Find a counter top to match the cabinet color. Once you do that, you can match the floor to a wall color…love:

Thank you for your response! Would you recommend staying away from any pattern? We were told that such busy floor design is going to compete with counter-top pattern and our only option is to choose something solid like quartz...

That's a tricky problem! there is a lot of movement in the floor and the tiles have both light and dark components to them. Try this to play around with it a bit.http://www.cdgranite.com/kitchen-visualizer/. It's not perfect and you can't choose your exact floor and counter, but it will help narrow down some places to start.

I would choose something with a md-dark background tone in the rusty brown or even the grey brown and then if you must have granite, make sure the pattern is muted or just a light vein.

I love the color Judy picked for the walls.

Thank you for your comments and visualizer tool! We initially were leaning towards granite called 'Peregrine'. It has all the right colors, but might be too busy... I am totally unsure about anything anymore...

Make sure you can get a sample and bring it home to your house with your lighting. I know the monitors lose a lot of the true nature of color, but the Peregrine appears to have more of a golden tone to it than rust and with cream cabinets I would be aware of bright white mixed in as it will make the cream even more yellow/creamy. I do think a more simple linear pattern like that could work though.

I feel your pain. Our floor is a dark jatoba (Brazilian cherry), but I picked a plain grey quartz (Silestone Cemento) because I am replacing a verde butterfly counter that left me stuck. I figure I can change the backsplash easier than the counters to give it a different look.

Is your tile floor new? You kind of refer to it like it wasn't something you picked... If you think it will change eventually consider what you would put in it's place.

Thank you so much for your help! Do you think that quartz would be a better choice for us? If yes, would you go with a lighter cream tones or a darker chocolate color?

We were the ones that picked out that tile 10 years ago... I only wish we did something different back then :)

Cambria quartz has some colors that aren't busy and would go well w/the floors.

Typhoon Bordeaux granite might work well
slabs are different so you could try and find one w/more white/less veining.

another cool option would a Jet Mist, honed or leathered.

or find a nice soapstone slab.

Depends on what else you've got going on in your house. Are you keeping the walls cream or white? Do you have a lot of light in the space? I personally looked for something in that med tone because anything cream either was too much of the same or had a white/grey undertone that fought with the cabinets. I agree that your tile and cabinets look good together and that little bit of brown I the glaze pulls in your trim.. I think something dark - like a chocolate brown would look too matchy with your trim and take away from the punch of it. This copper tone might not be rusty enough - hard to tell on a screen. Get some samples and take them home. Quick!

Thank you for showing us pictures with stone that has a lot of movement! We looked and Cygnus Quartzite and the soapstone and liked the look but were not sure about the color. Our old kitchen was walnut color with black counter-tops. I am really hoping to not go back to the very dark side :)

Thank you mnmamax3 ! Our kitchen does not get a lot of natural light during the day. It's nice and sunny for our morning coffee, but after that it is quite gloomy. That's why we went with Swiss Coffee color by Behr for the walls and 'Pearl glaze' cabinets. Hoping for brighter / fresher final product that our family can enjoy :)

what about one of the gray?

one of cambrias solid gray or the cream would also work

Here's a few samples I found (terra-cotta looks the closets to your tile to me) with different counters/colors.

I don't think this counter goes all but it may be the lighting...

Here is the peregrine sample together with cabinets and floor... Not loving it....

Colonial cream?

I think that my favorite so far is the cream colored quartz that Beth H. has recommended... Oh, that quartz.... :) I just cant find a solid enough granite or quartzite to complement our crazy floor...

millenium cream

Thank you Kulrn! I really like your pick! Our granite shop has a slab very similar to the one you are recommending.

the only solid granite you'll find is the black. you may be able to hunt around for a white, but it will always have the speckles.

Your floor tile is kind of cool. What if you did the solid quartz in a cream/white or soft gray, and then did a backsplash to play up the floor? That you could do some cool shapes/colors. For instance,

if you did a concrete countertop and tinted the concrete mix w/your floor coloring, then you could do this really cool Arto coordinating backsplash:

you could also do a copper veneer counter or faux copper look. Or just do the cream quartz color and still have this splash. Get a copper sink!

little bit of a Spanish influence, but black perimeter counters, white granite on the island, handmade subway tiles in a cream w/accent tiles.

The black really doesn't look dark. it's a beautiful combo.

if you did a creamy ivory countertop, then you could do a cool backsplash in a pattern like this from Arto Custom tile works.

you can pick your own color combos and shapes.

Yours is a little more gold. The trick would be finding the least busy pattern.

I saw this one also on one site. Obviously on computer can look a lot different, but I like the calmness of the pattern.

Love the backsplash!!!

geneva,,,not quite sure why you copied my pic for Sandra! lol

Sandra, look up a few comments and you'll see a few more I posted for you. I also give you info on that backsplash.

