Finish my kitchen please counters and backsplash?

6 years ago

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White oak hardwood floors , simply white cabinets with bead inset, top knobs honey bronze hardware, cherry island . House interior walls and trim all simply white Benjamin Moore. Need advice on choosing the counters and backsplash. Foyer tile is statuario marble porcelain. House has mix of antiques and modern furniture.

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b c
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5 years ago

Embeth We got our tile in Vancouver , Canada at Ames Tile . Our cabinets are painted with Benjamin Moore in Simply white which is a warmer white. That being said the silestone is a bit cool but the carrara tile has both warm and cool tones and ties it all together. We have soapstone with white veining on our island .Hardware we went with top knobs honey bronze which also is a warm tone.

It is certainly not easy to find real stone tile to coordinate with a quartz . Make sure you bring the samples home and see them in your kitchen lighting. Also I brought home multiples of the marble tile and stacked in our kitchen to get a better idea of what the overall effect would be in the kitchen. We also were restrained by trying to match the tile in our foyer which this one does.

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jck910
6 years ago
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Embeth
5 years ago
Hi there, I saw on another thread you said you installed Silestone Eternal statuario and a 3x12 marble backsplash tile. That is what I am currently planning and I have white cabinets as well. Wonder if you’d be so kind to share what marble tile you ended up using and any pictures. I’m really struggling. My eternal statuario sample seems to have a bit of a beige undertone which is throwing me when I see it next to cooler toned marbles. Seems people who have installed it are not seeing that. Thank you!
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Steph
5 years ago
Statuary Marble. No beige in my slab piece. I’ve also looked at tile and no beige.
b c
Original Author
5 years ago
Hello Embeth We went with 3 by 12 real carrara marble tile. I brought home various samples from the blocks at the tile store that they had available. We were lucky as the carrara lots we found were very white with light grey veining. The few pieces that were dark we discarded.

Some of the tiles are all white and some are a slight grey . Overall we are very pleased with how it looks . We wanted to go with real marble counters but now are happy we went with quartz. Your eye goes to the real marble tile that we took to the ceiling and the quartz silestone is the supporting cast so to speak. Hope this helps
Embeth
5 years ago
Thank you! You did get lucky. That tile is beautiful and exactly what I’ve been looking for. It’s not easy with real stone. What tile store did you use? Also curious, are your cabinets a stark white and do you find the quartz to read pretty true white or warmer white? Thanks for your help.
Embeth
5 years ago
Thanks, good suggestions and your kitchen turned out great. Last question. What color grout did you use? White, light gray?
eld6161
5 years ago
I love how successful you were with this. Everyone is quick to nay say a mix of the two.

You have proven that with determination it can be done.

Bravo!
b c
Original Author
5 years ago
We went with the white grout to give a more uniform look to the backsplash.