Take off a door and use it to evaluate the Taj options you can find in your area stone yards. If you find one you like, ask to have it moved outside for true color determination. You can add impact by using it as a slab backsplash.

Beautiful view out of the window!

What color paint is on your walls/trim/ceiling - or did you use multiple shades of white for those areas?

I don't think that your wood floors + a taj counter = a kitchen that is too warm or dark. Your wood floors appear to be a nice medium tone of brown and very pretty.

There are many different looking slabs of Taj - I've seen some very warm ones + I've also seen some that lean cooler. For example, TM can lean beige/taupe/gray - the best way to tell is by taking one of your doors with you when looking at slabs.

As long as your cabinets are not painted a white that has blue (very stark) undertones, it seems like Taj works with many different white paints.

This photo is from an OP who was trying to find a backsplash that would work with her Taj and white cabinets:

White cabinets with a wood island and Taj (I don't think this kitchen is huge - there is an eat in dining space over to the right):

These cabinets below appear to be a nice white - and they have Taj countertops and ran it up the wall for their backsplash:

A smaller kitchen with white cabinets and Taj:

Taj was also used in this kitchen with a smaller footprint (I think it was a lake house?):

Many people are fans of Carla Aston (designer) - this is one of her projects (updated kitchen by filling in space between top of cabinets and ceiling). She didn't name the paint color - but it's not a creamy one and it's not stark (with a blue undertone):

So. . . no, you don't have to only use Taj in a big kitchen + you can pair it with white cabinets. Just bring a door with you when you go look at slabs. You may have to visit several stone yards to find a slab of Taj that you love + works with your cabinet color. Have fun!!

Your worries are unfounded!

I do have a large kitchen, but Taj Mahal with white cabinets and wood floors works in any size kitchen. My cabinets are quite white, BM Chantilly Lace and my wood floors are a medium warm brown.

In my previous house I also used Taj Mahal, but I used stained cabinets in that kitchen.

I'm having Taj installed next week with Alabaster white cabinets, we are looking for cabinet pulls, where did you get yours - beautiful!

Taj might be just the right bridge between the lovely wood floors and white cabinets. Do you have a splash in mind? That can be where folks on here get stumped - finding the right splash that mediates between Taj and white. @chispa What is your splash?

Pam, the hardware is from TopKnobs, Davenport pulls and knobs, in Honey bronze.

Kendrah, I used a Jeffrey Court marble mosaic with my Taj Mahal and white cabinets. The brown marble ties into the stained beams and wood floors.

This the same mosaic collection I used, but in a different pattern, also in a white kitchen with what looks to be Taj Mahal.

Thanks all!! I think my concerns are relieved seeing all the pics.

Waiting to hear from a few quotes... Is 7k reasonable for Taj mahal for a kitchen this big?(Inc. demo)

@chrispa your last pics floors look like the color of my floors and it looks great! What color did you paint the cabinets?

My cabinets are BM Chantilly Lace.

The last time I bought TM it was around $3,300 per slab and fabrication is usually the same price as the slab, so the $7K sounds reasonable.

Ended up going with the Taj mahal! Here's my slab, it's 2cm.

What do y'all recommend for the edges? I'm thinking mitered edge for the island but not sure what is recommendable for the L-counters?

Also here is the template for the seams. Is that pretty standard for where the seams go?

Just do the same edge all around.

In my previous house with 2 cm slabs, I just had my fabricator laminate the edges to build it up and do an eased profile to reduce chance of chipping. I had teens in the house.

I did the same edge on perimeter and island.

Here is a photo of the edge with 2 cm Taj Mahal slabs.

@chispa I think yours is mitered? My contractor said with laminated we can see the lamination line. Mitered is more like a L shape fold like yours.

See pic

Nope, mine is laminated. In some areas it is a perfect match and in others the stone pattern/vein got shifted. You can see the seam close up if you look. We sold the house, so I can't take a photo! I'll look to see if I have one that shows the horizontal seam.

Found one! You can see the horizontal seam here in a close up. No one ever noticed or mentioned it. I never noticed again after we started to use the kitchen. My fabricator was great, so most areas have a really good pattern seam match.

oh I see, yours is done very well then!