I feel your pain! So damn many grays too. You have to bring the samples home to your lighting. Use natural lighting and also pay attention to the color temperature of your lamps and cans, because it can throw it all off.

Go to the slab yard or manufacturer's physical site to see a full slab in person. The samples truly don't give you the full effect. Even on something that seems to not have much movement. There is sometimes pooling, characteristic of quartz, that will affect how it looks. I chose Silestone Cemento, which is a mid-tone solid grey. The whites are SOOO hard to match. If cabinets have a deeper yellow undertone the counters look too stark and the cabinets look dingy and yellowed. And vice versa. I'm sure there are some tried and true combos out there. Good luck!

Since everything else is changing - just pick your favorite! Forget about what you see in open houses or magazines or online - those are not your home. It is much easier to change the paint colors.

I do feel like people make themselves crazy picking all this stuff out and agonizing. Find 2 or 3 that you like and see if you can pull the whole space together- cabs, backsplash, flooring etc.

Small steps - it will make it easier. OR gather up some bucks and get an interior design to stress fr you...

Best of luck!

LK NYCish: Silestone Statuario is one of my top contenders. Please let me know how your kitchen turns out! Good luck!

Thank you all for your good advice and encouragement! I will keep you informed of my progress, or lack thereof. LOL

Like Kaylie above- I was going nuts picking even the general kitchen color theme and cabinets- paint vs stain (though definitely not white cabinets for me). I saw a couple of small quartzite samples that helped me lean in one direction but still not confident. I decided to tour the stone yard first. Well, that has made the difference! I saw a few I really like and will be going back with a couple of door color samples and I think that will do it! I ran into several people who had chosen the cabinets first, but not the way it's working for me.

I'm also picking out white quartz counter tops right now. For me it was a little easier because I only looked at prefabricated outlet quartz from 3 different stores and did not need to think about brands. There were still several options to choose from; because its prefab and I will have seams I didn't want it too busy, this also cut down on the cost as the fancy "marble" look quartz with long/large rivers/movement is more expensive.

Hello St561 W, we recommend taking a look at these spaces featuring Ella, Torquay, and Swanbridge. Hope this helps!

I wouldn't count on a large savings by using prefabricated quartz blanks. The guy you want to fabricate and install them isn't cheap. Maybe a galley kitchen with a drop-in sink.

My counters are technically recycled glass at 55% glass, 40% quartz and 10% resin but they look the same as the quartz ones. I'm in Sacramento, CA and materials and labor were $1945.

This is the most noticeable seam, I'm very pleased with how it looks and love the counters overall.