Don’t select the backsplash until all the other elements of your kitchen are installed. The stone will look different in its installed horizontal position, than it does vertically as a slab. Fantasy Brown is a beautiful, and active stone. The simpler the backsplash, the better.

And, if you’re thinking of putting an accent section behind the range, don’t. It will date the kitchen...and compete with the stone.

Agree with picking backsplash last. But if you are really set on this backsplash, why not use the fantasy brown on the island, and a more solid stone or quartz on the perimeters? In this scenario, using a different color cabinet for the island might be too much though.

I have absolutely no idea why that photo posted! I had actually attempted to attach photos of the cabinets and countertop.

Existing granite and cabinets.

Ignore the posts from “West Virginia”. My dilemma has the same title!

This is a photo of the same layout. Our cabinets will be pale gray along the walls and stained on the island. Tentative slab pictured also.