Hello,

I have a design dilemma and need some opinions. My husband and I are renovating our 1956 mid century ranch kitchen. I like mid-century design elements, but I don't want the kitchen to look like you stepped back into the 60's. I'd like to stay with more neutral colors since I don't plan on renovating the kitchen again. I will add pops of color with towels, curtains, canisters, etc.

I have a north facing kitchen with a small covered front porch so not a ton of light, but have two good size windows. So my gut says go with lighter color floor and countertop to pull in the light. I also have two dogs, and 3 cats, fur EVERYWHERE so need durable low maintenance floors, that are nice to stand on while cooking and spending time in the kitchen. I'm not going with real wood, we have LVP in medium wood tone in the rest of the house - I want the kitchen floor to complement the LVP since they will touch.

The only thing I know for sure is we are doing Sapele custom wood cabinets. They will look like this.

I'm leaning toward a white backsplash, but with a fun shape to stick with the era of the house. Maybe something like this.

Here is one of my possible countertop choices. Della Terra Quartz - Aerial. White background with small and medium aggregate in nature tones.

NOW where I'm really struggling. I'm leaning toward Marmoleum (sheet or click, no preference) but I can not decide on a color that complements the counter, the cabinets, and the LVP it will be next too, and hides dirt a bit. I'm willing to change the countertop to something more simple, to make it easier to pick a floor I just can't decide which off the 1000 marmoleum colors to do, or it I should do 2, or 3, color pattern. I don't want to get to CRAZY. https://www.forbo.com/flooring/en-us/

Any and all opinions are welcome. Thank you in advance for helping me out.

This is our current kitchen and we will be keeping a similar foot print, but have a free standing range instead of a wall oven.