What color/type of flooring would look good with my current kitchen ?
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Would wood looking tile be too much? Or should I use traditional tile and what color? I really like the wood porcelain tiles that are now offered. Just didn't know if I could get away with gray looking wood tile.
This is what I'm dealing with... Can't bring myself to paint them quite yet .....
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I love the wood porcelain tiles. Looking at your light colored countertops and backsplash, see if you can find the tiles in the lighter color that blends with your backsplash. It should help lighten the room from all the dark wood.
Jan Beaver
on Jul 05, 2016
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I agree with Jan Beaver. My flooring is too dark and now my kitchen is too dark.
Wendy Cochran
on Jul 05, 2016
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Your room is already so dark. The floor must be no darker than your countertops. Closer to your backsplash would help.
Kerry
on Jul 05, 2016
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I think you'd really like how a light colored flooring makes the room feel brighter and more open, at the same time complimenting the wood.
JoLeen Bolton
on Jul 05, 2016
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If you want the grey wood grain tile, go for it. If you have greys throughout the room it should look great. I have very similar cabinets, but a creamy yellow counter and no backsplash. Not a lot of money, and installed a higher end "peel and stick" laminate tile. It us a parchment color to look like stone. With grey vinyl grout. Everyone likes, but I'm now getting to the point where I want to lighten the cabinets, but keep them stained. I hate painting wood that isn't already painted. Especially in our old '20s craftsman fixer.
Kari Landuyt
on Jul 05, 2016
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Are you thinking of painting the cabinets? You say "Can't bring myself to paint them just yet." Because if you're thinking of painting them someday, you should be thinking now about what flooring will look good with your goal for the cabinets. Flooring is going to be much more expensive than painting (especially if you DIY them). Think of your flooring choice as part of the 'big picture'. If you don't have a good idea of what that is, you might be choosing flooring that'll make you happy today but not later on. Piece-mealing decisions rarely turns out great. Make a plan that you love and work the plan.
CK
on Jul 05, 2016
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A light grey/blue/tan stone texture look tile floor. You want the floor to be the 'heavy' in the room so the rest rises.
Johnchip
on Jul 06, 2016
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Hey, I have knotty pine everywhere in our main living space. We just up dated our kitchen floor and after a long search we decided to use a slate looking ceramic 12 x 12 tile. we also used dark grey grout so that it stays looking nice. I LOVE it!!!! With all the wood it really adds a lot of color to the room. I also have redone my cabinets with a white wash.
Linda
on Jul 06, 2016
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I can't tell from the picture if your backsplash and counter are in the beige or light grey tones, but whichever tone it is, try to coordinate with that color. Keep the color value (degree of darkness) the same as the backsplash and countertop or just a tiny, tiny bit darker. Artist's rule: you can't have dark without light. So having oak upper cabinets, light backsplash and counter, oak lower cabinets and then a light floor works well. I know lots of people are painting their cabinets right now but you have beautiful oak cabinets and I'd hate to see you get rid of them because of the current "let's paint the cabinets" phase. In my 64 years, oak cabinets have been the rage three times!!! Painted cabinets have been in and out of favor several times since the fifties. Trust me, removing the paint later to restore the wood of the cabinets is a lot of work and your cabinets have such wonderful grain showing. But back to your original question: what flooring do you want. All floorings have pluses and minuses. Really good quality vinyl is not expensive, easy to maintain, quite durable and if you do damage it, it's relatively cheap and easy to replace. One the other hand vinyl is not the current preferred flooring and detracts from resale value. Tile is very durable but it does occasionally crack and sanded grout has to be carefully cleaned and resealed every couple years which is time consuming and a nuisance. Replacing a single cracked tile is relatively easy if you bought extra tiles when you installed it and also can get an exact grout match. However, if you drop a glass on tile it practically explodes. Wood, while pretty and durable, can dent if you drop a heavy object on it and stain if the sealing coating (wax, varnish, poly urethane, whatever) is not perfect. Wood is also susceptible to water and other wet product damage that can not be repaired without total floor replacement or total floor resanding (sanding only works with true hardwood, not with laminated wood floors). Who has not dropped liquid products on their kitchen floor? My recommendation is install a light colored tile that coordinates with your backsplash. Make sure you get a tile rated for heavy usage, they cost more but are worth it. I'm just redoing my master bathroom floor and the heavy usage floor tiles that I selected were several times the per-square-foot price of the wall tiles I selected. My floor tiles are the dry kindle brownish grey tile that looks like driftwood, but for you this type of wood-look tile, even in a light color, might detract from the beauty of your cabinets. At least that's my long winded opinion.
D Smith
on Jul 06, 2016
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We have hickory cabinets and 'celery' colored countertops so we went with a Tuscan looking vinyl floor. No seams and cleans very easily. If I ever do paint the cabinets (probably a grey or blue) I will likely go with a new product called LVT - luxury vinyl tile. Looks just like ceramic tile and wears like crazy. Clean with hot water!
Mary Lou Morin
on Jul 06, 2016
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Why not consider removing cabinet doors and painting just the frames and changing the handles/knobs. That way you lighten the look but still have oak doors. For the floor I would use a medium/light good quality linolium flooring that looks like stone.
Susan
on Jul 06, 2016
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I would paint the cuboards white or a light grey and have a washed gray floor in planking. ( lino planking looks equaly as good, hard wearing cheaper than the timber one. )
Dominique
on Jul 06, 2016
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i think the slate/shale looking stone with smudges of orange/rust would look good
Kathy Vansickle
on Jul 06, 2016
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Are the range hood and the dark parts of the backsplash dark brown? If so, how about a dark brown flooring, with or without speckles of the paler colors seen in the backsplash in it. Later, if you do decide to paint the cabinets, You could use either a color lighter than the pale colors in the backsplash or a color between the colors in the backsplash and the floor color, or both, in different areas of the cabinets. You could also add in a few things that are deep red.
Jennie Lee
on Jul 06, 2016
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Wish I had photo of my other home I had exact same cupboards what I painted was doors just the outter of the inlay's where the hardware is ,as also on bottom cupboards in a forest green looks so rich to have naturel colour wood with this colour But I am a fanatic for forest green :) But to the question floor I would go with the same colouring as the back splash they have beautiful tiles made of durable vinyl looks like ceramic and can also use grout if you like with these or not , bringing in the same diamond pattern inset that is below the fan on stove..
Diane Martel
on Jul 21, 2016
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