I agree with you, Hannah--I'd go with the SM. I, too, wanted something transitional; not too traditional but also not overly modern, so we looked at the CN as well but felt like the veining looked too manufactured, whereas the SM looked more natural like natural stone (we had granite in our previous home and really did love that but couldn't find any white granite this time around). And while I haven't seen CN in person I can say that we love our SM and get many compliments on it. The veining is beautiful and is neither too pronounced nor too subtle. Our cabinets are white white, so I'm not sure if that's as white as your Arctic White but they definitely aren't cream, and we think they look nice with the SM. Our island is just stained knotty alder but the pewter island will be beautiful with it! All of that said, though.. if you decide to go with the CN, I am certain your cabinet choices will look beautiful with that as well. But yes my opinion was that the CN wasn't bold enough (SM at first seemed almost too bold to me but that's because we were used to boring counters, and I'm so glad we decided to go for it because we love it and it's definitely not too bold).

Um, Silestone Eternal Statuario?

My bathroom cabinets are in Swiss Coffee. would Eternal Statuario be suitable with swiss coffee ? I dont want to bring out any yellow. I am having a difficult time finding a white quarts to compliment. Any other suggestions?

With shaker doors I'd pick a pale grey with either a blue or a tan undertone, depending on the flooring and overall look. With modern doors I'd say choose a white wisely (take the silestone sample and the cabinet color home to see them 'in your own light'). And for backsplash, why not use the same composite?