I don't love it, but it's full of neutral tones, so would depend a lot on what other finishes you're putting in the room -- it would be mostly tamed by cream or white cabinets, but if you're dead set, say, on marble-look counters, then it would be hard to mesh. On the other hand, I don't see how you're really "avoiding a full-on remodel" with all the things you're doing already, at which point you might as well get to design the new kitchen with no constraints. It's easiest to pick your finishes together...

Room would look bigger (and taller) with cabinets that go to the ceiling and with calmer floor. Lighten and brighten :)

Good point. We anticipated that we would most likely have to do the full remodel anyway, and we are prepared to do it. What kind of flooring would look good instead? I'm thinking that I'd like to do warm gray and off-white - maybe the IKEA bobdyn gray cabinets and quartz counters.

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I´m sure you can make it work. It´s not that bad.

And then there´s always paint. You´ll find lots of info on how to paint your tiles if you google it.

Hope this was helpful:-)!

Sorry, it has to go.

You might look for a light gray tile -- there are a zillion out there these says, from very uniform to quite textured (e.g., cement-looking, or near-wood-looking). Pick your counters and cabinets first, so that you have tonal guidance, as grays can be anything from quite green to rather purple, and having a bad pairing can set your teeth on edge. :)

Cork is a good floor for kitchens.

That tile will demand colors to go with it, and it will always look a bit stained and dirty. "It's not bad" is code for "why spend the money?" It needs to go. I have had real oak hardwood in my kitchen for 30 years with no issues. It has a polyurethane finish and has not been refinished. It is 5" and 4" widths, alternating, without grooves. The rest of the "public" area (LR, den,dining room and entry are all grooved 4" and 5" oak. No refinishing there either. Real wood is good. The only other flooring I would consider for my kitchen would be porcelain tile, but I would not change my wood floor for porcelain. (I like it best in 12x12 tiles, or larger, in a stone look.). If you are doing everything else in the kitchen, do the flooring, too.

Extend the hardwood floors for sure!

We redid a kitchen last summer. We put in porcelain tile that looks like wood. But the point I want to make is that they had us have the tile floor installed before the new cabinets and appliances. Just a heads up on that point of install.

Since you are taking everything else out anyway, yes definitely replace the floor. As glschisler said above, typically flooring goes in first so cabinets and appliances will sit on top. If you wait and then decide to replace floors after the fact, you will run into issues with floor height vs cabinet height and being able to roll appliances out easily for service or cleaning. Redoing the floor in whatever you choose should be relatively easy once demo is complete and you have no cabinets to tile around.

Thanks for the advice, all. I'll gear my thinking toward a complete remodel and that should make this decision easier. :)

Lose the tile! Its dated and not attractive. A lot of it has to do with the simple layout. It;s just blah. While it's good for a kitchen (the pattern helps to hide dirt) it just isn't nice to look at.

Once you get your new kitchen in, you will wish you had done the floors. Just bite the bullet and rip it up!

When we redid our last kitchen, we didn't want to redo the tile due to expense (began in the foyer, front hall, laundry room and kitchen. I always regretted that decision..we had a lovely new kitchen with not great tiles that I had to work around when choosing all of the new things..which would have been different if I could have started from scratch. Your kitchen is fairly small and maybe get some quotes to help you decide and you don't have to use the same hardwood..think about nice ceramic.

It's hard to see the actual colors of the cabinets and the floors. Cabinets look like a gray/green. Floor looks like a tan/cream. I think the black appliances are fine. Especially if they are still working. I do agree the 4x4 white back splash has to go. A complimenting stone/quartz to the floors may make you think differently about the floors overall. Depending on your budget. Cabinets could/should be used again. Space bar over sink, gone. Consider open shelving for a very updated look. I would get rid of upper corner cabinet. Swing around the 30x30 upper cabinets to the right of the sink, reuse and replace to where corner cabinet used to be. Consider regrouting the tile, it could change the look of the floor dramatically. It's hard to see how other rooms orientate to this space based on the photo. If replacing an adjacent room of carpet or hardwood, think about how this room meets up or cuts off from that. You appear to have some decent bones. Just need to work on the "clothes" you put over them. Good luck.

I agree that the tile needs to go AT THE SAME TIME as the kitchen remodel. To change out tile NOW, means you will have a problem with the kitchen update LATER.

You can avoid the problem by buying enough (new) tile to run wall to wall and then STORE the remainder for a few years (or a decade...depends on when you get around to the work). Even so, the newly laid tile/grout will look different from the year/decade old tile. One will look "older" than the other. It could take some time before the "new" looks as old as the "old".

Doing things piecemeal is how people run into design dilemmas. If you remove and replace your tile today without a STRONG picture of tomorrow, you will cause MORE headaches later. What happens if you match the cabs today...but tomorrow you want an entirely DIFFERENT coloured kitchen? Oh no! The tile only matches "the old" kitchen! Oh no. We need to redo the new tile! Oh dear. What to do?

Sigh....we see this all the time on Houzz. Please either make plans for your kitchen NOW...or wait and replace the floors with the rest of the kitchen renovation.

It is cheaper.

Good heavens don't do the grey. In a few years that trend will be on its way out and you'll need to redo again. White cabinets, white subway tile, pretty warm wood floor and 15 years from now your kitchen will still look fresh and in

I agree your tile is very dated. If you hate it, then get rid of it! You will hate it even more as time goes on. First find pictures of kitchens you like here on houzz, then make decision based on that. Involve your husband so he gets used to a new look too!

That floor has to go! OUTDATED. You'll be spending a lot of money on the cabinets and it wont be easy to replace the floor. Extend the wood floor - only if the new kitchen will go with it. Otherwise, just design a whole new kitchen including the floor.

if you hate it get did of it, especially is you are doing everything else. you wouldn't want to change floor after the fact

Thanks, all. The floor will definitely go!

It sounds like some people think gray is too trendy, but my husband absolutely does NOT want white cabinets. I personally really like them, but this isn't the hill I'm ready to die on, so... no white. :)

Glad to hear you are going to replace the floor! I am chiming in to recommend extending the wood floor. After going with tile once before, and having my (young!) knees and legs pay the price, I finally paid attention to the floors of friends who had wood in their kitchens. Contrary to popular advice against wood floors in the kitchen, these wood floors looked great after 20, 30 years of use and had held up great. When we did our total remodel, I put in wood (that matched what we have in the rest of the house) just as felizlady described and I. LOVE. IT. I am far from fussy or a great housekeeper, and they just look great no matter what. Plus they lend a warmth that tile never could achieve, in my book, and are so much easier to work with when choosing other design elements.