Hi, Handyfrank: I may be a bit late to your discussion, but part of the beauty of natural stone is in the variations. No two slabs are identical. Blue pearl is my choice for an upcoming project in my own kitchen, and I have loved it since I first saw it in mineralogy and petrography classes in college too many years ago. When I pull the trigger on my project, I will be looking for a slab with a good bit of blue, but I want the depth of color as well. I'm not concerned about being too dark, as I will be doing mostly white cabinets and the dark horizontal surface will be an exclamation point on the light colors elsewhere. For the backsplash I'm leaning toward a granite called 'ashen white', a light grey with fairly strong lineation in the texture and that includes red crystals of garnet in the matrix. I will have stainless and black appliances, and a hammered copper sink which will be the focal point of the kitchen. Best of luck! Winston and Baldurdash, the Wonder-Elghund

Semi-transparent stain generally isn't very durable as deck stain. It's most often used for vertical surfaces. It also isn't very long lasting on sunny surfaces. If you are going to stain the deck, your best bet may be deck stain!

I think I would just use the colors of the brick and stone for the siding I see the blue quite clearly on the gables , such a weird choice for roof color but oh well . I think I might add some blue landscaping to bring the roof into the picture since it is there and not going anywhere. A nice walkway from the street to take your eye to something besides the roof.

2127-30 Gravel Gray by Benjamin Moore might be worth a look. It sits between the two you mentioned in terms of Value (darker than Westcott, but lighter than Hale Navy). It also has more Chroma (colourfulness) than Westcott but less than Hale Navy. 🌈