Look into Granite Transformations Quartz stone called Portland Silver. It is so cool! Its heat, stain and scratch resistant too.

Of your two choices, I think they both (and your floor tile) look a little warm with your backsplash tile. I know you said you love it, but are you 100% sure you want to stick with it? If you do (and that's fine... the heart wants what it wants!) I think you need to be looking at solid colors.

Did you look at Caesarstone's Organic White? It has a very slight texture, but reads as a solid.

Here's a [thread from a few days ago[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/just-another-seam-complaint-dsvw-vd~5526043) that shows Organic White countertops.

Of the two you are showing I like # 1 - the Hanstone. How about Caesarstone London Grey or Caesarstone Misty Carrara? Or Corian London Sky?

Does it have to be Quartz? You mentioned you are in Canada....in Toronto by any chance? If so, then check out Ciot for slabs. They have granite and quartzite etc as well as solid surfaces like Caesarstone. It is worth going to their slab warehouse - I've been to the Vaughan location - so many choices and really, really helpful staff. By the way, you choose your slab at Ciot but they are not fabricators. We had a really good experience with Marble and Marble, also in the Vaughan area. They did great work for us and we've recommended them to others and they've been happy as well.

Quartzite Sea Pearl might work well for you. Lots of people like Quartzite and you can find lots of comments about it if you search it on Houzz. Many people like Taj Mahal quartzite. The picture on the ciot site isn't as nice as some pictures I've seen people posting. A quick search here on Houzz will bring up many versions of that. Maybe Mont Blanc. This one might work well with your white cupboards and marble backsplash choice. You'd want to use grout to match the backsplash tile so it isn't too busy.

Good luck and post some more photos as you narrow down your choices.

Answers already! This is so incredibly exciting! I don't think that my picture really did the complex tones of the backsplash justice (I've attached two pictures - one in more cooler lighting and one in warmer lighting). It definitely has a lot of cool hexagons but also has some really warm hexagons - perhaps that's why it's been giving us so much trouble. I actually looked at the Caesarstone Organic White today but thought it was perhaps too light - I've attached a picture of it next to Cambria's Newport. What do you guys think?

selection two.

Agree with the majority, I like the lighter one.

Thank you to everyone for your feedback! Now here's the real question - is the lighter one worth $1000 extra cost? It's Cambria which means it's a billion dollars.

If you love it, and can afford it... it's worth it.

: )

Have you given any thought to using a much darker grey on the counters, using the darkest tone in your floor? I think that a contrast would be much nicer than picking a lighter color and then finding that it clashes with the light tones in the backsplash hex and the light tone of the cabinets. The lighting will change throughout the day so look at your choices together throughout the day and with the color temperature of your lights. The temperature will make a huge difference. Don't be like me and pick something you think is tan and then find out that in certain light, it reads pink. LOL

We did have some samples of something quite a bit darker - my fear was just that it really competed with the floor - and ended up looking somewhat like an OREO cookie. The other thing is that the kitchen flows directly into our dining/living room where, again, everything is white. I was a bit worried to introduce a super dark quartz. However, I definitely get what you mean about the undertones. In my mind the perfect quartz would be a very light, warm gray with little patterning. However, I have yet to find such a thing as the Cambria (2) can read white in certain lights.

Have you looked at the Cambria site for ideas? https://www.cambriausa.com/Designs/inspiration-gallery/ Maybe you could use the same material (cambria or other quartz) for the backsplash as well as the countertop? I like the hex, but it is one more thing to coordinate. It probably depends on how much square footage you would need to buy?

We had an issue with a defect in our first try with Hanstone quartz (Aspen). Very happy with the end result (the second attempt); but likely won't use them for our main bath remodel as the issue should have been discovered by Hanstone or the fabricator well before we found it.

Oh really? We have had insurmountable problems with our kitchen reno. Including having to change out all of the cabinets due to a product issue. Having an issue with the quartz would be a nightmare. What was the defect like? Did Hanstone handle it well?

There was a large "greasy" looking splotch under the polish right in view w/natural light on the peninsula section. Resin pooling is the closest match as far as comparable photos on Houzz, but I wasn't completely convinced on that. We liked the quartz well enough to try again b/c a new fabricator assured us they had never seen anything like what we showed them photos of...and we lucked out w/a much better experience and product. Might have gone after Hanstone to cover the difference b/n fabricator costs, but had too many irons in the fire w/life in general to put energy towards it.

Oh that's awful - I've been without a kitchen for over four months. If something was wrong with the quartz I may just move out haha

Have you looked into Frosty Carrina Quartz by Caesarstone? It has a light ivory color and very delicate, powdery veins. It may work very well for you. There are also Fresh Concrete and Alpine Mist that don't have a lot of veining or pattern.

It delayed us 6 weeks w/contractors and sub schedules. We already had extreme delays w/the tile guy we used for flooring and wall tiling, so this added to it had me mumbling "Throw a sign in the yard" (sell the place)! We were 23 weeks w/o a kitchen. I know there are worse cases; but when it's you going through it... I'm on the other side though and we survived! What was the issue w/your cabinets?

Do you guys think Frosty Carrina would work? We were concerned about the marble patterning to it and how that would look with the backsplash.

As for our cabinets, they had an issue with the finish and were scratching/denting with minimal use already. We switched them out as we were very worried about how they'd hold up over time.

What about Noble Grey or London Grey (Caesarstone)?

I really liked both, it's just the amount of texture that they have. I think I'm coming to the realization that there is no perfect fit.

I do love the Newport by Cambria but I'm worried it's going to look like an all-white kitchen with a very dark floor. Anyone want weigh in on whether putting such a white/light countertop on white cabinets is a bad idea?

answering your question^^ nothing wrong with it but they have to be almost identical. if not, it will look like a "miss". very tough to pull off.

if possible, i would return the hex b/s. its just too much with your floor. your floor and b/s are fighting each other.....

your floor is commanding everything around it. if u changed the b/s, then the counter will be much easier to pick. you could have a slight pattern in the counter and then go plain with the b/s - as in one color, no shading.

if it we were me, i would go with either a light gray counter and a couple shades darker for the b/s. or light gray counter with white b/s which would have to match the cabs exactly, very tough to find the exact shade.

if u keep the b/s, then just go solid. i would pick the darkest color in the b/s for the counter. look into Corian, they have tons of colors.

Kyra, what did you end up doing? I have an all white IKEA flat panel kitchen and just ordered the Ceasarstone Cosmopolitian White Quartz did my countertop. I don’t know what to do for back splash. My floor is Hayes Oak LVP. My paint is Benjamin Moore Dove Grey. I hope it will all work together. I’m super nervous as the quartz is a big investment! Thanks for any feedback.