Do not remuddle what you have, i.e. current floor, wall paint, countertops, and cabinet palette are perfect as they are. Save your money to get real wood floors in the adjoining areas that harmonize with the existing kitchen floor. The money you save on not changing kitchen flooring can be better spent on beautiful wood floors. Come back to Houzz again when you're picking out warm toned flooring that will go with the cabinets.

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was gong to say the same -- keep the kitchen tile. I wouldn't put vinyl tile all over, but it will definitlely look worst against the real wood of the cabinets, so I'd skip that room at least.

the one thing I would say to replace is the baseboards, if you're going to do all new flooring. otherwise you'll end up w/shoe molding. get new baseboards and have them painted white.

as for those wood cabs and all the trim, will there ever be a time you will want to paint? I ask because flooring is huge expense and it's usually down for as long as you're in the house. (carpet can be changed every decade, but something like wood or tile is usually there for the long-haul)

the vinyl in the kitchen actually works well with the coloring.

Would you consider doing real tile in there, or do you want the same flooring throughout?

Why do you want laminate? if you want a good quality laminate, you're looking at paying almost as much as real engineered wood flooring. otherwise, the cheap stuff is going to look 'cheap' against all that real wood, especially in the kitchen. Wood floors increase value in the home.

Putting down a wood-look laminate, in that color range of your trim, is going to be a red stain overload. right now the carpet breaks it all up.

this is a similar cherry stain like yours, and brazilian hardwood, but look at the tones against one another.

you'd prob have to go w/some type of mahogany

or tiger wood, or any of the red toned floors to match all of that red trim work.

you could try going very light and natural, but I'm not sure how the tones would play together. you'd have to bring home samples.

(But I'd still have all the baseboards replaced so you do have the shoe molding AND the red baseboards. just redoing those in white would help tremendously )

Do you have any inkling of changing that kitchen or painting those cabs? like, ever?

Agree - what you have now works well. Are you sure your cabinets are oak?

Focus your budget on real wood for the rest of the area.

You're fortunate that what everyone is saying is true: the current palette works very well with those cabinets. Think about hiriing a design consultant to help you make choices of furnishings, possible new wood flooring so that you get off to a good start. I can picture a great, modern new light fixture for dining area, for example.

Many Dilemmas on Houzz involve the homeowner choosing the latest trendy colors and finishes in totally different houses they see on decorating shows--driftwood colored flooring with golden cabinets, for example. Or gray everything when the "givens" of a house are on the warm end of the color spectrum. Unless you're planning to replace those cabinets right away, choose art work, flooring, furnishings that work with the house you bought. You have a beautiful view, it seems, which is a great asset. You're currently judging the room without furniture and art. So don't rush. Get a professional consultant--maybe just a one-time consult-- to choose the right flooring. Laminate is not the way to go. It'll cheapen the house.