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Sounds to me as if your countertop saleman doesn't get as big a cut on Corian. There is absolutely NO reason Rain Cloud woldn’t look fabulous on perimeter counters.

However. I would try to keep those floors and go with Corian Witch Hazel. One of my all-time favorite countertops. Gray is trending out a bit, but that said, get what you love.

rain cloud is tne one far right? I also like the far left piece. the two in middle not so much. Seems like the greenish in these two works w the cabinetry undertones the best.

MizLizzie- I think that witch hazel might be the color that the hospital i work for uses in their exam rooms- my exposure to that is what turned me on to solid surfaces. I will nab a sample of that next since I'm open to that color family.

The laminate floors are definitely on their way out though. I need to do a solid floor in my living room since my fully clawed cat (who still has many years left) is a terror to carpet, and it just makes sense to carry the same flooring through since its a relatively open space. My entire living room is full of dark brown-toned woods, so I'm excited about the opportunity to make the kitchen and LR more cohesive with an actual brown-toned flooring. My dad has already elevated the lower cabs to accommodate hardwood, and I'm on the short end so even that extra 3/4" of height makes kneading dough less ergonomic. I'm sure he would lower them if I asked, but I don't want to wear out his love for me :)

Joseph- THANK YOU, I haven't come across that post of yours yet. When the counter sales guy was recommending quartz I didn't really have a lot of interest in having the stress of it chipping loom over me, and I figured that posting here would give me the extra resolve that I needed to still pursue solid surfaces.

The rabbet edge looks awesome, but I think that I would be content with the mitered if I can't find someone that is gungho about rabbet. I'm not really interested in telling someone how to fabricate a counter if they didn't already offer me the best option themselves, so I will try to scout out another local place. Unfortunately the one other local small shop that I found that mentions solid surface countertops on their site just recently decided to stop fabricating solid surface because they state no one wants it and that it isn't as good for resale.

Does Home Depot generally allow customers as much involvement in making decisions as they would have working directly with the fabricator? I feel like the main lesson I've learned about where you buy your countertops is that it's best to do it directly with the fabricator, otherwise you might wind up with a subpar finish on the product. I know that seams with solid surfaces are supposed to be generally unnoticeable, but I've seen some horror stories with Corian installation. Hoping to only pay once for the counter and be satisfied!

herbflavor- yep far right! The far left is Wilsonart Cloud Mist- which based on the name and the color similarity I'm guessing is their answer to rain cloud.

Thanks all!

I would also take a pic of those countertop samples on your LR floor...will let you see what the combo looks like. if you have a cabinet door stick that in the pic also. (I’ve found when I snap a pic of the materials it helps me decide because I can crop it so I’m just looking at what I need to). I agree with above comment that the outer two counter samples seem better than the middle ones.

Gilmank- I actually don't even have the flooring picked out yet. I've spent so much time researching the countertops that I would rather have those installed first and then choose a flooring that looks good with it. I think I am going with the rain cloud- I like it, I want it, I just need to find a fabricator who i'm confident in. I'm sure I'll be posting pics of flooring options once the counters are all done :)

Forget salesman get raincloud lots of pictures online popular choice and corian is great.