Distraction... My counters

[lolaburns]

Yesterday, at Ikea I realized they sell Caesarstone. It wasn't labelled, but I noticed the names of the colors were the same. So I asked and they said yes it was! Great surprise considering I ordered two of their colors and fell in love.

I love "Eggshell" and " Ocean Foam". They are basically the same color, but the aggregate in Ocean Foam is larger so more of the resin shows making it brighter and whiter when they are next to each other.

My gut said the Eggshell because the aggregate is super small and it is the less white if the two. It read a white beigey gray in my kitchen. My husband loves the Ocean Foam so now I am confused. Will Ocean Foam be too busy and bright?

Also, I am redoing the island butcher block from the dark black/brown stain to a white/beige/taupe more driftwood look.



Eggshell on the left and Ocean foam on the right :




Ocean Foam on the left in these:




I have a mother of pearl light fixture and a coordinating (vase) that @therealmc informed me looks like a penis! LOl).


There's tonal and large aggregate (moonstone) in our concrete counters and it doesn't bother me:


Also here's L... He can't be doing too bad, right?

We are going to do a white apron sink:

[jenbelle]

I'm a fan of the Ocean Foam, and the second from the bottom of the butcher block samples.
He looks pretty good! How is he feeling?

[Deleted]

Love the ocean foam. And love the sink. We were at ikea yesterday and that is the exact sink I pointed out to dh that I loved!

[charmediamsure]

I like the Ocean Foam!

BTW we have Caesarstone and I LOVE it! We have dark cabinets so ours is called Carmel

[Deleted]

I like the ocean foam!

[Deleted]

I like the top butcher block! Ours is like the second one.

[fusion]

another vote for ocean foam, pretty!

[silverjm]

I like the ocean foam too, i like the brighter white, especially with the white apron front sink. I like the second butcher block from the bottom.

[mcburglar]

Definitely the ocean foam! And lol at the penis. And Heeey cutie boy!

[christidee]

I like the ocean foam more than the egg shell

[carawestt]

I like the ocean foam a lot. I like the mauve foe the butcher block.

[thedahliharpa]

I didn't know Ikea had ceasar. We plan to do ikea cabinets this year and I want ceasar...I think I want something like misty carrera or frosty carrina.
Anyways,I prefer ocean foam and the java bean butcher.

[thedahliharpa]

And CH at the Iight fixture!
Glad to see a happy L!

[steph196]

Apr 25, 2015 12:39:03 GMT -5 gamecockgirl74 said:

I will be the lonely outsider. I like the egg shell

I actually like the eggshell better also.

[dojo]

Ocean foam. You see the aggregate from more of a distance with it.

[mscatra]

I like the Ocean Foam, too. And I really like the penis lamp. I laughed super loudly at it and now Maggie is wondering what I'm laughing at, lol.

[creamsiclechica]

Ocean foam is beautiful! Not as beautiful as that sweet little pumpkin you posted though. And I must say that penis made out of fixtures is definitely a good distraction!

[devotchka]

I like your taste! Everything is really nice!!

[teamhayes]

Another ocean foam fan

[AndyCohen]

I prefer the eggshell, but I think the ocean foam matches your cabinets better. At least in your photos here. I like eggshell better with the floor and backsplash.

[bean47]

I like the eggshell. I think either is going to look great though.

[lolaburns]

Apr 25, 2015 12:47:12 GMT -5 thedahliharpa said:

I didn't know Ikea had ceasar. We plan to do ikea cabinets this year and I want ceasar...I think I want something like misty carrera or frosty carrina.
Anyways,I prefer ocean foam and the java bean butcher.

They don't advertise that it is for some reason. I had to ask someone if I could have a sample. They said they didn't have any and I said well I have some samples at home with the same names, but they are from Caesarstone? They guy winked and said " Ours are Caesarstone, too".

[lolaburns]

Apr 25, 2015 19:01:07 GMT -5 AndyCohen said:

I prefer the eggshell, but I think the ocean foam matches your cabinets better. At least in your photos here. I like eggshell better with the floor and backsplash.

Get out of my head! I like ocean foam with the cabinet color better, too. Color wise, I think eggshell works better with the floors and backsplash and I can't figure out which is more important. I think people respond more to the Ocean Foam because it is visually more appealing with the aggregate instead of the best color match?

[AndyCohen]

Apr 26, 2015 8:42:28 GMT -5 lolaburns said:

Apr 25, 2015 19:01:07 GMT -5 AndyCohen said:

I prefer the eggshell, but I think the ocean foam matches your cabinets better. At least in your photos here. I like eggshell better with the floor and backsplash.

Get out of my head! I like ocean foam with the cabinet color better, too. Color wise, I think eggshell works better with the floors and backsplash and I can't figure out which is more important. I think people respond more to the Ocean Foam because it is visually more appealing with the aggregate instead of the best color match?

Well, from the post here, it sounds like the general buyer will prefer the ocean foam

[breezy8407]

I like the eggshell better.

Cool about Ikea having those! Will come in handy for me some day