I always use an extender with Aura. It gives you more time before drying. If you're painting a bathroom, research "surfactant leaching." This happens when the paint in a bathroom isn't fully cured, and you use the shower. Google photos of surfactant leaching. Most paint stores will say latex cures in a few days, but I had this problem in two homes and did extensive research. You get ugly drips down the walls, and they are yellow or brown. You can wash it off, but it comes back. Now, when I paint a bathroom, I wait 30 days before using the shower. That may be overkill, and if you only have one shower, that would not be possible.

I have espresso cabinets and Cambria Snowdon White in my kitchen. I am doing ceramic for my backsplash, but marble was my back-up. The SW has a soft gray fleck and some slight warmth that I think looks nice with marble. A stark white may make the marble look dirty, IYKWIM. Do you actually have the marble in hand? You should be able to look at a sample and see which one looks best. The grain in these counters is so very minimal, it will not be a problem with the floor. Looking at the C-stone site, I think Eggshell may be closer to what I have. Have you looked at other brands? It may be that none of the three seems like the right choice because there is something better out there. I would be looking at less stark colors, with a smidge of warmth in them...

I get what you're saying! I like to layer texture, too, when going tone on tone. I was thinking a slightly unusual white tile shape for the backsplash to add texture. Our floor will be either bleached oak or grey stained oak (haven't settled on this yet, because we have boards that are nearly 100 years old and will be joined with brand new boards). Our kitchen island will be either very dark grey or battleship grey. My thought this morning was that we could do FC on the island for texture and then do PW on the white cabinets. The thing is that the white cabinets actually don't have that much countertop space (against the backwall where the cooktop will be) so, again, perhaps I'm overthinking this. We had Misty Carrera in our old kitchen with white cabinets and it bothered me that the counters were more grey than white.

I have Georgian Bluffs Ceasarstone and want to paint my kitchen cabinets white. Too much white? Not enough contrast? I thought about light grey but have light grey walls (SW Repose Grey) Too much grey? I have a lot of cabinets! I will paint my island a dark grey (SW Dovetail). I have medium brown hardwood floors. Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks!