I had black stone bench tops at our old house. My kids would sit up at the bench whenever I was in the kitchen, so I was constantly cleaning off the little hand prints they left behind which seemed to be more obvious when light would hit the bench top, but it was easy to clean overall. Just moved into a house with a white corian bench top around the kitchen sink and stove area and it shows everything, every splash, bit of dust, tiny speck of whatever, everything. Makes me miss the black stone!

I thought about a mocha/mushroom as next house I was hoping to do a brown marble top.. But I think it'll date like some others from 10 yrs ago (oyster rings a bell) unless it's a very pale cappucino. Make the stone the hero, not the doors...?

We have used black carcasses for a black and wood kitchen. Looks great and everything is easy to find. Cost an extra $1000 on the total reno but absolutely worth it imo. The white would look cheaper especially when pulling out the black drawers to see the stark white inside. We also opted for dark drawer runners.

Definitely a different colour. It’s not unattractive though but don’t be fobbed off to the rep. You gave your money to the business and that’s who you should be dealing with.