I love it. Beautiful granite.

I like the granite very much. I think I'd wait to choose the tile until everything else is installed. Sometimes seeing it all put together completely changes your thinking about what you want or what the space needs.

Also, remember that when looking at an entire slab, yes, it might have a lot of movement and feel busy, but when it is cut into tops, it is not going to feel the same way. Now, a slab for an island, depending on the size of the island, yes, you are going to get the look of an entire slab, but not so on the perimeter pieces.

Do you have pictures of the rest of the space? What do you have on your floors? Do you have lighting choices made etc?

You are not alone. Picking countertop material is incredibly difficult because you cant take home a piece of the slab you want and see it in your own light, and you are picking a $$$ horizontal surface while it is vertical. It's like choosing wall paint based on how it looks in a showroom floor. Madness!

Are you looking at the same 3 stone yards? I went to about 4 yards in roughly the same area (within a 15 mile radius) and while they were large with many slabs ... I wasn't finding anything that made me super excited. So I went to a yard in a crazy expensive town (property taxes there are 4-5x what they are here). Smaller selection BUT oh my gosh so worth it. Stones I had not seen before, gorgeous slabs, and shockingly ... pricing was not any higher than the other yards. So if there is a yard you have skipped because "it says exotic, I can't afford it ..." please just go look.

River White is pretty, but read up on staining issues. Taj Mahal is one of the bulletproof counters and if that was part of why you chose it, you might be disappointed with River White. What about a nice White Macaubus? That is very creamy. Good luck! (It's not you, this honestly is HARD)

GRRi

I must ask...............Is this new cabinetry and has been ordered? Or you are painting existing cabinetry? Either way....... I'd limit black to an island, and ANY kitchen is too big an investment to work around a trim color that can be changed . Just saying. Also............in any top with significant movement, there will be waste for a pleasing result.

"The next pair ( Taj ) we could not place the templates on in an acceptable way without having a ton of waste." Maybe reconsider that statement ....? Your new selection IS going to read very gray.

To what does the blue door lead?

JMHO........ But my bet is the elimination of a jutting corner walk in pantry, would /could have led to a FAR better layout and more functional kitchen. I knew you were going to say pantry : )

A useful pantry doesn't dictate WALK IN. You entire kitchen may have had far more possibilities, to include a better fridge locale, a better island shape. Who KNOWS?

This is why we ( pros) say over, and over and over..........get a pro KD before you simply begin painting or replacing cabinetry. Look at ALL the possibilities, even if it may mean a bit of a wait or more savings time $$$ allowed.

Nobody can say what may have been possible here, we don't have a detailed demo of before with every possible dimension. But your "shelf" wall isn't great either. Imagine what THAT may hve been. Hard to say.........

You're not getting a better DESIGNED kitchen, you're changing colors and surfaces. Fine if it makes you happy, but could have been far better than what is planned. I can't lie : ) I'd have a sledgehammer at that walk in, most likely.

well, based on that pic, I'd say NO. it's too yellow.

Can't you change your paint color to more of a white? (sorry if I missed that explanation)

here is river white in these pics. see if this would work for you:

This one is honed), but notice how it looks w/the crisp white and gray tones.

try looking at Delicatus Cream (also known as Alaska White, but they have a cream version) Looks similar to this one:

or maybe Black Horse? This varies quite a bit w/the veining. but it does have creamier white tones

The Cielo Blue quartzite would work.

These are pre-fab granite, but they have the right tones to work w/your colors.

Typhoon bordeaux also has creamier whites

If you were set on quartzite originally, try Aria stone gallery in Houston. I just visited the Dallas location of this company yesterday, and they hand pick every slab. The quality is impeccable. They specialize in quartzite but do carry a few granite slabs as well.

Here are some SW whites. as you can see, your paint sample is really yellow in comparison. SW Alabaster is comparable to BM White Dove.

BM Simply White is my favorite. it's a perfect 'neutral' white. (really has no visible undertones)

here is Alabaster. notice the cabs closest to the doors and natural light. nice bright white, yes? now look at the left side where it gets indoor lighting. takes on more of a creamier white.

so, make sure you have the correct task lighting temp bulbs in your kitchen area. 4000K would be perfect.

here are some other pics for you to compare. If you think you want a creamier white, then grab a few samples and try them. remember, if your bulbs are very warm temperature (under3200) then it's going to make the creamy whites look a lot more yellow toned.

Downey would be a bit creamier. tried to find photos

Downey:

SW Shoji White (very much an off white)

Pure White. see the diff?

Snowbound

Creamy:

Dover White

https://www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/inspiration/gallery/interior-rooms/kitchen

really? I see them. are you on your phone or the app? the app has tons of issues. if you have a desktop or laptop, use it.

That is really helpful On my Mac now. So this tells me I need to get the color cards from SW on Monday and go down once again to the stone yard! I can't believe I have become a crazy person over this! I am normally not indecisive! I'm just out of my element and don't want to make a mistake. It appears to me that this White River has some creamier tones in it than some of them seem to. That is what drew me to it, and you wouldn't believe the GORGEOUS Mother of Pearl in it (at least that's what it looks like). Photo don't do it justice.

We actually just updated our kitchen with River White and I the slab we got was fairly warm. We went with a cream backspash and I love it with our maple cabinets. I think it can definitely trend warm depending on the slab.

Kristin, I'm so glad you said that and posted your photo! Can you post a photo of more of the stone and have your backsplash in the photo too? Does is look somewhat like mine above? It's so hard to tell when the stone is at the stone yard and then they have to cut it before they bring it into your space! Thank you for posting that! I'm still going to repaint our trim and have them paint our upper cabinets a different, less yellow white - I never liked all that yellow anyway, and it's just paint!!

Here is my stone at the warehouse - mine looks less gray than yours. Are your darker flecks a dark burgundy Or charcoal? Mine are definitely red.

here is a close up with the tile. Not the best lighting so sorry for that. My stone has some mother of pearl looking

flecks too, and also some lighter areas that almost have some tan which is why I think it looks ok with the warmer backsplash color and my cabinets.

Sorry - not sure why the pictures didn't post. Let me try again.

Hi Sherryl, Houston peep here. If you are still looking at stone I highly recommend going to Pomegranit Stones at Clay Road and Hempstead (290 area). The stone yard is all inside and they have a humongous selection in their warehouse. They are very kind and reasonable to work with, no pressure, and had the best selection we found anywhere. We have purchased recently 2 slabs of white delicatus for our kitchen and a slab of fantasy brown for master bath from them. (thank you Harvey).

Definitely check them out if you aren't 100% with the stones you've picked out.

Also Daltile and several other tile companies have showrooms within a couple of miles there on Hempstead.

You are so welcome. Good luck with your hunt.

My cabinets and trim are Dover White (#2 and #4 from left) Island is a dark gray stain (#3 from left) walls are Collonade (#1) and I found a Sea Pearl Quartzite that is a beautiful match. Have you seen any Sea Pearl? Similar to Taj Mahal.