Is the herringbone floor for both kitchen and laundry? Your cabinets are reading farmhouse to me. But herringbone floor does not. Looking forward to hearing what the experts say.

I don't think the tile you've chosen will work well with the counters. The tile appears to be a warm beige/grey with a distinct pink undertone, while your counter is a grey but much cooler grey colour. Have you had them side by side and are you pleased with the way they look together. It is difficult to tell from photos and I went to the Porcelanosa site to see other pictures but to me the tiles in every picture online do not go with that counter choice.

I love Silestone and have a very similar colour to what you've chosen. I think its a great choice.

But I think you're going to have to rethink your tile choice.

With the veining in the counter - the obvious choice for backsplash tile will be white tile, but with your choice of green for the cupboards you could easily choose a tile with a green tint- maybe even glass tile or something Fireclay glass.

Fireclay glass tile - several colours you could choose from on their site.

This one with a crackle finish comes in many colours as well and might be lovely with your style of kitchen.

I see nothing to drive herringbone pattern on floors and waht do you mean on walls ? I do not like the tile with the counter they do not work together No to the herringbone on the walls anywhere . Why are there regular cabinets for base ones ? All those should be drawers . Why do the cabinets not go to the ceiling ? Too bad you did not come here for the kitchen design too. Nor sure what you mean by pendulum lighting ?

Are you in the UK? Our relatives just redid their kitchen and utility and used many terms the same way. We did convince them to go all drawers in the kitchen and they are thrilled with the results. I don’t love your backsplash option nor the herringbone idea.

Thanks for all the comments, sad that no one likes my kitchen as it's ordered and going in this week. I was simply looking for a call on quartz, quartz and tile or just tile

I like the quartz but not the tile. I would do a simple lightly coloured time.

I would not install your backsplash in a herringbone pattern - I think it takes away from the herringbone floor + will make the space look busy.

I would use your quartz instead of tiles for the backsplash. On my monitor, it looks like the tile selection isn't the best with your quartz (it has a warm tone and your countertop has a cool tone). In order to avoid any 'clashing" of materials, using the quartz is the safest.

However, instead of using your quartz all the way up your wall, I'd run it up part of the way + finish the top with a little ledge/shelf.

Some people make the shelf deep enough to hold a variety of things:

This is how some people add a shelf that won't hold a lot of weight (the red is the bracket behind the slab):

Many people complete the top of the quartz (or whatever material is being used) by installing a shelf that is pretty shallow in depth:

See how the depth of the shelf above is only a few inches?

Below is one where the shelf will be deep - this is how it was installed:

Below is the completed kitchen with the marble slab + shelves being installed in the two above photos.

The one below is pretty tall:

The one in the photo below used unlacquered brass brackets to hold the shelf up instead of embedding it in the slab (or putting it between two slabs):

OR - I'd wait to select a backsplash tile until after everything else has been installed. However, if you cannot wait, I'd go with the above quartz + ledge as I've posted above. I think it looks nice and would look good in your kitchen.

Very cool post Dani.

Thank you Dani! I like the ledge idea

Elisabeth - I like your kitchen and looks like it's going to be so fun to cook in there! I like the unique color. Just a little bit of advice - ignore Patricia Colwell. She may be an expert on this stuff, but her comments are always nasty and degrading. She seems to get her jollies out of being mean and nasty and commenting on things that no one asked her opinion on. There is a nice and constructive way to help people and then there is her way. She seems like a miserable person so I usually just scroll on by when I see her name pop up. Anyway, your kitchen is lovely.