@appatel14 You'll get excellent service in any material including porcelain from a little shop near the design district in Dallas, Texas, called Escobar Marble & Granite at 2339 Farrington Street, Dallas, TX 75207, Phone: (214) 905-5045. However, after more research since my previous comments were posted, I strongly recommend against porcelain. It has too many issues during fabrication, installation, and usage to be reliable for a kitchen that receives moderate to heavy traffic. Please consider quartz or granite instead. If you use quartz, many people have had the best performance from brands like Cambria that use the Breton technology in manufacturing.

Hi there- hkmckinney93 I have been shopping porcelain countertops for awhile and am seriously considering MSI Stile in Arabescato. I have a very experienced fabricator/installer lined up, but haven't reserved the slabs yet or put money down simply because several other components of our kitchen remodel are held up (flooring, appliances) several months. While weve been waiting Ive heard prices have gone up $6 per sq ft. Did you end up making a selection from MSI or another mfg? If so what did you use and how do you like it? The other threads on Houzz about porcelain are scary because there's a lot of complaints -but I have to wonder if the people who post are the ones who are upset, not the people who are satisfied (they don't bother). Hard to know if this is a poor choice (porcelain). Thoughts?

Insist that the fabricator you use comprehends and follows Roberto Colonatti's fabrication and installation manual. If Colonatti and your manufacturer disagree, go with Colonatti please. He's the best in the world. I've seen him lift an 8' top off a bench by the end. In the countertop universe, that's supernaturalism.

I would only consider porcelain if you liked the look of the thinner profile and didn't want a marble look. I would NOT do anything that required mitering. That's a high dollar per linear foot cost, it's the most often messed up area, if it's bad, it's "really bad" with mismatched adhesive and chipped edges, and after all that - still fake. It feels like all these materials struggle so hard tobe something they are not (mostly marble), have other issues than marble (they might not etch but....) and still can't replicate the look and feel that Mother Nature can. What design style are you going for?