calicake - sorry I've been out of the loop for so long - out of town for work and no time to check GW. I did go to Tutto Marmo and saw their La Dolce Vita slabs. It's definitely the same type of material and absolutely gorgeous - but just slightly different colors than the slabs I already have, so it's not going to work. My fabricator is coming on Monday and thinks we can make do with what we have, but it sure would have been nice if one of those big slabs at TM would have worked. I've given a lot of thought to backsplash as interestingly it seems that's a sticking point for so many kitchen remodels. Because I have so little wallspace, with the exception of stainless steel behind the stove, I'm not going to have any backsplash at all. My prep sink is in the island, the cabinets on either side of the clean up sink go all the way to the counter, and that sink is in front of an arched window with a very deep counter behind going right into the window trim, so I'm not worried about water splashing. My wall treatment is earth clay which is very a very cool product - I'm really liking it - and to add a backsplash to very minimal areas felt too busy to me. That said, if I were to go with a BS, personally I would use the same granite as my countertops. To me, it's just a really clean look. If that didn't work, I would definitely go with some type of glass tiles. Again, IMHO, even though many folks use it, I think tumbled travertine takes away from the beauty of gorgeous granite... (er, crystalized marble). Let me know what you decide and some day I am hoping to post pics of my completed kitchen.

It looks like it could be Colonial Cream (or maybe Golden Beach but GB seems to be a bit darker.) There is so much variation in slabs and in the names used, it might help to forward the picture to your chosen fabricator or granite yard to see what they say.

cawaps....yes. I might have to use a giallo....not paying $165 a sq foot....Yikes! I have an 18"x18" vanity in the 2nd bath....glad it's soooooooooooooo small now......was thinking of making it bigger.....:0) They "had" other scraps, which sold....I hope they get more in.... DH loaded the counter in my SUV....to take to the remodel and ask the templater what it is....so I'll wait to confirm till this evening....

In my experience many places will say quartzite is granite. One place I went to called Fantasy Brown granite when it's not. It was only from this forum that I learned it was quartzite and when I went back and asked the fabricator, they admitted it was. So in other words, unfortunately you can't always believe what you've been told. I've been looking at granite a lot the last few months and I've never seen a granite look like what you've posted.