This depends on your design style? Do you want American Traditional? Take the free quiz here and let us know https://www.dsasociety.org/resources/interior-design-style-quiz/

Buy this $3 Sample of Engineered Hardwood Floor and put it in the basement and sit with it for a few weeks and see how it feels...http://bit.ly/PointLomaColorWoodFloor I also recommend....http://bit.ly/50DollarAdhesiveShowerTile And here is an idea board of how it would all go together.

Laminate is a poor choice for a basement becasue of potential moisture issues.Instead look at luxury vinyl plank. We used Flooret in our basement 3 years ago and have been very pleased.

Thanks Julie!

Is this a basement kitchen? With sink, dishwasher, etc? If so, laminate doesn't do well in kitchen settings.

As for laminate in a basement, there is no problem with it. People have installed laminate in basements since the stuff was invented. Laminate ALWAYS requires a vapour barrier when being installed over a cement slab. The same for floating vinyl, etc.

I'm not a fan of porcelain tile in a basement. It is cold and loud. Two things I hate in a floor. If the kitchen is in the basement you are welcome to have tile in the kitchen area (tiles are expensive to install) and then the rest can be laminate....just do not mix two wood-look things in the same space.

Yes it’s a basement kitchen with all appliances. This kitchen won’t be used as much as our main kitchen on the first floor.

Yeah I just went to someone’s house and checked out their porcelain tile and it was really cold.

So no mixing of 2 woods? If I have wooden counters or the same shade of laminate won’t look good? Or a lighter shade?

It isn't the look of 'wood' that is the problem. It is LAMINATE is NOT APPROPRIATE for kitchens. That's it. That's all. Wood counters + wood flooring is a stunning look.

Laminate floors (the things with fibreboard middles with a photograph sitting on top) are the things that have issues with KITCHENS. That's the only draw back.

If it were me, I would look at a cork floating floor in the kitchen (sealed once installed) and then laminate throughout the rest of the basement.

Or cork flooring throughout and be done with it.

Just NO LAMINATE in a kitchen.

And vinyl planks are DIFFERENT from laminate...even though they look the same (picture of wood on top) they are VASTLY different products.

Ohh okay got it!

Our design is actually allowing us to keep hard flooring in the kitchen and do carpet in the rest.

I’ll look in cork flooring! Thanks for your help!