The floor is the best thing I see -- do you have to change it?

I'm confused about the rest -- are you asking questions about layout? doors? did you mean to give a floorplan? what are you asking, or just floors?

I hate the floors and they are very poor quality. They show every little spec of dust and dirt. This is the second time i've experienced them in my life.

questions:

What color of floors with our color palette?

Should we open the wall of the kitchen to the point of being able to see all the way from the

front door to side door.

So sorry, white our was my only option. ;) Thank you.

I guess there are a couple questions with the kitchen layout -- the "opening" is really only a couple of feet more, right? and now you're walking in the back door to the side of the fridge/pantry where the closet used to be? the laundry room is going elsewhere, or staying the same?

Questions: Can you really do without a dining room, or are you imagining this huge island doubling as a table for meals? Where are you putting the sink and range? Because you may not be happy having your fridge so far from your sink and an obstacle in between...

As for color, if you have dark cabinets and white counters, I'd go for a medium-range tone for the flooring, for contrast. Gray is already dated, and without seeing the particular color of your cabinets, I can't say whether it would do anything for your design. You might be happy with a white oak, or with something warmer to contrast cool finishes, but there are a zillion options. Look for some inspiration photos and see where that leads. "Dark" isn't enough to go on.

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Hope this helps!

If you remove the wall and closet you might have more space for dining. Just make sure there’s enough space for stools to pull out.

One of the worst views in the house is the side and back edge of a refrigerator. You don't gain anything by removing a wall only to see that.

Thank you, you’re right! In the new design, the fridge is on the east wall and where the fridge was there will be upper frosted glass cabinets and dark bottom cabinets with pull out drawers. I think it shows in the pics. 😊

I see now. I didn’t know what that mass was. I thought it was a sofa. I agree with @palimpsest

Yes it does help! Thank you so much. I love the floor in the final picture!

Your work is beautiful.

We have already made changes to the laundry. We took our both closets, stacked the washer and dryer, added a sink and turned the larger closet into a larger pantry. See attached pics.

We did this before the kitchen. We had no choice in the timing of our move, but I think it will work, which is why I'm leaning towards removing the wall to walk directly into laundry and pantry. This room does have a pocket door to cut noise and close it off to the kitchen when necessary.

The sink will go left of the dishwasher. Induction in the island. It where our downdraft is located. We thought about moving it but it is also where our 220 is. We are on a strict budget and its the worst of times for expense. :/

We are still trying to decide how large to make the island. We don't have children left at home and our family is spread around the world. We usually don't entertain more than 4/6 and rarely at that. We regularly find ourselves sitting at the kitchen table on our computers. So we are just not sure.

The final photo is from the front door through to existing kitchen. Please ignore the clutter... we moved in 6 weeks ago.

You need a designer and kitchen designer pretty badly. That is a pretty horrible dysfunctional design. And very expensive for what you end up with. Not at all a good value in return on the 300K total expense.

What are you referring to? our current pics? or the layout we are thinking about doing?