This has been discussed about 5000 times on this forum. Maybe more. In short, if you want a quiet very uniform look, choose quartz. If you want a look more with the variegations of Mother Nature, granite. Don’t get started with whether one is more easy care than another. That‘s a circular discussion that never goes anywhere but in circles. There are a thousand granites and most are easy care. Glad you are enjoying your choices. Congrats on your new kitchen.

Everything in the remodel looks good except for the backsplash. Unfortunately it looks exactly like what it is- flooring slapped on as a backsplash. The movement in it is also too busy for the countertop. Glad you're happy with the changes though.

Houzz suggested I start my post with that question, I am new here. That picture is my whole kitchen, except for the fridge, it’s small. I love the movement!!! Hate subway tile and mosaics were waaay too busy. This backsplash both matches the uppers and lowers.

I think it looks very nice---very attractive counter tops. I think the bar counter is giving me a good suggestion as I have an open wall like that and I had not though about using it like that.

Thank you! We have a small dining area with no actual dining room only a space for a table that seats four comfortably and six tightly. So I added the breakfast bar for some more seating. My grandchildren are one and a half and six months old, they will be using it a lot as they are toddlers and young adults.

I didn't realize that Houzz suggests the actual subject titles! Well, welcome to the Kitchens Forum. I hope you will stay and hang out, and contribute (with your own subject titles haha). There is always something to discuss about Kitchen Design. It's amazing how vast in number are the topics.

Felizlady - you must have misread the OP

Glad you love your new remodel. That’s a very pretty quartz. Enjoy your new kitchen!

I love it! I think it looks great. You really pulled off the dark lowers/white uppers look.

I do love the whole concept, but probably with everything that is going on between the worktop and the flooring, perhaps maybe following up the worktop for the splashback.??

You have maximised and utilised the space well.

As long as you are happy, don't post as someone will give you a hundred reasons not to be.

I will give you two:

Ditch the ceiling fan/light. They do NOT belong in a kitchen. At all. Get a pretty flush mount with a drum shade or something.

PLEASE lose the doo dad arrangement at breakfast bar,. Get a nice piece of art, a nice desk calendar for you...........and a can of paint to get to ONE wall color .

You'll be happier yet. : )

We only have one color on the painted walls, it’s pumpkin. What you see next to the breakfast bar looks like a grey wall but is really the casement around the refrigerator.

New lights have not come in yet, the fans were here when moved in 10 yrs ago, there was no central AC when we moved in. Probably why the previous owner put fans in most rooms.

My house is in the country and decorated with black bears and pine. The new lights are hanging mason jars with the Edison style lightbulb inside. My daughter got me “the doo dad“ arrangement as I had a new granddaughter six months ago. It matches the rest of the decor in my house and I would never hurt her feelings by taking it down. But thanks for the comments.

Fine. But the fan needs to go. : )

It’s going, no worries. New lights will be in next week ! :)

I like your application of the backsplash tile. I would however see if the outlets along the backsplash can be swapped to a little more slick looking stainless or aluminum or cool metal . I think so, but not sure if they have to be ordered, so forth. The biscuit face plate?....just needs changing. I like your kitchen!

Yes, we will be swapping out those face plates, not sure with what yet. Maybe brushed nickel to match the cabinet handles, haven't gotten that far yet. Working on the bathroom now. Thanks for the comment.

It looks great besides the backsplash IMO. It's floor tile, so it looks like you used floor tile on the wall, which is not my style, but if you like it then great! Enjoy your new kitchen!

We love the backsplash and think it works in the colors of the uppers and lowers while still matching the quartz counter. I like the movement in the counters and backsplash. I am not big on mosaics or subway tile. My house is decorated very rustic. If I could afford more expensive log cabinetry I would have done that and had wood on wood on wood. But alas, there was a budget. Thanks for the comment.

My parents did the tile wood backsplash as well. Not my taste, but I don't cook in their kitchen or yours! Enjoy your new space, it is lovely!

To add my 2 cents to the mix, I think that for the outlets, I would go with whatever will blend in more with the wood/tile and not accentuate it. So if there is a gray or something like that which is available I would vote for that.

