IMO choose a real stone and avoid issues with quartz. There are some really great white granites if you get polished pretty close to bullet proof and no issue behind the cooking appliance or hot pots.

I think you should wait until the cabinets are in before choosing the counter.

I have Silestone Calcutta in my kitchen and Lagoon in my master bathroom. Each was chosen for different reasons.

To me, the Lusso has more veining , which I like better.

We took a cabinet door sample to the stone yard. They verified that the whites would not clash.

When we did the bathroom, we had to have a custun linen closet built and therefore a matching vanity. We were lucky in that this company did counters as well and Lagoon was on a vanity in the showroom. The lagoon is not as white as the Calcutta but it worked perfectly for our situation.

Bathroom

You need to have an actual door sample and actual slabs in front of you to even consider these options.

I am currently deciding on my kitchen countertop also. I LOVE MARBLE. I think I’m going to use actual marble - unless I can’t find a slab I like in the next week or so.

I would prefer to have more subtle veining if I have to use quartz instead. So, when looking at samples, I would generally tend to pick the Carrara Morro over the Carrara Lumos.

HOWEVER, I’ve seen several photos of quartz countertops similar to these (of actual kitchens belonging to Houzz users = no photo editing) where the subtle veining seems to basically disappear when the actual slabs are installed. So, my gut decision would be to use the Carrara Lumos.

Is the price significantly more - or just a little bit? If it’s significantly more, that may affect my decision.

Also, have you seen the actual slabs of both of these in order to see how much veining is present? If the more subtle veining is more spread out = spaces where none to very little veining exist - that will impact your decision.

Thanks so much for everyone’s input!

That is our white cabinet door pictured above, and those are the small slabs we have seen in person....not sure that we are able to see any larger slabs of quartz, just granite. I will check on that just to make sure though.

We need to pick the countertops before the cabinets are installed for our build. We have Level A or B granite included but these quartz options above are not much more and since we are trying to stick to a budget that is why we have narrowed it to these. Carrara Lumos is only about $150 more than the Morro and I like the veining better on the sample we saw in person, but on the actual large slabs I’ve seen online the pattern looks more clustered than veiny.....so I think the Lumos might not be white enough for the look I want.

Stacy which option did you choose? I’d love to see pics. We considered Morro early on, but in person Lumos looks much more realistic and has more depth on the actual slab. It’s also a very bright white with no beige undertones which is what I need.
Almost went with Calacatta Clara or Trevi, but decided they weren’t white enough.