view of other direction- these windows will provide the majority of the light for the space, and do get a lot of light

We are going prefinished. any specific color recommendations for this space? I want to warm up the kitchen without using any warm colors, lol.

Quartz choice:

Cabinet choice

Thanks so much! I asked my contractor for a price on the hand scraped, we will,see what he comes back with. In the mean time I am considering this, on the lower end, it looks loke it might be close to your first pic, I really wish they had a larger sample though

If you have some existing flooring, why don't you add the same flooring in the new area and have it all site finished with a custom color?

I like Couture's first picture. Perhaps an Ebony stain lightened up with Natural would look good on in your area.

jfcwood, I'm getting a quote for that also- it's very thin though, so matching the thickness wouldn't be a great idea in a kitchen. Also they are one inch wide and top nailed. Basically I think it would cost almost the same and I'd need a transition strip anyway because I'd be going from 5/16's to 3/4's. I've had a few contractors and flooring guys advise against it, only one would give me a price for it. But I'm getting that price today so I'll keep you posted.

Makes perfect sense. I saw those top nails and suspected it might be the thin narrow stuff. Oddly enough there's another current post where someone has a similar looking floor with lots of top nails.

So back to your original question about distressed being trendy. It certainly is but the trend seems to have legs. At the very least I'd suggest getting something with enough surface thickness to sand out or perhaps get a wire brushed product rather than contoured or hand scraped. Armstrong has many things to pick from. Another reasonably priced option might be Somerset Classic. It comes in 3/4" thick solid in 2-1/4" and 3-1/4" wide and has a bit of surface grain texture or engineered in 3-1/4" and 5" wide. If you want to go wide it's probably better to use an engineered product.

mster425, it looks like your heading in the right direction with color. The pic you posted of your sample board does look much like my first pic, and I think that the cool brown tone will look great with the other colors you have going on in the kitchen. Be sure to let us know what you decide on, and post after pics!

Very curious what you decided on. I have similar existing flooring...did you replace it all?

I did! The work is still underway but these will give you an idea, sorry for the disaster zone. It's a prefinished oak similar to Jacobean stain.