Extend the beechwood into the kitchen…for a modern, cohesive look. Wood floors are easy to clean, and durable…even with pets and children.

I would have to find the beech wood flooring somewhere. Any ideas?

what is the scope of the project...a small apt /condo with just a couple more rooms..or a larger home and you need to replace..... for what reason???? carpet is worn out/ tile is cracked ..OR?

can you DIY this ? ...do you have a budget? its pretty orange to do a whole house in that but then again if you will have area rugs/ runners....again.....what is the scope? situation at hand?

Go to your local lumber stores. See if they carry beechwood. I’d start there first.

So, the current kitchen floor and hallway floor are old and beat. The beech wood is in the dining room and living room of our colonial home. The hallway abuts each of those rooms and goes into the kitchen. We have a family room too that needs a new floor, but that room does not abut the dining room or living room. We could just do the whole downstairs floor and pull out the beech wood. However, if I can keep it and find something that would look good next to it, then I would do that. Is there anything else that would look good next to my beech wood floors? We are having our cabinets painted white.

I prefer wood for how better it is for your knees and hips to stand on. But, I’d look at slate, which comes in colors that would compliment the color of your floors nicely. There are also porcelain tiles, that look like slate.

Is there any other wood that would look fine next to my beech wood?

I would do the marmoleum in a color for hall and kitchen...if the family room is across the hall or away from living room....you can probably get close to your wood in a maple to carry the theme....no need to abandon the beech ...but need not be exact for one more room only and might be BETTER to notch down the orange intensity a bit ..... Id love the change of material and color up against that orangeish floor.... with white cabinets this will be pretty ..... but find color that suits you..Colonial home can take mixing it up a bit in this era of individualized taste. none of this is very radical but would make me happy to see a change and something different. I would not rip out a wood floor that didnt need to go.

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another approach to blue...not sure of your taste w use of color,

but blue in some form would be brilliant with the orange floor in those 2 rooms...

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then theres always traditional bl and white

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here's a bit more casual vibe for family room but keeps the wood floor in same tone as the rooms in the other area so you dont have to rip out.......

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You "might" be able to get away with Maple if you can find some with a nice tame graining. But a quality lumberyard or floor store should be able to source Beech for you no issues.

What about luxury vinyl in a slate tile or wood look?

LVP is the flooring equivilent of fake marble quartz counters. There isn’t a wood ”look” LVP, that comes close to having the depth, warmth and beauty of real wood. Installing it abutting the beechwood floors, will only accentuate the fakeness of the LVP. It won’t fare any better as slate, or porcelain slate.

The orange-pink salmon tones of beech wood are pretty bossy. You would be better off removing it from the 2 rooms, then getting new for everything at once.

" What about luxury vinyl in a slate tile or wood look? "

No, you really should never put fake wood next to real wood. All it does is make the fake wood look even more fake.

You could do a natural slate, or charcoal slate looking tile.

Daltile's Delegate has the texture and color of slate, without any porosity or shaling. It's the best black slate lookalike on the market. https://www.daltile.com/products/Stone-Look/Delegate

Thank you for the help everyone. It looks like I will stick to either real wood or a slate or porcelain tile. One more question about the wood, can it be a slightly different color than what I have? Also, any other recommendations on a wood floor that would look good or a porcelain tile that would look good would be greatly appreciated. If I went with the tile or slate, I would do a lighter color. Also, is engineered wood okay in kitchen and hallway?

Black slate would look nice, real or LVP, whatever works for you.

Thank you!!

I love the look of that amendiom. What about white oak floors? What is the difference between the two? Also, if I choose hardwood for the kitchen and hallway, how do I seal it so it is water resistant and scratch resistant?