Malabacat, I am leaning toward the pebble but the walnut cabinet is throwing me off with it. Not sure I like the gray with the walnut. What are the metal marks that you see? Are they from sliding pans on it?

I think the 1st photo (charcoal?) is gorgeous and the second photo (Pebble?) is meh. If I'm correct that the second photo shows the Pebble, I think you should trust your instinct that the Pebble is not the one. Gorgeous cabinets, by the way! LOVE the grain in the walnut.

Thank you barn cats! Cabinets were made by a Mennonite man and we are more than pleased with the quality. IAnother thought is to do the honed Calcutta on baking cabinet and trying a white quartz of some kind on the rest.

I don't recommend any honed estone. It's like sand glued together when it's honed. Attracts dirt like a sponge.

I like the darker Rugged Concrete. Pretty combination of materials.

The concrete is a nice look, just not for our farmhouse. It has an industrial or contemporary look to me. We have an 1860's farmhouse with this new kitchen addition and I am down to either all marble on the entire kitchen or tthe Silestone charcoal on the white cabinets. I have ruled out the Pebble only because I don't like it with the walnut cabinet. I am going to get some black and white poster boards and lay them on the cabinet tops and see what hits me. Has anyone used the silestone charcoal soapstone looking quartz?

Ok well I am now leaning towards a "light" countertop vs the charcoal soapstone look. Was at a kitchen place where there was a display with white cabinets and black countertop and a display with white cabinets and a white patterned quartz. standing at each, I realized that working on a dark countertop did not thrill me. My quandry is what white quartz will work with the Calcutta marble which will be on the lowered walnut cabinet? The Calcutta is a remnant and there is not enough of it to do all the counters. Most of the white or light quartz samples I have seen are too similar to the marble look. Any suggestions on what to do?. I am Overwhelmed.

You're putting function over aesthetics?! Ha! In my recent kitchen refresh, I went from dark to light counters simply because I wanted a change. Anyway, I think it's really smart of you to figure out how you like to work in your kitchen.

This is one idea for you. Go over to Houzz and choose Photos, then Kitchen. In the search box, enter Marble Baking Center. Some of the photos will be of the baking center only. If you choose/click on the photo, then look to the right, you'll often see thumbnails you can click on showing the rest of the kitchen, including counters. That's what I did and found this kitchen, just as an example, with a carrara baking counter and Caesarstone Nougat counters for the rest. These photos are from the same kitchen.

Carrara Marble Baking Centre · More Info

Caesarstone's Nougat Shines · More Info

Oh my gosh! I just brought home a sample called Bianca maple which looks very much like the one above! We are going to see if our guy will install the Calcutta slab first and then choose the rest. As much as I liked the charcoal suede by silestone, I just don't know if I would be happy with all that dark. Besides it came out to $106 per sq. Ft installed. I would really have to be 100% sold on it for that price! I am always drawn to the all white kitchens on Houzz so am going to follow my gut and try to replicate that look.

I was going to suggest going to a light or white countertop also. It'll look great. I'd get a bunch of caesarstone and silestone white/off white samples and see how they look next to the marble and cabinets. Your kitchen sounds fabulous!

Thank you! I hope to have the kitchen done soon and will post pictures! I have only been waiting 10 years for this!