need help - kitchen counter top
We are doing a remodel - the kitchen is open to the dining room and den. I keep going back and forth on the countertops - thought about dark/almost black but feel it may be too dark and also thought about quartz with veining but can't find one that I love. Our cabinets will be white shaker and we have medium tone wood flooring. What do you think of doing this quartz on the perimeter counter top -
and doing this porcelain slab on the island AND backsplash -
Thanks, in advance, for your help! Here is our kitchen layout if that helps too -
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eam44
4 years agoRelated Discussions
Need help with kitchen counters, Please
Comments (3)Actually, the folks on the kitchen forum are pretty great at stuff like this! But, in any case, have you checked out the finished kitchens blog? Here is the link. You can use the search function to limit your choices to kitchens with cherry cabinets and go from there. Perhaps you can get a feel there for what color combinations speak to you. Here is a link that might be useful: Finished Kitchens Blog...See MoreNeed help with counter-top and backsplash selection
Comments (1)I think white would be a nice contrast. I've attached a link to a GW member's (kellienoelle) kitchen that used Delicatus granite & a classic white backsplash. Here is a link that might be useful: Kellienoelle's Dark Cherry & Delicatus Reveal This post was edited by romy718 on Fri, Mar 14, 14 at 21:46...See MoreNeed help with kitchen countertop and backsplash!
Comments (16)Quartz is hardly more "chippy" than natural stone. If you're hearing chip complaints, look at the edge profile. 90% of the time, that's your problem. Pencil edges at sinks are cheap and customers are reluctant to pay to have a larger radius, hence the chips. As for heat, the MIA recommends trivet use on natural stone as do the manufacturers of quartz and solid surface rendering them all equal. The only heat proof tops are sintered (Neolith, Dekton). Solid surface doesn't stain, nor do the sintered surfaces....See MoreNeed help with kitchen countertop selection!
Comments (7)Cabinets: Oxford White Cambria Brittania Walls: Simply White The two whites are way off. If you are set on Oxford White for Cabinets, you need a correlating white with gray/blue undertones and not the creamy of Simply White. B.M. Horizon Then choose a quartz closer to the color of the cabinets...Oxford White. You must see the full slab and you must sign off on your choice. Do not go by tiny sample. It does not represent the slab that will be in your house....See Morerobinbohbot
4 years ago
PROBeth H. :
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoyou've just about described my new kitchen (the island looks a little blue here, but it's a dark charcoal called Wrought Iron)
the island is Calacatta and the perimeter is Eternal Serena quartz (they also have a charcoal color option that almost looks like soapstone, but I thought it would be too dark for mine)
I'm not completely finished w/the tiling in my kitchen )slab of the Serena
Look up Silestone Eternal Charcoal and see if you like the darker.
btw, here's one of the porcelain slabs from my tile place that I was considering. looked so real.
robinbohbot
4 years ago
K R
4 years ago
Beth H. :