What did he spend on the vinyL? He got impatient and you didn’t have a plan yet started pulling up the floor. Best is to leave it use a runner floor mat to hide the transition and sit and start planning things out Together and have selections / monies / priorities figured out. This is like project planning shall we say?? I happened to be at a carpet store today for a project and did look at the vinyl plank for a couple minutes. You could use the qualifier later that his choice is not good material/ as it looks imitation the stuff I saw was super . So his product choice comes out when push comes to shove re decision.

Thank you! The flooring probably cost $250, so it wouldn’t be the worst thing if we ripped it up and replaced it with something else (it was certainly one of the smaller expenses in our home renovation due to the small size of the kitchen). Really, I would feel bad that my husband put in the work to cut and lay it all, but part of me also doesn’t really care - that’s what happens when decisions are rushed! I just can’t decide if it’s worth it to try to match the original hardwood to the vinyl when we refinish it. It would be cheaper in the short term to replace the kitchen flooring, but we plan on refinishing the rest of the floors no matter what anyway ...

Your best bet is to replace the kitchen flooring when you are ready to refinish the flooring in the rest of the house.

Don't do anything in the dining room. Live with the mismatch for now.

If you have someone over who points it out, just smile, say "thanks for noticing", and throw a glass of wine in their face (well, do that last part in your mind!)

This is simply a covering up of the subfloor. To make things better. Don't restrict your choices by treating it as valuable and well thought out. Pick the finish for your hardwood as if the kitchen floor didn't exist. That was the original plan. Stick to it.

The money has been paid and the floor laid. Leave it be. It is doing the job you need it to do. For $250, it will give you a few more years of service. Leave it be until you tackle the ENTIRE kitchen. When you rip out the kitchen cabs, etc, you will change the foot print of that space. That means you will have flooring missing in places that should have flooring, etc.

Ignore the vinyl. Keep on your target. Remember, you are at the beginning of a whole-home renovation. You are skilled people who are DIYing (a pro doing his/her own home is still DIY at a professional level) most of this. So this will take a LONG TIME to get everything finished.

By finished I mean, all the floors are finished, all the walls have been moved/added. All the drywall patched and painted, bathrooms and kitchens finished, electrical updated and all the paintings/pictures/mirrors hung on the walls and all the furniture in place. That's what I mean by finished.

During that time, the ugly LVP will sit there doing it's job. You don't have to worry about it while you have HUNDREDS of other projects going on. If it takes a total of 5 years to 'finish' this home, then you have 'rented' a floor for $50/YEAR. Not bad.

Remember: this LVP will be replaced. Do NOT do ANYTHING to match this stuff. You do NOT like it...do NOT rush and add more. If you do, hubby will feel like the flooring is DONE (in those areas). Don't let that happen. Simply leave the LVP...ignore it in fact. And think about other things.

But you REALLY NEED to sit down and complete you 7 year renovation plan. You will sit down (as if you were a designer...or an architect...or a design-build firm) and CREATE a STORY BOARD. This story board will include ALL THE COLOURS you WANT used in your home.

You will have a story board for EVERY ROOM. The story board can be made 'twice' so that your vehicle and your hubby's vehicle carry a version of it. That way, if hubby grabs more 'ugly' that is on sale, you can FIRMLY POINT OUT that it does NOT meet the story board.

But what your hubby's actions are showing = impatience which comes from inaction which is brought about by indecision.

Remove the indecision by setting out the story board for everyroom. That way you stay ON TRACK and you can show something for your work....so that HUBBY can move forward with these ideas.

Remember: he deals with homeowner indecision on an HOURLY basis. It probably drives him batty! He's (probably) not going to let his home end up in the same situation as his worst night-mare customers!

HA. Silly husband. Your kitchen is very nice looking and will look even nicer in a few months/years when you replace the floor. Don't mess with your nice hardwood floors. It's pretty normal for older homes to have wood everywhere but the kitchen. Tile or linoleum or even vinyl will be perfect in there. Don't let husband make more fast choices. :)

Are you planning on gutting the kitchen like everyone is assuming? Doesn't look like it has a dishwasher but it's not a bad layout and it's so darn cute....

HI everyone, thank you all so much for your thoughtful input! The overall theme I'm seeing is to not refinish the hardwood just for the sake of doing it - and definitely not for the sake of matching the LVP. For some reason, I didn't realize this was an option (lol) - I have been getting so bogged down in needing to take action (a la my husband with the kitchen floor), that I didn't even think to take a breather and let it be for a while so we can re-gather our thoughts :) And since the hardwood will be getting done in the next year or two anyway, it feels almost like a weight is lifted off my shoulders with not having to add one more thing to our current To Do list!

@kempek01 your suggestion is spot on and made me laugh out loud! Truthfully, the mismatch didn't bother me as much until I thought of what my in-laws would say at our housewarming - and really, all of them are homeowners, so I'm sure they understand the concept of a work in progress ... AND if anyone does comment, I will say "Thanks for noticing" and chug my wine (while mentally throwing it on them)!

@Patricia Colwell Consulting I like your idea of having the same wood species laid down in the kitchen and all of it matching! Or the idea of vinyl tile ... honestly, I was thinking of anything besides the LVP my hubs came home with! Lol! but having the same species of wood all the way through the house would be a very charming look!

@dan1888 thank you for your words of wisdom! you're right, no need to sacrifice the rest of the house's hardwood to coordinate with a not-thought-out temporary fix :)

@SJ McCarthy you make so many good points ... we're also in the middle of a total bathroom renovation and a light second floor renovation (which will then be further renovated down the line anyway), so the last thing we need to be thinking about now is moving our furniture from room to room, or to a storage pod, so the floors can be refinished. And, while we know we want to refinish them, we haven't nailed down a specific stain yet, so it would be more rushing, potentially leading to more regret! Your suggestion of sitting down and storyboarding each room is soooo incredibly wise ... we will definitely be doing that, starting over dinner tonight!

@Fori thank you so much :) we think it's super cute too! It really is charming, and in keeping with the style of our house. It's so funny you say that, because my husband (he is a darling) EVENTUALLY wants to gut the whole kitchen, knock out the back wall, and expand the whole kitchen/dining room area!!! However, that's a big expense and still quite a few years down the road - plus, I think the house is kinda sweet the way it is - but the lack of dishwasher does plague us when we have guests for dinner! Ha! Anyway, I guess there's no point in paying twice for a temporary kitchen floor (and staining the rest of the house to match ...). Phew! I feel like I've been talked off several ledges today!!!