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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hey all, quartzite poster from above... I feel you. I spent a *long* time looking at options. Here is where I came out:

Marble: Loved it; almost picked it. Fabricator gave me a scrap of the sort of marble we were thinking about using to take home. After a night of testing with wine, water, pasta sauce, etc., ... we were at a quick no. Which is too bad, as there were some *beautiful* slabs. We've got toddlers, and yelling at them for the next 10 years didn't seem ideal. (We did it though in master bath, though, so have some great marble there.)

Quartz: Originally picked this. Totally get why folks use it. (It's in our laundry room and basement kitchen.) But since we were doing a backsplash with the material--and because I really loved the natural look--I ultimately couldn't do quartz for the main kitchen. Mileage may very here and again get why people go with it... but after a lot of trying, I couldn't find anything that I really loved. Natural material for me has a different sort of beauty.

Granite: Folks routinely post here that they have beautiful granite... and when they post, they post dark or black granite. I agree entirely that, for dark countertops, granite may well be the way to go. But we wanted white tones to predominate, and none of the granite we saw (and we looked at a lot!) had the sort of look we were after. All the light colored granites had the very distinctive granite look. (Nothing wrong with that! Just not what we wanted.)

Porcelain: We thought a bit about this. But... similar "not natural" issues to quartz. (Though I thought the porcelain patterns were actually a good bit nicer
 than most quartz.) Further, I was worried about it cracking from a pot.

Soapstone: We used it for the outdoor kitchen. But again, not the color we wanted for the main kitchen.

I would love to hear more about the soapstone. How’s it fairing? By the way, your place sounds amazing!

So, in all, quartzite was the choice for us in the kitchen. It's working great so far! [/quote][/quote]

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