I got the top at a discount supple place, they called it white swan or swan white, but I've never seen that name anywhere, and it is very similar to yours. My piece seems rather busy so I think the marble tile will be best. Due to the pattern we are thinking of sandwiching 2 or 3 rows of subway between pencil trim. (we don't want to get as high as the outlet, so we don't know yet) Hubby and I are arguing because he doens't want to bother putting trim on the outside edge (we are far from tile pros....will be using that simplemat stuff like we did in our kitchen) We don't have a tile saw, but have one of those tile cutters that scores and snaps, and we have nippers. I'll post photos, but I can never seem to get more than one per post, so I may have a few separate posts! We did our kitchen without a saw, but it was the small tiles (see photo) The paint color is undecided. Leaning towards something like SW Greige. Vanity is a medium stained hickory. Floors will be maple, toffee color. I am open to suggestions! Nickel faucet. Here is marble linear tiles and marble 2" x4"subway from home depot. I like the pencil trim for top and bottom, they also make a chair rail, but I thought it might be too heavy for a small space and didn't know how to place it if I used it. subway with pencil bottom without pencil bottom we don't like this paint color either....having trouble picking one. The room next to it is a medium beige.

Well, your slabs are as busy as mine. So, I would have to say you need something that is calm and not attention grabbing. I did find some some Jeffrey Court marble tiles that were really pretty. And they mixed in some pieces that had a curvy line of something sparkly in it. Imagine a 1/8" x 1/8" mosaic in an S pattern running through the tile....and just one line of it. It was really cool. I think it was a liner, but it could have been used anywhere in the field tile. But it was mixed in with the same tiles that didn't have that S in it. Kind of hard to describe. I know it's new. It is Chapter 16. Here is a link that does not do it justice. If you do have a dealer near you, see if they have this sample board in the showroom and go. Really, I liked it a lot. Here is a link that might be useful: Chapter 16