I think that will look nice.

IMO too dark and heavy

So that's one for and one against;)

SOAPstone is a really clean look.

So, that's one for, one against, and one punny;)

i love soapstone. They do the same thing w/granite all the time. If you have light cabinets and a decent amount of light in the kitchen, it should be fine. Make sure you get two cuts of the same slab(s). soapstone has a wide variance of shades.

Would it be a solid slab of soapstone? That seems a little unimaginative. Could you envision something like this? How dark is your soapstone?

I wouldn't do anything else dark in there. Floor and counter and everything else light.

If your floors weren't slate I'd probably say go for it, but I'd worry it would look too dark and heavy with everything being so dark aside from your cabinets. It may look okay if you have a lot of natural light.

Wow! and that was from a granite supplier who you might think would push for more counter material.

I'd find a light gray that pulls from your floor tones and/or from the veining in the soapstone. Wouldn't want a wall of black in addition to all the area of the counters. Second choice would be white with sparkle.

Was only able to find a couple of photos of this, and it was mostly very light stone.

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Maybe in a large airy room like those. I still prefer the lighter backsplashes.

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Sounds great. Love soapstone and when you continue beautiful stone from countertop to backsplash it makes a huge impact. The look is total WOW!