countertop choices, help requested

4 years ago

Hi all,

We are choosing our frostings for our new build and I’m struggling to get continuity without becoming boring. My design strategy is for the house to provide a relatively neutral, solid and beautiful canvass for our belongings.

I’m rather set on a large soapstone island in our open plan. Probably like this, with some veins but oiled to dark.

Cabinets will be wood on the lowers and white to somewhat disappear into the wall on the uppers. Floor will be bleached oak.

I am aiming to use the same quartz on the remaining countertops in the kitchen and throughout the house (pantry, laundry and bathrooms). I would also like to use quartz as a backsplash wherever one is needed. My husband is complaining that a simple white quartz with minimal movement is too boring and he wants veining and some color. We like Cambrian Inverness in bronze or cobalt.

I am concerned we will have too much veining competing, but perhaps I can use Inverness in the kitchen, find a complementary quartz for the backsplash and other counters throughout the house. Would love some thoughts on this.

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missb_remodeling

4 years ago

Two cabinet colors and two countertop colors? too busy.

I don’t think you will like quartz compared to soapstone. soapstone feels and looks lovely.

Be careful of quartz as a backsplash behind any range or rangetop.

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cpartist
4 years ago
Too busy. Either 2 cabinet colors with 1 countertop or 2 countertops with one cabinet color.

And that quartz will fight with the soapstone. And never a good idea to mix two stones.
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Mdl
Original Author
4 years ago
Thank you both, this is exactly the feedback I need. Sometimes you get caught up!🤪

We are rather set on painted uppers to blend in and natural wood lowers, so will reign in counter choice to one and continue it up the backsplash, or find a coordinated quartz with less movement.

Since we love the look and feel of soapstone, we are now thinking to use soapstone tiles where tile is called for (pantry, mud, laundry, bathrooms and maybe even poolside).
Fori
4 years ago
Remember that your bathrooms can have different materials. Nobody sees them all at once and if they are keeping track, they'll think you got a builder's discount if they all match. :)
cpartist
4 years ago
Yes you don't need to match in the other rooms.
lauriead
4 years ago
havenhus,

I too got caught up in the soapstone; once I decided for sure that was what I wanted for the kitchen, it was just so easy to continue that to the bathroom countertops and bathtub surround. I will never ever regret it. Go with your gut, if it's calling for soapstone, go for it!