Even when you decide you want a white quartz countertop in your kitchen or bath, there are still oodles of choices. Where to begin if you’re nervous since it’s such a big ticket item? Start here if you’re considering Minuet quartz countertops or a carrera-like counters. See photos from my home of the material in different light at various times of day to get a feel for it. And score helpful tips for finding the right white quartz color for your unique needs.
Minuet Quartz Countertops from Viatera
Help for Choosing the Right White Quartz Counters
Seeing slabs of quartz in person helps a great deal. But it also pays to research options online too. New kitchen countertops are a pricey investment and your choice will greet you everyday.
Sometimes bringing home an itty bitty square creates more anxiety and is hard to picture in the space with all of the other design elements. I want you to feel that HELLOOOOOO LOVELY feeling rather than WELL, I GUESS IT’S WHITE QUARTZ.
Psst. This isn’t a sponsored post. I have lived with Viatera quartz counters in three different homes now. I did pop in a few affiliate links for kitchen resources (using the links won’t cost you extra, yet I’ll earn a small commission).
When we moved into a severely neglected fixer upper in 2015, the kitchen had to be gutted, and it was my first go-around selecting white quartz.
Even though I was fairly sure most of the possibilities were neutral enough to work with the pure white cabinets I selected, it was trickier than expected.
I found that when I brought home samples of quartz, some looked too creamy or too dingy with the kitchen’s unique lighting situation (northern exposure and not much natural light at all).
The other challenge was deciding between white quartz countertop colors that had busy veining or ones where there were bigger expanses of white.
Add to that the varied colors of the veins, and I found myself overwhelmed. But I persevered and kept narrowing down my favorites. They were all from Viatera (LXHausys).
Review of MINUET Quartz Countertops
For the fixer upper kitchen, I ultimately chose MINUET. ZERO PROBLEMS and NO COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS MATERIAL. We loved living with these counters for 7 years. The busy light grey veining turned out to be such a blessing since it is forgiving. Faint scratches tend to happen over the years, but the dense veining hid them all.
LXHausys Viatera Minuet is from the Musica Collection and comes in slabs 63″ x 130″. The brand describes it as; “Alabaster with gray marbling gives a rich and luxurious feel. The perfect harmony of colors is reminiscent of the marriage of notes in a minuet.”
My own description would be that it is similar to alabaster marble and very cool with its light grey busy veining. Think Parisian style and French bakery vibes.
One of my favorite attributes of Minuet is how the color was the right temperature of white for the project.
Viatera MINUET was the whitest white I found that wasn’t a complete white out. You may know what I mean if you have been shopping for white quartz.
A solid white base can be awesome for certain modern kitchen designs, but if you’re after a natural stone look with some veining to keep things natural looking and forgiving, solid white may not be ideal.
One of the qualities I love about Minuet is how it is so reflective.
Our kitchen was dim so I was desperate to add sources of light and reflectivity. Here’s the before:
And here it is after.
Adding polished venatino marble subway mosaic tile also helped to bounce around more light. Honed marble is beautiful too, but what a difference the polished finish made!
More Photos of Minuet
Here is Viatera Minuet Quartz in my sister Jody’s kitchen:
She also paired this white quartz with standard white subway tile for a very bright, clean, crisp, timeless look with Shaker cabinets.
By the way…regarding quartz vs. natural stone or granite for a kitchen design:
I have used quartz for counters in multiple kitchens, not in any way attempting to fake the look of natural stone or granite.
I am team quartz because of its stain resistance, uniformity, strength, non-porous, no-maintenance nature, antibacterial properties, and luxe live-ability.
From red wine spills to citrus sliced directly on naked kitchen counters, there is simply less worry and fuss.
And don’t get me started on the stains and vulnerability of white marble in the bath! My sister also used Minuet in her bathrooms:
Feel free to ask any questions in the comments about living with Minuet or correspond with email…I’m happy to help. Also, Minuet isn’t the only white quartz for which I have experience. In our current home, I selected Muse for the kitchen renovation, and in a vacation house we transformed, I used Soprano.
I independently selected products in this post—if you buy from one of my links, I may earn a commission.
Peace to you right where you are.
-michele
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