Boy, Hope, I hear ya. I looked at my slab under warehouse lighting and then in sunlight and was still surprised when it was installed. The sample they gave me was not from my slab so it was pretty useless.

I think you should keep looking at least for a bit, although I think most of the whitish granites would look pretty. Online reccomendations aren't always helpful because your stoneyard might not have that kind, but have you considered a black with some veining? I think Virginia Mist is one.

It would be nice if you were a bit more excited about your choice. I think if you're unsure now, it probably won't get better at installation.

I'm going to post a photo. Just look at the island. Most of the "white" granites will end up looking like this. Alaska White is more dramatic and veined, rather than speckly, so if you can find a slab, might be worth a look.

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i had some beautiful granite, with several colors and a lot of movement in it, just to look at, it was pretty, but when i started putting my countertop items ( i'm not a thing person, but i do have a few items out) i didn't like anything at all with the granite, all the "stuff" matched, everything just looked very busy ( all 5 or 6 items on about 18 feet of countertop

anyway, i am familiar with virginia mist and i think you will be very happy with it if it is your final choice.... i have leathered absolute black in my new home and i am extremely happy with it, virginia mist was my close second choice....

Choose a simple granite with little "movement" that is mostly white.

I'm not seeing the beige/yellow in the stone you posted. Well, maybe a little beige, just enough to make it a warm white instead of a cold one. I don't think that is a bad thing. In fact, with blue wall, I think it's easy to go too cold with a white/gray counter. So yes, I think that granite would look good.

But I'm looking at a picture on a monitor, and you have your feet on the ground--there could be more yellow than I'm seeing.

Bring a cabinet door with you when you go look at slabs.

I've never seen any of the Virginia mist around here. I had actually planned on doing something dark in the beginning. The more stones I look at the more confused I get! I'm so stressed out about this I just want to sit and cry.

Why are you choosing granite? So many people are choosing other materials nowadays, it seems whenever someone chooses granite it's because they love the look or love natural stone...in fact many pick the granite/stone first then the cabinet and wall color come later but that doesn't seem to be the case here. What about a more solid color quartz?

Personally, I love natural stone and think if you bring a door and a paint swatch to a stone yard you'll find one you like.

I wish I had picked the countertops first! This is the first time I have ever remodeled a kitchen and just didn't know any better. I'm just drawn to the uniqueness of natural stone. We've looked at quartz, nothing against it, just haven't found anything that I'm in love with.

The more movement and color in the stone, the more limited your choice for bs tile if you are using it. Make peace with that now :-)

Look for inspiration images by googling white cabinets, paint color, etc... see what looks you respond to. In your space I'd want soapstone, or a quiet black granite. Let us know what you find!

I think honed or lethered Virginia mist would look great as well as soapstone. I think a darker countertop would look better. Or a white background with a lot of dark gray and black in it.

It will depend on the stock availability in your area. Jet mist and oscuro mist might be nice. The above picture is honed by the way.

Via Lactea/Lattea is another gorgeous veined black granite. A GW user named pippiep used it.

Photos of Via Lactea

I'd like to suggest you give yourself permission to take your time. There's nothing wrong with plywood counters while you're waiting for the right 'real thing'. I'd also like to suggest you go over to the Houzz page, click Photos, click Kitchens and then enter a term in the search box like 'White cabinets blue walls' or just 'Copen Blue' or 'White cabinets Copen Blue''...you can play around with searches. Save any photos you like in a Counters ideabook. You might find you are really drawn to light counters or the opposite.

Your kitchen is so pretty and nearly done. But really, do some homework to nail down your vision, take your time, and don't settle just to have it finished.

I am struck by your sentence that the fabricator pulled a slab for you to look at. Why aren't you going to a stoneyard to see all the slabs available? Why is your fabricator choosing one stone for you?

Advice for you:

1. As Barncatz said, take your time, don't rush into this. Take the pressure off yourself. Live with plywood counters for a little while if you aren't sure about your counter choice.

2. As others have already said, bring your cabinet door to the stoneyard. Take photos of the door propped against the slab. Also bring paint swatches or floor sample if you have them.

3. Ask for samples to take home of the stones you are interested in. Stones will look different in your kitchen than they do in the stoneyard. If they won't give you samples, that is not normal, and find another stoneyard.

4. Visit more stoneyards than one. They have different inventories of things. Another stoneyard may have "The One", and you will know it when you see it.

We're in the middle of our kitchen remodel and our cabinet and wall color are similar to yours. We chose a granite called Negresco in a honed finished. It's very simple and I think the honed finish softens it up a bit. Good luck in your search!

The nearest stone yard to us it 2 hours away. We have made 2 different trips to look at slabs, total of 4 different stoneyards. We've never been able to get a sample to bring home, never one available in the colors we were interested in.

We saw the snowfall granite online from a live inventory list and asked about price range. I had no idea they were having the slab sent here until yesterday when they asked us to come look at it.

3. Ask for samples to take home of the stones you are interested in. Stones will look different in your kitchen than they do in the stoneyard. If they won't give you samples, that is not normal, and find another stoneyard.

