Kitchen Flooring with Cherry Cabinets

8 years ago

We remodeled our kitchen 10 years ago with Cherry Cabinets & Granite counters. The colors are very warm. We need to replace existing 26 year old flooring throughout the house, and are having difficulty finding wood flooring. we do not want tile, vinyl or laminate. We like European oak, but haven't found the right color. Suggestions???

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badgergal

8 years ago

last modified: 8 years ago

I personally like the floors to contrast with the cabinets. You didn't say what kind of wood your current floors are but perhaps they could be refinished to their natural state. When we bought our house 15 years ago the floors were quite yellow and plastic looking. We had them sanded and sealed but did not apply any stain. The floor refinishers told us the floors are ash with cherry trim in the dining area and around the edge of the great room.

Seven years ago I redid my kitchen and decided to use natural cherry cabinets because of the cherry trim that was already in my wood floors. I love the natural ash floors with the natural cherry cabinets. Here's a few pictures that I've posted many times over the years. (Sorry if the pictures are too large)

You should really look into seeing if your current wood floors could be refinished, it certainly would be less expensive than installing new floors

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Nothing Left to Say
8 years ago
I would try to get something close to your existing floors. The contrast is good, imo.
Donna E
8 years ago
I agree. Go really light so the floors don't compete with the cabinets.
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SJ McCarthy
8 years ago
How about cherry in a natural water based finish (not the ambering stuff that comes with oil based...which is what helped your cabinets turn a stronger gold/brown).

The reason why you are having a problem finding a European Oak (e. oak) is it is a grayish colour that runs SILVER with VERY GRAY/BROWN/GREEN tones in it. Therefore you wood taste for the floor is possibly the BIGGEST CLASH of wood colours that are possible. Yep. MASSIVE CLASH between E. oak and Cherry. Big, big clashes. And your photos prove it.

I'm sorry to say but you will need to choose between your existing cabinet colours (and counter tops...which would be simple, yet expensive, to replace) and your "want" for e. oak.

A character grade maple with a UV protect on it (stop it from turning sunshine yellow) would do beautifully. Or a beech/birch option. All three of these "yellow" wood floors do VERY well with cherry. Of course this would be a "like for like" change from the floors you have right now.

If you change your counter top, you can cool down the yellow/gold/browns in the kitchen. But your flooring choice will remain the same (unless you go with blue, black or green slate).

Personally I LOVE a crisp white counter with cherry. It is VERY handsome. Please stay away from European Oak. It will fight tooth and nail with your cherry until you pay to have one of the two ripped out and replaced = more money.
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8 years ago
Why can’t you refinish what you have?
cat_ky
8 years ago
Something like this.
Olychick
8 years ago
Your current floor color relates to the counters with the cherry contrasting. The colors you're considering do not relate to either the counters or the cabinets. There must be a reason you're not considering refinishing what you have, but they are gorgeous, so I hope there's a solution to whatever it is.