Such wonderful kitchens. My husband and I had decided to go with a maple merlot...and now it appears under the two layers of vinyl there is most likely maple floors covered by a thin layer of old linoleum with tar paper...and possibly asbestos. I am going to get it tested...but now I love the merlot maple and the contrast with the birdseye maple in the other rooms on that floor!

We don't have them yet, but we will be getting Cambria Edinborough. We wanted something that didn't lean towards green, or blue, or yellow, and didn't have lots of sparkle. It has texture with black and brown, and small sparks of white. Neutral but interesting. Here is a link that might be useful: Cambria Edinborough

That was a great thread to read. Thanks for sharing it. I totally agree with your thinking, damiarain. I’ve taken my paint sample to the local quartz shop and have found one good possibility (LG Viatera Porcelain white) and am waiting to receive a larger sample from them to consider it further... I think it is a smidge brighter than our paint sample for cabinets, so I need to consider whether that will be an issue. The fact that it is on a horizontal plane and that it has a higher sheen than the cabinet paint makes exact-matching tricky, and I’m not sure that exact-matching is even what we should be striving for... Finding a subtly creamy solid white quartz (not ivory but not bright white either) has proven a little more difficult than I anticipated! The picture below is the look we’re going for - white cabinets and countertops with soft taupe (matte) backsplash. mcgoverntheory, why avoid all-white countertop? Just for the practical reasons of showing dirt?

The entire purpose of the site is to have collections of design photographs. Millions of photographs. https://www.houzz.com/photos/query/Gray-and-white-bathroom/nqrwns And the design fad is over, so you might want to look to your actual house‘s bones and style for clues as to what will have staying power and not look immediately dated and out of place.