Cynthia Taylor-Luce If you like this flooring, I'd recommend painting the cabinets! Otherwise I think the floor and the cabinets would be too close in colour. If they matched perfectly (which is impossible!) it would be way too much of the same colour. If they are a little different, they're going to fight with each other. What you need to do is choose something completely different in colour for the floor so both will complement each other. Medium oak cabinets are usually quite orange and look dated now, so I'd say paint them and then put down whatever flooring appeals to you.