I first saw leathered granite about 4 or 5 years ago in a parade home. Instantly fell in love with it! Your choice of granite and finish is absolutely beautiful! Monica

What I found when considering this (albeit with Carrara) is that the marble that gets made into tiles is often a lot busier and "dirtier" than whats sold in slabs for counters. So they didn't look so good together. (I ended up using white subways with my carrara counters.) I actually used Calacatta Gold mosaic tile in my bathroom, and although it's gorgeous, there is a very wide color variation, with a lot of imperfections, in the tile that you don't see in slabs. I think if you searched carefully you could probably find the right slab/tile combo and if the rest of the kitchen were thoughtfully designed around them it might be great... but it's not as simple as it seems at first :)

Alternatively, instead of dark lowers I would consider a light grey on all cabinets, any colours recommendations to go with the countertops would be great!

Look under my posts… I have pics of Calacatta Mirragio Gold. It’s been a while but I think Arno was more of a rust veining if I have the right name. The other one was gray so I’m assuming you are comparing gold and brown… the samples I saw definitely had a strong rust undertone.