Help Pick the Granite
 

Opinions requested, please. The pictures show the new cabinet color, new wall color and tile for the kitchen. The square granite samples are two I'm considering. Which do you think would look better?

Thanks.

The darker one is called Cosmos Brown:
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The lighter one is called Giallo Vicenza:
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Number 2!

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#2 is farto

I really like the second one a lot.

I prefer the first one, but I think the second one matches better

I like the first one better; the second just looks like spilled food or something--too busy. But the real answer is, pick the one you like the best; you have to live with it, not us

I like 2.

First one looks like an ancient chunk of a dead star.

Second one looks like an ancient relic from the Earth's core.

Are you an out-in-space, or down-to-Earth kind of person? ;)

Just be careful that there is no mother-of-pearl in there. After they installed our granite counter tops, they cautioned us about quickly cleaning up certain spills and staying away from some cleaners because they can dissolve the mother of pearl and leave pits.

It hasn't happened yet, but I'm still pissed that they told me that after the marble was installed.:mad2:

But we didn't get 'true' marble, we got man made marble, so if it's coming from a quarry you don't have this problem.

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To tell you the truth, I'd go back and look for another choice. If your counter is even reasonably large the first one will make your kitchen too dark. The second one is better for color, but is way too busy. Your counters will look cluttered before you even put anything on them.

After a little consideration, I would say pick your countertops, then select wall color to complement.

My color taste is irrelevant. Yours is too based upon a 4" or 6" square of ANY granite.
The countertop in its entirety will look totally different than any small sample.
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I will offer you two pieces of advice I learned after buying a rather popular piece of granite called Shivakashi. Look at those - they are all so very different because they are NATURAL, not manufactured. You really have to look at the whole slab.
/END RANT
Lastly the darker the color of the granite the denser it is. This means that you won't have to keep resealing it every 6 months as some people do. Granite is basically a hard sponge. In a kitchen application, it is extremely important to know that lighter colored granites are more porous and stain far easier than darker ones. Pick the piece you want ONLY after looking at the whole slab - not some lil piece that they show you cut from who knows where which may not even be mined from the same place.
Just offering what I learned.

I think a white and gray marble would look best with that combination.

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