Last second- Help us pick another kitchen countertop

last year

We should have done a reality mini-series on our small condo remodel - the stuff that nightmares are made of.... Everything from several contractors flaking out to the wrong color kitchen cabinets being delivered a few days ago (and the correct color not being available for some of the bathroom pieces for weeks). The most stressful call came last night, two days before kitchen install: The Quartz countertop that we picked out 2 months ago has somehow "disappeared" from the warehouse and only non-matching pieces (different colors and patterns of the same quartz) are available. Yes, we're working with a locally owned, large supplier of cabinets, quartz and granite but we're on an island so everything takes forever to arrive unless it's in stock.

Kitchen cabinet install is going to start tomorrow because otherwise I have to cancel our flooring install and won't be able to get on their schedule again for weeks. I'm going to call around to other quartz suppliers in the morning to see what they might have available.

My question: What other color countertop would work best in a small space with off-white shaker cabinets, milky green backsplash, light color wood flooring, satin nickel finishes? A light color or a darker color?

This photo shows the countertop we had originally selected and that turns out not to be available.

We're going for a relaxed, coastal look. The countertop we had selected reminds me of sand on the beach. The backsplash of the water.

Flooring- Laminate

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Patricia Colwell Consulting

last year

IMO you can live without an actual counter for quite a long time some plywaood layed on top and wait until you get what you want The backsplash always a good idea to wait for too.. Get the floors and cabinets in and wait to get it right . I lived without an actual counter for 3 months and I run a catering biz from my home .

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ltapt
last year
That's similar to what I was looking for. Any of these?

5212 Taj Royale

Or Viatera Dolomities, Viatera Clarino
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Diana Bier Interiors, LLC
last year
How about Icestone? It's recycled glass and I think it has a cool coastal feel.
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JAN MOYER
last year
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Either delay and go shopping for a top you really like.......or do the original Dupont Corian in "Cameo White, plain and let the backsplash tell the beachy color story.

"Calling around" for quartz, is going to get you icy white with gray veining, if anything.

Most stone yards and shops don't "stock" quartz, they order it in as it is consistent to samples, not a variable like real stone.

Your cabinets are just going in....there will be a template needed for any top. What is the huge hurry?
arcy_gw
last year
You have the wrong cupboards but you are going to install them??? Are you thinking after the floor is in you will swap them for the ones you ordered? I don't understand your thinking. I hear the nightmare this has been for you but to throw your hands up and put in any ole thing they deliver does not make sense when we are talking FOREVER and major money.
Jennifer Hogan
last year
Agree with Patricia - plywood laid over the cabinets until the countertop comes in.
Theresa Peterson
last year
Agree with the above.

I tell my students all the time, Never trade what you really want for what you really want right now. When I say it to them, I mean put your stupid phone away and work towards earning a high school diploma -- but it means something different in your case.
rpwoodard
last year
LG has some quartz countertops that resemble what you selected.

You asked for alternatives - check out LG Viatera Cirrus. photos online dont do it justice