To me, the two stones seem to clash. Especially for a 130 year old home, I'd do the black soapstone on the perimeter, and a usable hard maple butcher block island...I'd be in heaven

Hard to tell, but on my screen the soapstone and the quartzite look great together. I would use both like you originally planned. Also remember the two will be far enough from one another and flat.

Should have mentioned this but there is no way to know what the stones would really look like together as they are all at different suppliers. The black soapstone we have only seen a pic of as the fabricator has it at a different location.

I am not a huge fan of the butcher block counters but appreciate your opinion cookncarpenter :)

How about zinc on the island? It's very period appropriate for your home's era and shouldn't fight either of your stone options.

I am a soapstone girl, but that quartzite is gorgeous! I like them together. (But a definite no on the green soapstone.)

That looks like a gorgeous home! Personally I like the black Soapstone. I know it's the "safe" and "boring" choice but for us it gave us more freedom in other areas. It will also allow us to rotate art and other accessories through the space without having to worry about the possibility of them clashing or the space becoming too busy.

Your house looks somewhat open, does one color of the soapstone work better with the furniture, floors, and details of the adjoining rooms better? All of the slabs look great but maybe one will corindate with the rest of the house better than the others.

The zinc is very pretty but looks like it scratches and isn't heat resistant. I hadn't seen these before! Gorgeous, but we wanted more durable for the island. Thanks for the quick detour :)

The Super White is called a quartzite by most suppliers but is actually dolomitic marble. Some is very hard and won't scratch, but the slabs we have found are soft. In discussing with our fabricator and the local suppliers, it completely depends on how deep in the ground the stone comes from. Since we can't seem to find the hard stuff, had to make a change.

If we went with all quartzite, do you think it would wash out the kitchen?

If we went with all green soapstone, what color island would you do? There is one window in the kitchen, and it's open to the family room. Would this be too dark?

Hi! I vote for the Quartz and the black soapstone. I wouldn't use the green unless that colour was repeated in other rooms such as DR and LR. Unfortunately, it's kind of hard to tell, but if you went all Quartz, it may indeed wash the room out. Besides, I think if you love soapstone you should have it! And I think quartz on the island would be stunning. By the way, you have a beautiful home! Best of luck on the restoration. :-)

Such a tough decision! I've been there. I have soapstone in my home and love it. One thing you could consider: Use all soapstone and oil the perimeter and leave the island unoiled to get that grey look.

I agree with you: the green ss is too busy with the quartzite, so I would use that dark black one. You could pick a ss slab with a touch more dramatic veining if you wanted.

Sometimes it's nice to give hubby one though :-)

If it were ME...I would do the whole thing in the soapstone, because I like the high contrast with the white cabinets, and I feel it's a bit more 'homey'.

Thanks for all of the responses! The stone made the decision for us...

Had decided to simplify and do the entire kitchen in quartzite. But when we went to pick out 2 more slabs, all of the other ones had these dirty/water mark areas which were part of the stone but really detracted. Our slab was the only one that was pristine. So soapstone perimeter it is!

Thoughts on backsplash?

hopels maybe I missed it, but what kind of quartzite is that? I LOVE it and think it would look amazing with soapstone (my husband, incidentally, wants to do the same thing except reversed with quartzite counters and a soapstone island.)

Dayglosoright - it is called 'Albany' Quartzite at our local supplier. It is very translucent with green and brown veins. I'm not sure if it is a standard color and I can't seem to find it online, but I have seen similar stones at our other local suppliers. I think the imperfections in this particular lot worked to our advantage because it was inexpensive for quartzite :). Our fabricator was shocked at the price.

hopels its totally beautiful! Congrats- my slabs are kind of similar but the veins are not nearly as brown/gold as yours. You've snagged a good one- very unique!

Beautiful choices! We have a green-based soapstone island and Sea Pearl quartzite perimeter counters. Both are patterned (especially the soapstone), yet I think they work okay together...just like two different pieces of art work in the same room.

I'd go with a muted backsplash so the soapstone can be the "star" of the kitchen.

Hi, hopels, what did you decide to do? I was thinking of doing something similar to what you proposed in your kitchen and am curious what you decided. If you want through with white quartzite and black soapstone, could you share pictures?

Super white is a marble, some slab yards try and get more money out of you trying to sell it as a quartzite. marble institute of America will Give you everything you need to know about dolomites

Found this thread searching for soapstone and quartzite mix. What did you end of doing? Do you ha e pics?

We ended up getting the quartzite on the island and black soapstone on perimeter. Absolutely loved it - but we sold the house :(