We just put caesarstone all over our house. We did nougat in one bath, so no backsplash or seam, but we also did blizzard in the kitchen and the seam is not noticeable at all. In the bath with nougat, we paired it with gray slate tikes on the floor and white subway in the showers. Good luck.

Deardaisy,
This may be quite late, but we put in Caesarstone Nougat countertops several years back - we made some posts with photos here on gardenweb that I will attach below. We love these countertops.

Our backsplash was a mix of marble tile and iridescent glass tiles. It gave a very modern, white-sand beach look.

We used a more expensive mitered edge to hide seems along the edges. I'm glad we did as the look is very clean.

We've had zero damage to our countertops in 2 1/2 years - no scratches, scorches, or cracks. The only scare was a methyl blue chemical dye I spilled once - it took 2-3 minutes of scrubbing, but it came out. I also found barkeepers friend to remove any stain that is a bit more stubborn. Overall, these are outstanding, clean-looking countertops. No worries about color matching: nougat is a neutral and versatile color with it;s greyish quartz pebbles embedded. We found it particularly goes well with our neutral items, like our white, black, and steel appliances.

Another idea for backsplash is carerra marble subway tiles - there is a photo posted at the very bottom of the link below. I re-posted a few of the photos here below too.

-DH of gracsantacruz

Here is a link that might be useful: --> Posting from 2009 - white kitchen with nougat Caesarstone

We have heard nothing but good things about Caesarstone and are getting the Chocolate Truffle.

gracesantacruz -- What did you mean by mitered edge? IKEA gave us a choice of full bullnose, single bevel, half bullnose, demi bullnose, or ogee - all extra charge. Free was flat polish and roundover edging.

If you don't get the mitered edge, the edge will be two stacked sheets. You will likely see a line running the length of the counter where the two pieces meet.

A mitered edge puts the seam on the edge.

I love the Caesarstone nougat. Am planning it for a teen's bathroom. Taupe-gray glass tiles as an accent, white subway tile. Should I do white tile on the floor as well, or a slate color? Also, can you get Caesarstone at Ikea ? (referring to an earlier post). Thanks.

The other alternative to mitered edges is to use 3cm thick slab, no need for bookmatch edge seams.