That depends on the stone you're looking at. If it's a common stone, then yes, they will give you a sample to bring home. However if you are looking at an "exotic" stone or one where every piece has lots of different movement, then no, most likely they won't allow you to have a sample.

I know this because both times (7 years ago and 1 year ago) I got stones with lots of movement and got them from two different stone yards and both times they said no. Yet they had lots of samples of more ordinary stones.

Yes the color may be different in your kitchen, but it shouldn't be such a huge difference that your stone won't work with the cabinets.

If you like the slab you saw, then bring your cabinet door to the fabricator to look at with the stone.

And personally, while I love a white kitchen with black counters, I really like the stone you chose. I think your wall color will work well with it.

I like the granite. it doesn't look too yellow to me and I avoid yellow granites like the plague. Given the size of your kitchen, I wonder if they could template around the brown spots, which seem to be concentrated at the top. Or they might have additional slabs with more cream. I have heard that white granite is getting very hard to find now as the quarries are running out so this may be the best you can find.

I think your floor is too dark for Virginia Mist.

Here is pulled back view of the kitchen, the other pic shows the wall color better. All the hardware is ORB.

I love your space!!! The granite you have pictured looks very pretty. I actually prefer granite with movement - to me, that's what makes the stone unique and worth while. But the lighter the granite, the more nervous it makes me since it is a natural stone. I saw white granite in a flipped home a while back and it had orange rust spots all over. I'm sure those spot weren't there originally.

Take a cabinet door back to the stone yard and look some more. Also ask to see the stone in different lighting (outside or somewhere without florescent lighting).

I like what you are showing, but I would also like black granite. Maybe honed or leathered? Best of luck. I know it is tough!

I took a cabinet door and piece of floor out there today to see it together. That piece is definitely out, just doesn't go with the Snow White cabinets or paint color.

I agree with you. With your elements together it's not a perfect fit.

Nope it's a no go.

What about Taj Mahal quartzite?

You have a lovely kitchen and from my searches on Copen blue, I think you picked a really good paint color for your style of kitchen/home On my monitor your floor and slab are warm and look great together, The cabinets might be cool, but they look fine with the slab. It's the blue paint that is throwing everything off. I think you not only need to take a cabinet door with you to look at slabs, but you must take a true paint sample...not one of those little chips. And just a warning, don't forget to plan your back splash at the same time. While it may be a fun thing to belong to the ABB (all but back splash) club, if you piecemeal your decisions, you will drive yourself crazy looking for a back splash that works with your paint and your slab. So do yourself a favor and get it all decided at one time. Finally, I would google or do a Houzz search for Copen Blue kitchen and see what others have done. I think your slab choices are going to be limited to be variations of gray, black and white. And there are some lovely Copen Blue kitchens on Houzz. Thank you for introducing me to that luscious color! Finally, I am not a designer and should not be sticking my nose into a design thread so feel free to ignore my post! ;-)

Benjamin Moore Palladian Blue is the equivalent to Copen Blue so use that as a search term as well.

We love our Glacier White, installed in February. I too like the movement of natural stone. Quartz reminds me of a fast food counter. Our slab does not have any beige tones, just white, grays and tiny flecks of garnet.

Right now I'm leaning towards colonial white or himalaya white, both leathered.

Sounds like good options! Keep us posted.

Colonial White is one of the more stain-prone granites (along with Kashmir White). You will need to seal it more frequently than other granites. Have you considered Alaska White? It's a chunkier pattern (which many people prize more) on a white background, and tougher than Colonial White. I'll link a thread mentioning Colonial White: http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/4358025/quartz-and-white-graniteput-to-the-stain-test?n=15

Here is a photo of a kitchen with Alaska White:

Here is a slab of colonial white leathered. It has some pink coming through and a lot of green. Would it come off has too green with my blue/green walls?

This is the himalaya white leathered granite. Sorry for the bad pictures. it's so hard to get a photo to accurately represent granite. This is the same slab but taken in two different places.

Hi Hope, I think that Himalaya White slab looks gorgeous.

We used (polished) Colonial White because DH just loved it. I almost chose a green or blue backsplash, because they both looked great with the Colonial White. Mine also has a lot of green crystalline areas, which I happen to like.

I'm not crazy about the way the Colonial White looks against your cabinet color, at least in the photo. I'd also be a bit leery of the pink, because your green walls might make that aspect pop and because, pink.

What about fantasy brown or fantasy grey? If you can find the right slabs they have blues, greens, browns, creams and white. Here is a thread just on it.

http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/2607689/calling-all-fantasy-brown-owners?n=380

I've never seen any fantasy grey. I like fantasy brown, seen several gorgeous slabs. Just not sure it would look good in my kitchen. We have to have a seam on the L counter, so not sure how that will look with a stone with a lot of movement.

I can't decide if I should go with the himalaya white or not. It seems to have a lot of blue undertones and not sure how that will play out in my kitchen with the wall color....

I really need to find something and finalize this decision. I just don't know what to do.

Hope, I'd love to see your finished product. I love the way the Himalayan looks against your colors in that pic you last posted. Looks pretty....in the pic, anyway!