After much deliberation, we have decided to go with Blue Granite Pebble Sheen for our first swimming pool. With that big decision out of the way, we now are faced with the question of exactly which tile works best with this finish. We will be using a dark gray granite stone for coping. Any advice or recommendations on tile colors that best compliment the blue granite sheen would be most appreciated!

Thanks again for the additional comments and suggestions! We already have the oven - it's a GE single/double model that my DH fell in love with and grabbed on major floor model sale. To be honest, it would not have been my first choice aesthetically, but he's the primary cook M-F and this was a big thing for him. So whatever we do, that oven has to work. mtnrdredux, I'm surprised at how much I like the turquoise - definitely going to get samples in that range and try them out! sophie123, your kitchen sounds beautiful! Dunsmore cream is a lovely shade, I can see that going well with the marine blue. Thanks for the heads-up about the paint. It's funny, I noticed that the marine blue was a little different to work with just when I was painting cardboard samples. I guess I'd call it a little streakier. I'll almost certainly be painting the cabinets myself, and although I have a great deal of experience refinishing and painting furniture, I don't want to make things more difficult for myself than they need to be.

Surprisingly, Lowes actually has a nice selection of glass tile. Most of it is special order but they have display boards to see samples up close.

I'm loving a subtle bit of color here. We're having creamy cabs with dark granite and I'd love something along this for a backsplash. Can you help ID this color? Is this a glass tile, do you think? It's a gorgeous kitchen by artisan craft nw.