What is the finish of your floors?

IMO this is a successful installation because the granite has specs of the cabinet color in the stone.

I'm not sure your cabinet select will bring out the best in that granite color.

Given it’s being used on both backsplash and counter I’d look for a more subdued design. If not committed to using as backsplash, you could add texture/contrast with a lovely tile.

We are trying to avoid alot of grout on the backsplash. Have not seen Fantasia white granite anywhere. Thank you for mock photo with our cabinet color! Will have to go look at the granite again. Andino White was the lightest we could find. If this doesn't work we will have to look into a quartzite - which will definatley increase costs.

unless the kitchen is huge and has a lot of natural light, I think this is too busy.

To dark and to busy

Oh hockey puck that it's too dark and too busy. Not everyone wants a plain jane granite with no movement. Some of us like something a bit more dramatic and that makes a statement.

The stone is beautiful and would work IF the color works with the wood. Can you get a sample of the stone to make sure the 2 work together?

Make sure your lighting is all LED 4000K before choosint any counter or backspalsh Have you looked at back painted glass it can be amazing as backsplash and very minimal joints

I am light sensitive so we have 3000k lighting. Funny enough thats what started everything. Once we put the led pot lights in our old oak kitchen cabinets looked terrible. Prior to that we were just going to do counter and floor. The kitchen was 30 years old. Had its time.

Make sure your lighting is all LED 4000K before choosint any counter or backspalsh

You do not have to make sure your lighting is all 4000k. I can't believe even after being shown articles about this she is still spouting this. In reality, CRI is more important to get accurate color.

The general rule is: The higher the CRI, the better the color rendering capacity. CRI is independent of color temperature. These are two different things. For example, a 5000K (daylight color temperature) fluorescent light source could have a CRI of 75, but another 5000K fluorescent light source can have a CRI of 90.

Yes that's done with work with that darker cabinet the light one might be okay but a little more bland but it will work with the darker cabinet just make sure you're lighting is up

The granite is really nice it is not playing Jane it has movement when you click on it you can see

I can't believe even after being shown articles about this she is still spouting this.

Honestly, and I am not trying to be funny here, I have thought more than once that @Patricia Colwell Consulting is a bot. Her comments never vary, and there are maybe 5 or 6 used over and over, and the LED 4000K lights is one of those. It's just like when you open the chat box on a website, and the chat bot can only reply to questions with a certain limited number of scripted responses.

To the OP, I think that stone is beautiful. I do not think it is too busy, I do not know what people are saying - it is one of the more quiet patterns in granites (or Quartzes for that matter) that I see. My only caution is that it is a linear pattern rather than being more random. That could be an issue when you need to have seams, whether turning a corner in the counter, or over the length of the backsplash. The pattern of those lines will be unlikely to flow across the seams unless you pay for extra slabs to ensure you have enough stone to keep the flow, and that gets expensive. On the other hand, many people have strongly linear counter patterns in their kitchens, and indeed the patterns do not flow across the seams, and they could not care at all. Just make sure you know whether you would care or not.

These are not your stone of course, it's just to give you a picture of what I am talking about.

The stone can be beautiful. Using it as the backsplash is a higher end look as well as a way to avoid grout. You can get the most out of this by carefully planning the way the patterns coordinate from the counter to the backsplash. Really look carefully at the slabs available. Take pictures and plan all the cuts. You can mark them off with tape or print out pictures to mark up for going over with your fabricator. This is where communication and follow-up with the fabricator is your responsibility if you want the best looking final outcome. Don't leave this to anyone else and have to be disappointed later. Inspect everything before it's set for delivery and installation. Communicate this provision of the job with your fabricator before he accepts the job.

Miranda & Dan & all: I was able to find exact slab picture. I only originally took a picture of a portion of the slab. I guess when they put it on hold it came off the website for a bit. Please let me know if you think the "linear" is going to cause issued on "L" shape seam area or backsplash matching. Here it is:

In your first picture, the slab looks warmer and “creamier”. In the above, it looks really gray. If it’s closer to the second photo, it’s not great with your cabinet choice.

Another granite that might work is called River White.

Make a point of talking to the stone template person about matching the “flow” of the patterns. You may need one more slab to insure the top AND backsplash will look good at the seams.

RedRyder: Andino White granite from Brazil is a beautiful white and gray granite with accents of beiges and charcoals.

Laurie looking at your latest pic, I think your granite will definitely work with your cabinets. Please show us when it's done!

Just went back to look at granite again. Interestingly enough there were 3 slabs (we only need 2) So they unstacked the slabs for viewing. They are all from same block. However the two that were bookmatched , one had pink in it. So we are now looking at the two that are not bookmatched. Also there is some nice maroon tones within the granite that are not listed at all when you google andino white granite.

Oh wow! Do u like?

Did you decide to take two of the slabs?

We are getting a quote on the two slabs from same block but not bookmatched.

Here are pictures of the maroon close up. There are also tiny specs throughout but they blend in quite well.

Laurie I think we used that same granite in a kitchen in a previous house. We paired it with white and wood cabinets but the island was much more grey/dark than your very pretty cabinet choice. I believe it was tagged as white taupe granite.

Has anyone ever seen Andino White Granite with Maroon in it? I am kinda stumped as online it states: Andino White granite from Brazil is a beautiful white and gray granite with accents of beiges and charcoals. However the sample we have put on hold has Maroon swipes in some areas and some speckles in other, along with black speckles and the quartz factor looks taupe.

We went back to see the Andino White Granite and there was a lot more maroon on it than we first thought, some even having a slight pink aura. So we have decided against it. We did notice that most Granites with "white" in the name tended to have alot more maroon/pink in them.

Are you open to trying Cambria for the countertop? Is a darker granite a possibility?

Do you have a photo of a completed kitchen with the cabinet choice? It might be easier to recommend other countertop colors if we can see more of it. And get a sample door to go stone shopping with. The maroon/pink issue has eliminated the Andino White.

Bring your door sample to the slab yard along with a flooring sample and when you see them all together, you will probably know right away. If not, take pictures. Sometimes pictures give a new perspective. Have you considered honed? Mihelene’s look honed and they are gorgeous. I think your slabs are pretty on their own. They might be perfect.

Have decided against Granite as we could not find any we liked. On to quartzite.

Have you looked at Taj Mahal quartzite?

We did Taj but budget constraints did not allow for slabs on backsplash. I’m glad now and still love my kitchen three years later!

thanks, we have looked at Taj and will be confirming on Monday!