Thank you so much! I totally love your idea of having a neutral counter and being more creative with the backsplash. I never even considered complementing floor color with the color on the backsplash. It makes total sense!!!! Thank you again!!!

Quartz that looks like marble

sandra, this just my opinion, so...

If I had your floor and cabinets, I don’t think I would be looking at any granite or anything with a pattern. I’d be leaning toward a simple quartz in the same color family as the cabinets. It is my feeling that you can’t have everything in a room a “wow”. Right now you have beautiful cabinets and an obvious floor (which I like, BTW). You will still need wall color and furniture and appliances…

So, I would let the cabinets be the star, the floor next, counters lovely, (but the little black dress) and then use a color on the wall that relates to the floor.

This is Caesarstone Rugged Concrete; on my monitor it looks similar to your cabinet color and I love it with your floor.

Thank you JudyG! I really appreciate your comments and I can see know that solid, simpler counter tops are the way to go :) Thanks again for your professional input!!!

I'm glad you decided to choose the solid. I just dropped a ridiculous amount on "plain" counters but I know it is the right choice for me too. You might want to look at Vicostone too - I think Taj Mahal could work also.

I really like Beth's suggestion of grey - IMO there is already a lot of terracotta, and I'd be looking to pull the cooler colors out of the floor rather than the warmer.

Ivory fantasy which looks very similar to the millenium cream posted above. I wish I had picked it for my own kitchen! In fact it may be the same granite with a different name:

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/32/cb/16/32cb1619221c70fc010f948598ac2336.jpg

Thank you all for your helpful suggestions! My mind is much clearer ;) My next steps now are going to be cabinet pulls and back-splash. I love Beth's idea of complimenting floor color in the back-splash. Unfortunately we don't have a lot of time and will not be able to wait for special order items. However I found these readily available and would love to hear your feedback!

These are crackled glass mosaic tiles.

Or maybe porcelain?

And the cabinet hardware... At least I have my final choices :)

Oil Rubbed Bronze Bin Cup Drawer Handles

Or more traditional Oil Rubbed Bronze Handle Pull - 3"

for the handles, may I suggest something to pick up on the hues in the flooring? A little more copper toned. you have light cabs, light floors. I think throwing in a dark ORB w/o actual copper highlights would be too much of a contrast. IMO.

cypress park

Sandra, I like the porcelain one better than the other one. Does the backsplash have to be done immediately? If the tones in the porcelain tile you picked clash w/the ivory tones in the counter, it could be a problem.

However, I did find some copper toned ones that should be avail.

these are porcelain/SS, and treated so as not to stain or tarnish. I LOVE these for your kitchen. timeless and gorgeous. They are probably not super cheap, but it would be worth it for me.

http://www.miusartmosaics.com/arabesque-lantern-beacon-copper-tile-in

these would also work. the site is here: maybe they have them in stock.http://www.westsidetile.com/arabesque-tiles/

i like this one too. notice the copper faucet. beautiful w/the glass mosaic.

if you got the cream countertop, this would look amazing w/your floors.

this last one is a copper colored slate/quartzite.

Sticking my nose in again….wondering if the hardware is too heavy looking? Sorry.

I love the fish scale backsplash…love it. Different and a ‘wow” without over powering the cabs. But notice the metal color. And, are you doing stainless appliances? Just thinkin’.

or , as suggested, also.

This is so great!!!! I'll have to go look what's available here in Colorado :) Love what you are putting together!!!! The back-splash needs to be in the house before the end of this week.... Counter-tops will be installed on Friday and tile contractor wants to start immediately after... So maybe I have a week before it goes on our walls:)

And yes, all appliances are SS. I was looking at cooper sink last night. Do you think it would still be fine to use cooper with the SS appliances?

I hope so! That's what I have in my kitchen! SS and a beautiful copper sink. I've had it for 10 years and love it. If you get one, get the mexican copper at 14 gauge...no 16 and nothing from China!

how are you going to get a countertop, measured and installed by Friday??

Love your copper sink! It is absolutely stunning!! Our friend is doing counter-tops. He already saw the kitchen layout and will be able to have things done quickly :) My parents are flying in from Europe on 9/26 that's why everyone is on a schedule :)

ok gotcha. the copper sink, does have a longer lead time unless they have one in stock. I lucked out with mine, it was on sale. Try Coppersinksonline. that's where I got it.

http://www.coppersinksonline.com/copper-kitchen-and-farmhouse-sinks

in fact, they have my sink pictured in one of their listings! It's also a really good price and ships in 3-5 days!

http://www.coppersinksonline.com/copper-kitchen-and-farmhouse-sinks/copper-kitchen-standard-sinks/large-standard-kitchen-double-well-sink

the other sinks on amazon, and other sites, are not the same quality as this place. big difference in these. they are all handcrafted from the heaviest gauge copper.

http://www.mariakillam.com/flagstone/

I wanted to ask Beth H. if that Taj Mahal you recommended is a quartzite or a quartz. I have seen Taj Mahal in quartzite but not quartz?