You don't show the floor plan, view lines, associated areas, which can change everything, but, that little caveat aside, extending your sunny blond flooring sounds very, very good. With the walls and floors blending in a calm, warm whole, and the whole set off by pops of color, it should be very elegant.

Your reasons, all of them, for passing on a dark stain, handsome or no, are compelling. The reason to go that way would be if you wanted to create a more dramatic look in your home with big blocks of dark and light.

I'm old enough, BTW, to both know how wonderful a home with a sunny, pale honey floor looks and to expect that many of these nice cool, dark floors will inevitably eventually be sanded and refinished in that style. Too beautiful to be anything but classic.

I agree. Blond floors or maybe tile if you can find one you like.

Black floors are usually, well, wrong.

Black floors are wrist-slashingly difficult to keep looking clean. As in, you can't.

I'm not sure what you mean by Williamsburg-y. Somehow Shaker and Williamsburg don't belong in the same sentence. I picture an aged blue with raised panels.

I wouldn't do black floors either. Go for the continuity of the blonde floors and make the kitchen work with it.

I can't imagine how miserable it would be to try to keep black floors looking remotely clean in a kitchen. Yikes!

"I agree. Blond floors or maybe tile if you can find one you like.

Black floors are usually, well, wrong. "

and I agree with this. i usually like dark wood - but not on floors! I usually don't like light wood - but I DO on floors!

Tile could work - but it is hard on the feet, legs, back - and anything glass type that you might drop. It will shower everywhere. My sister says she's found slivers of glass in her LR - which is a good 10' from her kitchen!

Thank you all for your comments. I'm relieved that you think my blond hw is the right choice.

[quote=marcolo]I'm not sure what you mean by Williamsburg-y. Somehow Shaker and Williamsburg don't belong in the same sentence. I picture an aged blue with raised panels.[/quote]
By Williamsbury, I meant barn red, medium blue, olive green, and other "colonial" colors in our fabrics and other furnishings. I was only talking about the color palete, not the door style. Doors will be a simple white picture frame type. :-)

Sorry for the messy post above. I didn't realize quoting is disabled here.

I'm probably in a minority here, but I wouldn't want hardwood in a kitchen due to maintenance....kitchen flooring has always been a dilemma as tile is durable but hard on your feet and your glasses when you drop them. Wood doesn't like water and is subject to scratches and separating seams. (especially today's wood flooring). Cork is more successful (if you get the kind that is dent resistant), as is linoleum products or vinyls (nice looking expensive vinyl, not the stuff that's as thick as newspaper). We chose vinyl for our kitchen. GF chose cork for hers.