DH and I are thinking of putting in a new kitchen floor. We plan to rip out the current crappy tiles that are there now and replace it with hardwood.
My question is, I have cherry-stained cabinets, but the rest of the house has light oak hardwood floors. Should I go with a color in the kitchen that matches the cabinets or should I match the kitchen floor with the rest of the floors in the house? I am having a mental block on this one, so any help would be appreciated.
MarcellaBella
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Is your kitchen attached your living room? or is away from it?
coselige
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Sorry I should have clarified...my kitchen is attached to the living room.
Jan05Bride
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I would do the Oak to 'open-up' the space, plus all Cherry might be too much. Oak and Cherry should compliment each other.
MarcellaBella
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I would do the same as just advised..
I would also have them do a cherry strip on the floor between the living room and kitchen, so that both floors look like they flow into one another, but yet separates one room from another.
Sonicstef
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Dont match the cabinets exactly. I cant explain why but it looks very weird when they match exactly.
I have a simliar problem. I have a medium oak in my living room area which opens into my kitchen but the floor is divided by a step.
So we are putting down engineered flooring in a 3 strip style. That way, we have the tones from the living room adn teh cabinets in the floor but dont have an exact match:
Its going down next week so I hope we made the right choice.
Jan05Bride
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I think that's look nice Steph!
Sonicstef
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Thanks Jan. I hope it works.
coselige
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Stef - I think your approach may be the answer. I want to bring out some of the warm tones in the cabinets, but not make the floor completely different from the rest of the house.