We love the paint color, it picks up certain tones in the flooring. My house is very rustic and painted in earth tones. When eating at breakfast bar there is plenty of room as the cat bowls are under the diagonal edge. They don’t get kicked around at all, not once have they even been bumped. The stools are only pushed so close together when under the bar. The doo-dahs are sentimental and match the pine and bear rustic theme of my house!! The bar is not in a corner, the grey next to it is just the small edge of cabinetry around fridge on wall opposite sink, which has breakfast bar and fridge.

Good Lord - this is where we’re at - dissing someone’s tchotchkes, calling wall color “weird”, and being generally unkind? There’s a line between giving honest and constructive advice and just being plain old unkind, especially when it’s just your opinion, anyway.

Sheesh, I thought it might be fun on this site! I’m going to be thankful and enjoy what I have. Peace out.

Tracy, I think the problem is that this is posted in the "Design Dilemmas" section of Houzz. This is where homeowners who have a problem ask for opinions, and there is no lack of opinions here :(

You seem to be very happy with your new kitchen, and wanted to feature it on the site. As such maybe you should have posted in the "Before and After" section? Once you post here, you are opening yourself up to everyone's opinion, many of them unkind.

P.S. I like the pumpkin paint color--kudos for selecting something different than everyone else!

Tracy- occasionally there are some nasty posts but mostly the forum is very nice and helpful ((mostly)). I have been on the forum for over a decade and I don't think I have ever been the recipient of a nasty comment so it's really not typical. Hope you will reconsider but I can certainly understand if you leave.

There seems to be a glitch with posting here where it doesn't always post to the forum you would expect. I know for some reason I had one post about my family room and furniture which posted to home decorating (which is what I wanted) AND to Azalea forum on Garden part.

I really like your kitchen & if you love it, that is what matters! Great job with everything. Enjoy it!

salonva - perhaps Houzz thought you might like an azalea outside your family room window? ;-) That is an odd one. Eeesh.

OP - Don't take things to personally, I think Diana has explained it correctly. When something is posted as a "Design Dilemna" it is assumed that the person posting it is not entirely happy with whatever is being posted and wants help improving it. Ergo, all of what you probably regarded as unsolicited, unwanted advice.

Yes, I agree that posting to the Design Dilemma forum makes people think you have a design dilemma you want advice on. Also, the question in the subject title is "What do you think?" So people are taking you literally and telling you what they think.

Please do not go; just next time, post a different sort of subject title which is saying what you want. If it's "look at my kitchen, I am so happy, I love it", people will respond in kind. If you have a design problem you want advice on, post that as well but be ready for people to be blunt. Nevertheless, people here will give you hugely better advice, yes blunt, but better than some store person who just wants to sell you something and will say whatever it takes to make the sale.

Love the contrast! Looks great all around! Even though the backsplash is made for flooring, it looks great as a backsplash! Extremely durable and looks fabulous with the cabinets and granite countertops! Thanks for sharing!

I love your granite. It is so sweet that your daughter bought you Grandma kitsch. I can tell your grand baby is going to have a lot of fun and love at your house. Enjoy your new kitchen (and grand baby).

Tracy- I do hope you stick around on the forum---- as you can see, MOST people on here are helpful and kind. That s not to say that every comment has to be praising, but nasty is really quite the exception.

@reupser -

You are correct IF the GFCI is installed mid-circuit.

But that's a big assumption to make without knowing how the house was actually wired. In my kitchen, every outlet is wired as a home run to central splice boxes in the basement. Why? First, I have multiple circuits serving the kitchen counter outlets. No two adjacent outlets are on the same circuit. Second, in the future, if needed I can easily switch outlets to their own separate circuits.

This type of home run wiring is not typically done because the cost of labor and materials would be prohibitive. I grew up in a family of electrical contractors so neither were an issue when I rewired my kitchen. You also won't see any GFCI receptacles in my kitchen because I opted to install GFCI breakers instead of outlets.

These guys have a lot to say on granite vs other types of counter tops. I reference this guide often: counter top trends

“These guys have a lot to say on granite vs other types of counter tops. I reference this guide often: [link inserted]”

^^^SPAM. That is Lion Windows’ own website. The companies Lion Windows and Socal Contractor (the name on the linked website) are the same company. His reference to “these guys” is to his own company. He just wants you to click on his website.

Nice job, I love the two tone cabinets (very similar to what I did). Great idea to use the tile for backsplash (thinking outside of the box). Counter looks good - I say go for what you like.