The best option would be to add wood floors to connect with your old ones, so the flooring is all the same. Or you can have different floors in the spaces, like the entryway and hall, but the changes should happen at a natural break. If you are opening the dining room wall completely into the kitchen, you will likely need to change that whole area to one type of flooring. You could use tile in your kitchen, dining, and entry, and keep the wood in your living room.

Carry the wood floor in the dining room into the kitchen. If it is now one area, treat it as one area.

Thank you. Problem is the wood floors in living room and dining room are same

color wood stain and I don't want that color in my new kitchen /dining area

so the living room would be the original

stain and open floor plan dining room and kitchen different That's an acceptable look ? I thought everytoom

shoukd flow into next ?

lisa

Hi. You mean all flooring should be same ?

This is what's holding my project up

making the correct decision. Also tile is more durable than wood flooring since I have two dogs

Can't really tell without photos or plan. But if you start changing the flooring from room to room the house will feel much smaller, a disconnect from each space. When you mention tile, are you thinking everywhere but the living room?

as few flooring changes as possible; see this recent project where we installed wood flooring throughout!

https://www.houzz.com/photos/todays-mediterranean-mediterranean-kitchen-los-angeles-phvw-vp~28889383

Thank you. A hard wax oil as s finish

coat?

Why do you want the wood possible wood in the kitchen to be different from the wood in the rest of the home?

Chances are your living and dining room have a classic oak wood floor while the one you are considering is one that will be more affected by trends. I can't tell without pics, but much of the new pre-finished hardwood floors out now, while very pretty, have constant style changes causing them to become unavailable after a couple of years and some even can date a home in a way that classic 2 1/4 oak will not - it has been around for over a hundred years an is still used today.

If you live in a warm climate you can tile everything except the living room, leaving the original hardwood there - or tile the whole main level. Do not use wood look tile because wood look tile looks very faux next to real hardwood. Consider a stone look tile keeping in mind the style of your home and climate. If you live in a cool climate, consider the heated tile floor. Tile is hard, hard on your legs and cold but in some very warm areas it is preferred.

You can also consider not totally opening up the wall. You can simple make a larger archway opening or a pass through which will more define the rooms as two separate spaces. Then the kitchen can have its own floor - but not a different hardwood or a faux hardwood. Not everyone is tearing down walls. Sometimes, it is not appropriate for the style of the home.