Dark cabinets can make a kitchen feel rich and dramatic, but the wrong countertop can make the room feel smaller and dimmer. The countertop is one of the room’s largest visible horizontal surfaces, so its color strongly affects brightness, contrast, and balance. The best...

White cabinets go with almost everything. That is exactly what makes choosing a countertop so difficult. Ask which countertops work with white cabinets, and the honest answer is that nearly all of them can. When nothing looks obviously wrong, every slab stays in consideration...