Kitchen floor help

10 years ago

Need suggestions on what to use for our kitchen floor. We are Remodeling the kitchen, putting in white( slightly off white actually) cabinets, Soapstone counters with walnut butchers block on the island. Wall color and back splash color are undecided, but will likely feature grey in some way. We definitely have a preference for cool tones vs warm.

When I look at pictures of kitchens online, I'm always most attracted to ones with wood floors, but I'm not sure we can make wood work in our kitchen because of what's going on elsewhere. The Kitchen has an adjacent dining nook featuring these reclaimed floors. Removing them is not an option.

Around the corner from the nook, the Kitchen Will open up into the dining room, which has these floors

the Wall between the Kitchen and dining room shown in the picture is coming down. I've also included a pic of the current floor transition from Kitchen to dining room.

The dining room floors Will also not be removed but Will be refinished.

Super high end specialty solutions are not in the budget for us, we're doing a home renovation loan, so we have a number of things that must be accomplished and a finite budget.

Is there a way to get wood in the Kitchen without it looking strange? Or do we have to stick with tile? And if so, what's a good choice?

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Michael M
10 years ago
That looks like oak in the dining room? You can definitely install new (unfinished) oak in the kitchen, sand the dining room floors, and then add stain and poly to both new and old to tie everything together. It's fairly common to do this. I'm planning to do the exact same thing upstairs when I expand my master bedroom (oak floors) into an area that has tile.

The reclaimed / plank wood floor in the dining nook won't match, but I don't think that would bother me. It's such a cool feature.
Caraline Neus
Original Author
10 years ago
I honestly have no idea what the dining room floors are, but it sounds like we should find out for sure and then buy the same for the kitchen? we should match the plank width also, right?
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Caraline Neus
Original Author
10 years ago
I'm so glad to hear that you don't think the floors will look strange next to the reclaimed floors though. when choosing a stain for the dining room and kitchen, should we go pretty similar to the reclaimed color, or go intentionally different?
Michael M
10 years ago
I'm 90% sure those floors are oak from the look of them. Yes, you definitely want to match the width, which should be no problem. Talk to your GC or flooring guy, and they can point you in the right direction before you buy anything. Let them help you, since they probably do this all the time. Your situation is a common one. Just make sure you go with a reputable installer / finisher. Same rules that apply to selecting any contractor.

I don't think you need to match the color of your reclaimed floors in the nook, but you obviously want something that will complement them. That's venturing into a design decision, which is not my forte. It looks like your base trim is also stained wood, so you want everything to tie together for sure.