Thank you for all the positive support! I really appreciate it - I think the freak out was mostly about the stress of building a house in general. Now that we are in the final stretches the decisions have really piled up on us. I have to keep reminding myself that I'm the only one who has to love it!

I don't have CE, but our granite is also a dark stone(Labrador Golden Flake), so you might be able to get an idea from a pic of my kitchen. Our backsplash is a mosaic from Artistic Tiles--a mix of glossy and matte (frosted) glass strips in varying lengths and widths. The tile itself is clear, but is "painted" white on the backs. Because it is not Starfire/Starphire (aka low-iron) glass, it reads slightly blue-green in different lighting, at different times of day. In thses pics it just happens to look pretty white. Here are some pics for you:

So, is it a quartz counter or a quartzite? Two radically different things. Quartz is a manufactured counter. Quartzite is a natural stone. It looks a ton like luce di luna quartzite...I'm betting it's the same. If so, do a google search with "luce di luna gardenweb" and you'll come up with a bunch of people who also think it's very pretty and have used it. :) Here is a link that might be useful: Luce di luna quartzite

There is a kitchen in the comments of [this thread[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/has-anyone-used-lg-viatera-nimbus-dsvw-vd~3628436) with LG & wood counter tops..