if you like the look of wood in the kitchen, you should go with that. It may cost you extra (as in insurance won't pay for the upgrade to wood). Your wood looks like it would be easy to match in size, species and color. What you may have trouble matching is the character of the old-and-new-again floors.

Please do not rip out your old wood for LVP. Please do not put wood-look LVP or tile next to the existing wood.

Thank you! I had thought about hardwood in the kitchen, I’m just not sure I could get it matched correctly. Our hardwood is pretty old (our house was built in the 1940’s), but in good condition. Do you think choosing a non-wood look porcelain tile would look okay in the kitchen? We’re doing white cabinets, agreeable gray walls, hopefully a white/gray solid surface or granite countertop.

Nice HW floors. Would not trust a contractor who suggested covering it with LVP!

Would put HW in kitchen, maybe by the person who did your refinishing. You will probably need to pay some for the "upgrade," but it is an investment in your home.

BTW, have white cabinets, carerra marble countertops, and grey walls; my walnut HW floors bring needed warmth to the kitchen.

Thanks! insurance actually gave us a good amount for the flooring, so we might not have to pay too much for the upgrade.

Your floors are beautiful and I would put them in the kitchen as well. I did this in my home. A good flooring guy can feather new floors in and match the stain without a problem. You never just put LVP over hardwood as it will cause rot from moisture being trapped in between the two layers. I'd be careful with using a contractor that suggested this. I'd especially be careful using a contractor that would suggest that you cover your gorgeous REAL hardwood with what is essentially plastic.

Thanks! I sort of though that was a crazy idea too, but since he mentioned it- it made me second guess my hardwood.

If you can't find wood that is a match, you could do what we did when we put an addition on our nineteen teens house. In our area in that era a hundred years ago it was very common for houses to have oak floors in the public rooms and maple in the kitchen and bedrooms. We put maple floors in our kitchen, and they abut the oak.

@ julieste, yes, bought an old house that had maple HW in kitchen and oak in other rooms. After researching found that was not uncommon, still don't understand why...

Look at Montauk blue slate. It looks great next to wood.

@sammy I looked that up. That is pretty!

@mdln that’s so interesting!

I would do either wood or linoleum. Linoleum is a natural material and it is sustainable. Marmoleum is a well know manufacturer of linoleum, which comes in sheets, tiles and click tiles.

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WOOD! Have your refinisher match what you have and then install and finish it for you. And...get rid of the contractor who would install LVP over your hardwood floors.