One thing the Houzz forum has taught me is ...ALWAYS look at the slabs. take your samples with you and compare to the slab.

Take the time even if you have to make it a day trip!

Personally, I avoid quartz in honed varieties. Gloss is the easiest upkeep from any quartz source.

I also find little variation in color between glossy slabs, and a trip to a shop with a stack of your selection- go in person. For either you're considering. Take a sample of your flooring, and a cabinet sample with you.

PS.......anything you select will seem a breeze if you are replacing TILED counter tops : )

IMO plastic counters are a bad choice to start and to have them honed is just plain silly. Go gt a nice white polished granite and have someting close to bullet proof which is the exact opposite of quartz.

I understand the homeowner's dilemma. It's difficult to find a "white" granite--they are almost all very heavily spotted with gray or black, or even burgundy or yellow. If the homeowner wants a subdued marble look, then she isn't going to get it with white granite. Frosty Carrina is a nice approximation of a simple marble look if you don't want the real stone. But honed quartz can pose problems, so I'd also recommend polished.

We have polished Frosty Carina countertops in our hall bath, and they are very white with very subtle grey veining (like your "honed" sample, but shinier). We have a hallway linen counter that we needed a remnant piece for, and found a Caesarstone London Grey piece that was perfect (about 27" x 54") and the stoneyard fabricated and installed it for a great price. I bring this up because that piece looks much like the grey sample that you are showing...could that piece be mislabeled? All of the Frosty Carina that we saw was white, not grey.

Thank you everyone, @decorpatti, I thought it looked a lot like London Grey as well. I'm going to try and see a slab this weekend and hopefully that will clear things up!

Kathy: Whether it is honed or polished, the color of the Caesarstone would not change. I don't have it in my kitchen, but the Frosty Carina that we have in the bathroom looks exactly like it did 8 years ago when it was installed...no discoloration, no scratches, no chips. It cleans up with just water or soap and water. I don't know how it performs in a kitchen, with exposure to food, wine, fruits, etc., but it seems to clean up very easily. Good luck!