can I do Whitby Cambria with walnut cabinets?

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I am considering Cambria in the color Whitby for my walnut cabinets. Does this color work… it doesn’t have any brown in it.
Other options include Hanstone Montauk or Silestone Calcutta gold.
What color paint would go with this?
The room gets lots of light. (2 nine foot wide windows and a 9 foot sliding patio door).
Calcutta. Montauk. Whitby

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Diana Bier Interiors, LLC

last year

In general, it looks like all three would look good with walnut cabinetry. But it depends on the space and whatever else is going on. I disagree that wood and quartz ("plastic fake stone") are a poor choice. All of the quartz patterns you are considering are subtle and muted and would work.

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
last year
You have awesome real wood why not real stone insted of plastic fake stone.The last thing to choose is paint color. So one you have chosen the counter come back and show us the whole space
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Gin J
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I went to a Cambria showroom today and saw a few new pieces that caught my attention.
Britannica gold, Everleigh (new), Inverness Frost and Cashel.
I also looked at Colton but I noticed that some of the patterns in some Cambria reminds me of varicose veins🤔….is it just me?
Anyway, I am torn between going bold with Brittanica Gold, playing it safe with Whitby or Inverness Frost…. Or in between with Everleigh.
I just don’t want to pick something that will look out of date in a few years.
Open to ANY other suggestions or comments! Thanks!!
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Brittanica gold
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Inverness Frost
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Everleigh
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I’m open to ANY suggestions!!!
Thanks!
Susanne Woolley
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Oh, by that sample, I love the Everleigh! But I’d want to see a whole slab. The Brittanica Gold has more yellow than I’d prefer, but you may love that about it. Your cabinetry is just beautiful!
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Diana Bier Interiors, LLC
last year
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If you don't want it to look out of date in a few years, stay away from anything that has thick and bold veining. It never looks real, doesn't look good now, and will not look good anytime in the future. It also is very difficult to match as is evident in many of the Design Dilemmas here on Houzz. Go with something classic and subtle for a look that will stand the test of time. Also, you cannot see the full effect when looking at a small sample--definitely view a full slab for the best representation.

If you want bold veining, then get natural stone--marble, granite or quartzite.
Susie .
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Agree with Diana - stay away from bold veining. Your cabinets are beautiful and the star of the show. Don’t try to upstage them with a wild countertop. What is your flooring? How does the countertop look with that? I don’t mind quartz (have it in my own home), but those traditional cabinets may look better with a marble or quartzite.
Gin J
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Right now… its OSB! Lol! I want to compliment the cabinets first.
Actually… those pictures are cabinets at the showroom… here are mine…
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I thought Colton was a little too vein-y for me.
Here’s Whitby next to walnut trim
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Torquay might work too. What do you think of Inverness Frost?
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Okay…. Went to the Cambria website…. Looked at paint matches and Torquay seems to have paint matches to my color scheme… I am thinking that works better than Whitby
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Thank you all for sharing your comments. I appreciate and learn so much from each of you!!! This site is so awesome!!!
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My favorite quartz products are Caesarstone "London Gray" and Silestone "Lagoon." Both are subtle gray-ish patterns that could work very nicely with walnut cabinets.

I find some of the marble-look quartzes to look like they have hair on them!
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With walnut cabinetry's warm and rich texture, white Cambria works nicely with the hue of quartz. If you have walnut cabinets in your kitchen, Cambria White Cliff, Cambria Clovelly, and Britannica Gold Cambria will contrast well.
annhighland
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What did you doing?
Dawn
5 months ago
Gin J What did you decide on? Any pictures to share?

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