Countertops that contain more than one color, such as the aforementioned white quartz countertops with gray streaks, are also a good candidate for a two-toned paint job. You can give your cabinets ...

Test out different hardware, lighting, or a quartz or marble countertop. The options are endless, but the bottom line is that you can’t go wrong with white cabinets and white countertops.

So when, over a dozen years later, the landlord of our new place told me he was installing white-quartz countertops just before we moved in, it felt like Christmas came early for yours truly ...