Based on all of the spaces, I would consider going with light gray LVP.

Pick your floor, buy new stair treads to match, and PAINT the risers..add a runner

NO, TO GRAY Flooring. What is your climate, are you doing hardwood, engineered hardwood ? LVP what?

As much as possible, you want one floor on a living floor. Not going to lie, cherry kitchens make this a bit more difficult selection - but a white oak, left in a light natural finish generally works, even with the cherry kitchen.

You have red oak abutting the stair now........that's the living room?

Thank you, Jan. We were initially considering hardwood floors, but a few people have recommended LVP instead. We'd like to have the same flooring throughout the entire living room, dining room, and kitchen area. Our main challenge is finding something that matches our cherry kitchen and transitions well with the stairs, which are located in the living room.

Here is the picture of my living room

We discovered this color in LVP. What do you think about it?

I’m not a designer, but I have a friend who lives in my neighborhood who has cherry treads on her stairs and cherry-looking other elements such as the fireplace mantle and built-in bookcases. With their hardwood floors, it was all a bit dark IMO. They recently had to replace all their downstairs hard wood flooring bc of a flood. Instead of putting wood back in they chose tile. They chose a very quiet tile that’s almost white, but more like a light sand color, very pretty, not gray. It has brightened up their house so much, and it’s a nice contrast and compliment to the cherry elements.

Too gray. Also unclear as to what you are ripping out, and could it be refinished .........lighter.

What is the purpose of LVP over any engineered that can be refinished, or sanding on site in hardwood. Uncovered stairs are not much a feature and dangerous. Paint........ add runner is the answer. Nothing is going to match. or butt to them very well. A soft black. white risers. Runner.

Currently, our living room has a laminated floor, the kitchen and dining room have ceramic flooring, and the stairs feature cherry laminated flooring. We're planning to replace the floors in all three rooms, but we'll keep the laminated flooring on the stairs.

We're considering the following options:

• Hardwood floors
• LVP (Luxury Vinyl Plank)
• LVT (Luxury Vinyl Tile)

I'm fond of the idea of painting the stairs and adding a runner or tread. I agree that we should replace the floors with a lighter material, but I'm uncertain about which option is better: hardwood floors or LVP/LVT.

If your budget allows, go with hardwood or even engineered hardwood. LVP is great for basements or rentals. I would replace the stair landing to match your floors. It will drive you crazy otherwise. Pick a natural color - light to medium stain and stay away from gray. Gray “wood” floors haven’t been trendy for a while and they would not look right with your cabinets.

Thanks, Susie! I'm leaning towards LVP, as I believe hardwood floors require more maintenance. I've heard they can easily get scratched and dirty in the kitchen, especially with oil spills and such.

Hardwood has existed in kitchen and even baths for a few hundred years. It can be buffed, it can be refinished. Even engineered can be refinished twice in most cases! You wipe up oil spills/water spills on ANY floor.

ALLLLLL floors get dirty, all need to be cleaned. There are no miracle floors.

@Jan Moyer I love hardwood for living room and dining room plus bedrooms. I worry about hardwood in a kitchen because my last two refrigerators have leaked water and it sat on the floor before I realized it was there. They wern't the really expensive ones but they weren't terribly cheap either. And I had an older home, built in 1923, that had oak all through, and the floors in some areas were beyond repair: kitchen, bathroom (no shower), around the front door. It was a model home when built and wasn't built cheaply. I owned it after it had 60 years of living. So if I have wood floors, should I just be ready to replace them in wet rooms? If the floor in the wet room has to be replaced, will the new floor blend with the old, or should I be ready to replace all the connecting floors? I agree with your previous statements that fewer flooring changes is preferred. It's just hard to go with wood in my kitchen, baths and entries. Thoughts?

Don’t let your refrigerator control your decision. I’m pretty sure there are refrigerator trays that can go underneath to capture any water leakage. Consider painting the stairway railing and spindles to be just one color and include risers. Would be a nice update.

We have always had hardwood in our very many different homes. Love them. We raised kids, had dogs, had pool with kids coming in dripping wet, all the floors withstood the test of time. Our current home, with kids and dogs running everywhere.

Recommend, tile or LVP for bathrooms and laundry.

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You can butt up different flooring successfully by changing patterns. Thus makes joints look more intensional. Like this.

I'm curious to know what your reaction was to Jan's suggestion that you paint the treads and landing a soft black, paint the risers white, and Ann a runner. 

I am curious as to whether or not you tried to match the flooring on the floor and whether it was difficult or if you were just intimidated by people's comments on the difficulty of matching and didn't try. I worry about it too, but admit I haven't tried.

Thank you all for your valuable input and suggestions. We've decided to go with LVP and also opted to change the stairs. Regardless of our choice, it wouldn't have been a smooth transition with the cherry stairs.
I will post the after pictures 👍🏻