I am confused as to the choice of flooring when I deally all the same is just nocer and if in small space even better . I do not understand the cabinets not sitting on the floor. What is the reason for not doing the same hardwood as you already have going on, you can get unfinished woof floors and have them done to match what you already have and IMO not cost anymore than the replacing the DR floor with marmoleum.I think there is some confusion here as to space . Why a eating space in the kitchen when the kitchne is too small?IMO you coula have had a much better itchen and no need to remove a wall.

I have low ceilings (94" from existing hardwoods to acoustic tile ceiling that will be replaced with drywall) and am trying to maximize backsplash space, and cabinets sitting on flooring will decrease that.

I love marmoleum! i would get a sample box and look that way so you can the flooring right next to your cabs and counter - i would probably lean away from the veiny paterrns since you have soapstone - maybe Pacific Beaches or Trace of Nature? Love your inspo kitchen!

Here is another houzz pic that has the painter's palette and similar color scheme. I bought a box of 12x12s but looking at them in my current kitchen (with different colors, bad lights, etc etc) it's hard to KNOW.

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I love the marmoleum that we installed in our small galley kitchen. We also took down a partial wall between kitchen and DR and replaced the ceramic tile that was in the kitchen. Floors throughout the apartment are also red oak. While not your color vibe, attached is a photo showing the area. We did the 12 x 12 tiles with a decorative border.

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I would test Painter's Palette

When choosing the floor color make sure to look at it with the both the kitchen elements and the red oak flooring.

When I look at your inspiration photo I love the kitchen, but when I look at the flooring next to the wood flooring they are not working together - the wood makes the kitchen flooring look pink.

@nycbluedevil_gw that looks great! If we weren't extending the cabinets or there was a good transition point, I would try hard to save the oak, but I just can't envision being able to do that well. I'd love all oak, but don't want to steal from height dimensions. And marmoleum seems like the softest, warmest option for a kitchen! I do worry about table and chairs digging in in the dining area, but I guess that's the risk...

Buy furniture leg condoms.

@Jennifer Hogan if we go full marmoleum, the transitions will be in the doorways to the living room, which are about 32" each, that is one of my worries too - but I go back and forth on how much the two floors will impact each other since it's short transition spaces.

It matters. This is one of the reasons so many designers will say - do one flooring throughout, do one trim color throughout. When two colors don't work together and are on a single plane it screams at you.

Another thing to think about is how the color palette from the kitchen will flow into the living room.

Can you use the same blue as the accent color for the living room? Repeating colors in different proportions throughout a connected space gives the whole space a feeling of harmony.

Yes, we already have that - our whole first floor the colors are a mix of red, orange, and turquoise. In the kitchen my kitchenaid and vitamix are red, for instance, those are the two that live on the counters. My desk in the living room is turquoise and the couch is red. and the oak floors are very orangey.

Seriously explore the possibility of extending your current oak flooring. Good installers can work miracles with matching. I think with your layout this would be a much smarter decision.

FWIT, my daughter-in-law installed the citrusy, limey green marmoleum in their kitchen. She says it shows every spot of dirt and crumb.

Bumping this as I now have a quote on extending the oak. I was surprised to hear that they would come in last and not run under the cabinets (which is actually my preference!) and the price to do new oak in the kitchen, laced in with the dining area, and then all of it refinished to the same color, is about 2/3 more than doing Marmoleum. It would be site-finished and not interlocking (no grooves, also my preference.) I am taking a day or two to consider the extra expense. We have talked about refinishing the living room as our next project (doing drywall ceilings, adding lighting, and refinishing the hardwood - MUCH less expensive than the kitchen/dining project, so this quote gives me an idea of what to expect for that side - basically the new wood and installation is about half of the quote, with the sand and refinish the other half.)

I love the Marmoleum, and if we weren't opening the wall and JUST replacing the tile, I would absolutely use it for the existing kitchen footprint, but the benefits we get from opening the rooms outweigh my love for the Marmoleum flooring, I think. (and there is just no good place to transition it either, unless someone sees something I don't! I think we are going to bite the bullet and go for the oak.

Updating: we did the oak, and I'm honestly amazed at how well it all came together.

WOW! Wonderful job! And your journey to this end was instructive. I hope others see it. I value your decision to spend more on the floor…to get this result. We all have to make compromises whenever we renovate. Your new floor…and kitchen…are beautiful!

It looks great! And for what it's worth, we have Marmoleum Click that already needs replacing after 13 years. I like it conceptually but would never use it again, and really wish we'd just done wood. (We were DIYing the flooring so it was a good fit from that perspective and it does feel lovely on your feet, but has really not held up at all in a kid/dog household.)

What did you finish existing red oak with? Did you use Bona Red out too? Looks great!

No red out, just streetshoes NXT for a clear finish! Thank you!