I would go with the one closer to the honey oak. I think the flow will look better. I don't like the two contrasting shades next to eachother at all.

You should match the flooring to the DR.

Are those the only two choices? Have you thought about tile? Continuing hardwood floor? Reasons those were nixed?

You should match the floor in the rest of the house -- but unfortunately, vinyl plank next to real wood is often jarringly obvious, so choose carefully. I would be looking at real wood - engineered, if it is not possible (due to height differences or budget) to use solid. As a last resort go with the brownish plank.

Thanks for response. Can not afford the hardwood into kitchen and I have been told it would never completely match to try just because of the age of our floors. The kitchen at some point had poured cement leveler so seems easier to just lay flooring. I am not a fan of ceramic tile or stone look. Tried already with a travertine tile. Did not look good with counter.

Your kitchen is lovely. LVT is another option. It isn't competing against your wood flooring and loosing.

Even if it didn't "completely match" it would be similar enough to please the eye IMO. Take some time to look for closeouts in engineered - since it is not a large kitchen, you might get lucky. Ask your local flooring stores if they have any short quantities at a discount, and check discount online and chain retailers like Floor&Décor . If you are anywhere reasonably near Indianapolis check Floors to Your Home.

brown not gray. and lay a few mats/runner....those will be noted. the brown will look contiguous enough so the discrepancy will meld in.

Your kitchen looks great. Flooring choice is hard, perhaps stay with a warm tone in vinyl plank that somewhat matches dining room. What is the name of your granite?

African rainbow.

I am afraid it is jarring to go from the timeless traditional hardwood to the vinyl planks your have chosen. This is a frequent mistake I see on many home DIY blogger sites. Rather then the home flowing as one, the kitchen flooring will look off. In time it will be noticeably 2017-ish wile the other flooring is timeless match to the home. A good flooring person can match the other hardwood in the home - I've seen it done many times. If that is not in your budget, a stone look vinyl or a wood look as close as possible to the real hardwood. The vinyl flooring will need to be replaced in time and then you can consider running the real hardwood into the kitchen.

agree with others, try to match exising as best you can...the dark flooring is just so jarring with your DR..

your floor is 'common' in a good way, insomuch as it should be somewhat easy to find something similar.

I see a stove medallion. Use that for inspiration and find a sheet vinyl in a complimentary pattern that looks good with your counters and your wood floor. No one will recommend wood next to fake wood. Even two different adjacent real woods are tricky to pull-off. There are so many choices in sheet vinyl. Take a quick internet shopping trip.

I have the same problem in my house that was built in 1945--When my hubby removes all the carpeting to expose the beautiful natural wood floors, we will be choosing a new flooring for the kitchen, which has an opening in the dining room. I was thinking of a light, marbleized tile. I watch a lot of Property Brothers and other shows like this on HGTV and when they remodel an area, they do not have a problem of tiling an entryway or kitchen when the rest of the house is wood or faux wood planking. Done right, it is really beautiful! Anyway, I would nix trying to match the wood in the dining room since it's not the right color for the kitchen. I suggest a light and airy tile, something that looks great with those beautiful counters! Hexagons are very popular and look spectacular next to wood floors.

If my computer monitor is not lying to me, there are warm tones in your counter that would work with your dining room floor.

I am still in favor of matching the DR with wood, but if you can't pull it off for whatever reason (BTW, if fear of a wood floor in a kitchen holds you back - don't let it. They are fine and do tolerate drips and spills) then the plank with the warmer tones will work.

I think it is different enough in color and pattern, yet complimentary in tone to the wood, to not be as "yuck that is so obviously fake wood" to the eye as so many plank floors next to real wood can be -- maybe!

Please work with STONE or TILE looking product. Never, ever, wever, bever put fake wood looking products (vinyl, laminate, etc) right next to real wood. It is a design faux pas that far surpasses "white after labour day". You will be very sorry if you put wood-look gray stuff next to real wood blonde stuff.

Look to a stone/tile-look vinyl. You will be happy you did. If you must have gray (goes with NOTHING else in the house other than the snick in the counters) go with a brown gray that compliments the blonde wood. It will look lovely.

Remember: SOPHISTICATION often means tone-on-tone. Anyone and their dog can throw colours together in a blender. It takes a bit more effort to get things to blend properly.

A lovely toast/tea brown will look STUNNING with your COUNTERS. It will maintain the cool-tone you want while still working together with the blonde.

Think of your finishes as clothing for your home. Not many people would put together camel coloured pants with a blue-gray blouse. But they WOULD put together 'liver brown' with camel. That is how you want to 'dress' your home.

We have red oak hardwood in our 1961 home. We used Marmoleum, in the Asian Tiger pattern, which complements the red oak nicely. We have gray counters.

Saving up for real wood to match (as closely as possible) the rest of your house would look best. You could even run the planks the other way.