Blue Eyes Granite
Needing advice on granite/color. Our cabinets are shaker style cherry, med-dark stain. The floors are Vida Grand: Here’s what they look like this or, this.
The room is great room concept. fairly large with good size kitchen
island.Stainless steel appliances. Room faces North with lots of trees and
lake view (lots of windows) and one window with morning east sun. But,
we’re in Seattle so grey skies much of year. 2 of the granite choices
we like are Bianco Antico (for a lighter look) and Blue Eyes (darker.)
Any thoughts on either of these as well as any other suggestions?Also, any opinions for back splash welcome. Thanks for your help and
your dedication to World Vision!Emily
Update: Tom, We are now considering Verde Butterfly and would love your input on that as well as backsplash suggestions. Thanks, Emily
Hello Emily,
There are two versions of Blue Eyes Granite. One is from Canada and is more blue/gray with strong opalescent accents of blue, and the other is Brown/granite with the same blue accents.
The Canadian version is much prettier and even though it is quite expensive, it is worth it.
There are several quality levels ranging from darker blue/gray to almost a silver/ gray. Darker Blue Eyes granite would be better for a kitchen with the view of trees and lake. This color also works very will with stainless and I recommend running the same granite all the way up the splash to below the upper cabinets.
You also mentioned verde butterfly which is much less expensive and also very common. It is a nice deep green and the accents that look like butterfly wings are quite beautiful. If you cabinets are medium oak to dark, then this would look great. If the cabinets are light, forget it because it will make you kitchen look cheap. Dark greens with light cabinets just are pleasant to the eyes.
If you feel you are going toward the Verde Butterfly direction, you should also take a look at Verde Ubatuba and Verde Peacock. These are all low costs green granite from Brazil but have different characteristics. They work well with stainless but Verde Ubatuba works the best. With these dark greens, I recommend a tile splash in a light creamy natural limestone or travertine. Take a look at the kitchen galleries on www.GraniteStock.com and www.HomeGranite.com for some ideas about this.
I’d also like to recommend you look at Seafoam Green granite if your budget can handle it. It always seems to work well when water is near by!
I wish you the best with your project and thank you for support the Rock Blog kids!
