Blue222q: thank you for the compliment on the kitchen! I made a mistake in my measurements because we went through a few modifications on the island and I wasn't reading the most recent modifications when I posted the measurements. The wood counters are 24 1/2 inches each, and the quartz is 78 1/2 inches, giving a total of 127 inches. I love the wood counters. I have a lot of counter space around the perimeter of my kitchen (which is the same quartz as the island) and it really needed something to break up all the white marble looking quartz. Plus I have grayish marble floor tiles. The wood adds warmth to it and I really like the 2 surfaces. I have only had it for a few weeks now but I absolutely am grateful my kitchen designer thought of the wood. It is raised a little above the quartz which I suggest as well. So the wood is not flush with the quartz, intentionally. I could have gone with a thicker wood but for every inch you add on a wood counter, the cost really goes up and I didn't think I really needed a thicker piece of wood. The quartz was put down first in the middle of the island and then the wood on the ends. So the wood is not sitting on top of the quartz. The guys that put in the quartz, ran white caulk(I think that is what it is) on the seam where the wood meets up with the quartz. You don't notice it at all. I'm assuming the wood counter is glued onto the cabinets in the island but I wasn't around when the wood was installed. The book match is good and I'm assuming the more pattern your quartz has, the more you can hide the seam. I don't have a lot of pattern and you do see a very slight line that runs horizontal in the middle of the quartz. You really don't notice it. I'll have to take more photos for you to see it.

So we decided on the following SW colors- Dover White- trim Mindful Gray- main color Dovetail-Master bedroom Naval- dining room (that will have 64" judges panel in Dover White) I still have to decide on Master bath which I may just keep Mindful Gray, and my kids' rooms. We lived abroad for many years and have several antique Asian furniture pieces, art and paintings with vivid colors and patterns so I want to keep walls and counter tops neural. Thank you everyone!

I know this is late but for the benefit of anyone reading this in the future. I have to disagree with some of the above comments. As an example of a bookmatched island that looks terrible. If this were to be assessed by an independent, regardless of the quality of workmanship this would not be considered a bookmatch. Google bookmatched material and even in natural stone the slabs are nearly identical. That is the whole point of a bookmatch. Quartz is not a poured product as described described above and manufacturers make identical slabs (ive noticed some samples are all identical too-which shows its a controlled process)

The Chinese were making book matched quartz, but it book matched from side to side, not end to end, if memory serves. Anyway, they're apparently out of the game for now. If you go with an engineered stone with subtle movement/color, you may be able to get away with a nice seam. Don't be too fussy, please. If the seams are going to drive you nuts, get Corian or another solid surface please. The sheets are sequential end-to-end and seams are inconspicuous.