IMO you never buy counter material without choosing your slabs. The ones you show are IMO the same old same old that everyone is doing Why not take a look at some real stone at astone yard where you choose your slabs in person .

I am having Montreal installed next week. I haven't found many photos of it, either. I will post some once mine is installed.

Personal choice. I like the Citrine because with the stronger veining it just seems to have more personality. But, that's also based on not knowing what the other choices for your kitchen are.

Patricia, we hope to do that some day, we were blown away with the natural stone but with a growing family we are looking at near future resale and maintenance.

@blfenton it is these two! After like 3 months of going back and forth on material choice, looking at brands, fabricators, styles, we have it narrowed down and I cannot open that Pandoras box again 😂

Oh sorry - I meant the flooring choices, cabinet choices etc.

@bfenton heres our current kind of layout and choices in there (although the paint color shows way more blue in person everyone thinks its blue. We are trying to lean into the traditional colonial aesthetic the house has

Neither is attractive.

If it were my kitchen, I would be happier in the long run with the more subtle on on the left.

S B how did your install go?

Our schedule has been delayed a little bit. Hopefully they'll do the install next week.

Beautiful

Katy -which did you go with?

Those are beautiful!!

@RedRyder we are still deciding. I took my husband to the slab room to decide which one of these we wanted and of course he fell in love with quartzite

You had a win-win decision from the beginning.

Question for Patricia Colwell..what would you recommend instead?

Also, those Montreal countertops look lovely!