What do you think about what I should do on the backsplash

Your floors are beautiful! I'm another who thinks sticking with all soapstone would be lovely, especially since you already have different color cabinets on perimeter and island. (All gorgeous, by the way!) Regarding backsplash, I'd wait until the counters are in before making a final selection. I love the looks of Sonoma Dahlia (click here) and Fireclay has some tile with beautiful depth of color, but honestly I feel like with soapstone counters and a fairly neutral palette you'll have many options that would look pretty.

The Dahlia tile is very pretty

The second would be gorgeous.

What a beautiful kitchen you are building. Your choices have all been tasteful and classic, and the options you are showing are all good. I am a fan of soapstone, so I wouldn’t pull it off of the periphery because it is such a workhorse and it’s beautiful. But I wouldn’t put a large expanse of it on your island because it would rob you of a light reflective surface, and I think you need one in that space.

Of your stone options, to my eye #1 is too grey, #2 is beautiful but very busy, and #3 looks about right.

Regarding the backsplash, I love tile, I love tile, I love tile, but if any backsplash ever cried out for a slab, yours does. If it is in the budget I’d use the same stone you choose for the island.

Keep using restraint - as your chalkboard says, you are almost there. You now have 2 tones of cabinetry and you are about to have 2 stones. It is a large and grand enough space to carry four eye catching elements (four clowns, if you’ve read some older threads). Just don’t add another clown. 🤡

Thank you for your thoughtful comment. You’ve given me something to think about.

Keep the counters all the same, regardless of what you use -- you need a unifying element. You already have two cabinet colors, and your floor is visually busy.

For comparison purposes:

Eam's mockup is helpful. Of the two, I'd go with the soapstone. There's something about the cabinet color that's going to make choosing a light countertop tricky -- the cabinets look almost like a putty-gray with a hint of green (on my monitor). If your countertop is light but warm it's going to fight the cabinets, but if you go too cool it's going to fight the cabinets. The soapstone doesn't compete with anything and unifies the space.

What do you think about what should go on the backsplash?

"What do you think about what should go on the backsplash?"

It depends on the counter. Decide on that first and then go from there.

I may be odd man out but i don’t like the soapstone on the island. I would think about the second or third photo over the soapstone for the island. Get the countertops installed and then start looking for the backsplash

I like the material, but look what soapstone does to the light in the space. Swallows it like a black hole.

It’s definitely more moody

I just now saw the mockups. Thank you for that!