Ocean Tide Quartzite for the Kitchen Island it is!
just_janni
8 years ago
Ocean tide quartzite and some cabinet choices - we'll be using the white, the black / brown (with a woodgrain) and stainless appliances. I love this quartzite! It's really too early to buy and reserve the slabs - but I sure hope I can get this amount of variation in the next lot.
I totally went there with the expectation of using a white or really light colored quartzite and more white cabs (because I truly wanted Carrara marble...), or using the walnut with a vertical grain - but I (we) kept getting drawn to a darker look with tons of movement.
There are streaks of orange / rusk and even BLUE in there.
Crap - now that I look at it - I need to see if THESE slabs are still available - when I search of this color quartzite - I have never seen one that I like as much as this... DO you think I should go ahead and reserve them / pay for them?
Anyway - this will be for the island only (and with the black cabs despite my depiction here) - the statement piece. The white cabs for the appliance wall will have a matte Absolute black granite or similar.
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