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kitchen floor question

beanie — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 14:31:10 GMT

I have 1979 linoleum in my kitchen/dark oak cabinets/soft yellow formica countertops.

Yup, a kitchen from the seventies...also my appliances are black. Makes for a pretty dark room. It is a large room/it does have that going for it. The walls are painted a nice soft color it add some lightness to the room.

I want to go with hardwood. Doesn't have to be the "real" deal. My question is this: I have hardwood in my living room which has two entries into my kitchen. They don't have to MATCH, do they???? I want a nice wide/planked wood floor in the kitchen.

I value your opinion. TIA

Beanie

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Sebastian — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 14:49:11 GMT

No, I don't feel they need to be identical(although that would afford continuity) but they do need to be complementary. At the thresholds, one option would be to use marble or granite slabs/planks to differentiate yet transition the rooms while adding interest. Flagstone would be nice as well. Stay in the color family or black, especially if you intend to keep black appliances, to achieve some sense of continuity. This would transition the rooms in a gentler manner. Butting two different woods together with adjoining rooms with no buffer is not visually appealing in my opinion. Stone will transition you well. There are many different roads for you to take creatively.

Good luck with your remodel.

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Fressa — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 14:57:22 GMT

We purchased an older home years ago with a semi open floor plan. All the floors needed to be replaced and I had myself so stressed with this dilemma. What I did was to choose complimenting colors/materials. My kitchen has two doorways which open to the entry and the dining room. I purchased a small Royal Palace rug for the threshold to the entry because it was two types of tile meeting at that seam. (ceramic to marble). The threshold to the dining room had a hardwood finishing strip that looked finished and fine to my eye. ( I have a critical eye)

So, I think you will be fine with getting what you want. I was more concerned with the flooring looking too industrial or like a gym if there wasn't a break some where in either material type or color or style. In my opinion, it comes down to what pleases your eye and how your home is built.

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151949 — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 15:25:09 GMT

I had a neighbor who had 3 different wood floors in her first floor, due to 2 additions. She had ash, oak and bamboo - I personally did not like the look of it. They had put some tile in where they transitioned but - to me - it still looked bad. just my opinion.When she sold that house the new owners changed the entire first floor to one porcelain wood look floor, and she had to cut them a break on the price of the house because of it.

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brii — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 15:43:59 GMT

In my opinion, wood flooring should match.

If they aren't going to match for whatever reason, they at least need to be the same tone or color.

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faeriemoon — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 15:49:08 GMT

I think if they are going to touch each other they should be seamlessly incorporated into the existing hardwood.

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GCR18 — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 16:41:26 GMT

On 6/13/2014 brii said:
In my opinion, wood flooring should match.

If they aren't going to match for whatever reason, they at least need to be the same tone or color.

I agree. If I couldn't get them to match, I'd go with tile or linoleum. There are really nice patterns of linoleum out there. My neighbor has it in a pattern with 18 inch tiles, to mimic real tile and it looks really nice.

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violann — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 16:48:07 GMT

I think what you describe sounds lovely. My dad was a custom floor designer, and in our house the kitchen floor was different from the woods in the dining and living rooms. If you check thee samples and study before you proceed, and still like your idea, GO FOR IT!!!!!!!!!

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Kachina624 — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 19:27:14 GMT

In my opinion, the only practical floor for a kitchen is vinyl. They now have vinyl planks that you can't tell from wood or squares that look just like ceramic tile. I would never consider any other material. Linoleum hasn't been available for many years; do you mean sheet vinyl?

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beanie — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 19:34:01 GMT

On 6/13/2014 graycatsrule said:
On 6/13/2014 brii said:
In my opinion, wood flooring should match.

If they aren't going to match for whatever reason, they at least need to be the same tone or color.

I agree. If I couldn't get them to match, I'd go with tile or linoleum. There are really nice patterns of linoleum out there. My neighbor has it in a pattern with 18 inch tiles, to mimic real tile and it looks really nice.

I kind of like this idea...thank you!

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beanie — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 19:34:59 GMT

On 6/13/2014 kachina624 said: In my opinion, the only practical floor for a kitchen is vinyl. They now have vinyl planks that you can't tell from wood or squares that look just like ceramic tile. I would never consider any other material. Linoleum hasn't been available for many years; do you mean sheet vinyl?

I've always called it linoleum but it is a sheet and it is vinyl...lol

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depglass — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 17:35:53 GMT

One of my houses is from the 50's, so I'm betting its real linoleum. I hate it, but we rarely go back there anymore. I'm sort of a klutz, so our new house is laminate. I can't imagine hardwood taking the abuse I give a floor in the kitchen.

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minkbunny — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 17:49:03 GMT

We have Congoleum similar to this, live on a horse farm and it has held up perfectly for a decade. The kitchen opens off of a utility room which is the room everybody enters through so the kitchen gets a lot of foot traffic (in cowboy boots). I am not at home right now but our tiles are pretty large, maybe 9 inches, maybe even 12. And probably lighter than the picture is showing. They have an underlayment that makes them soft and cushiony. We have similar tile in all the bathrooms and slate quarry tile that co-ordinates at the front foyer.

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mima — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 18:58:07 GMT

I wouldn't put one wood up to another wood myself. I would have a different flooring in the kitchen such as porcelain tile. Another option is if your floor in the living room is real wood, you can have someone lay your kitchen in real wood and stain it to match. My husband does this all the time. He buys old houses all the time and sometimes the living room will be oak underneath. He will put oak in the kitchen and make it match perfectly. You can't even tell he did it. You don't put it in a straight line across the doorway though. You have to take up a few boards in the living room so that they are staggered across the doorway. Hard to explain.

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KathyPet — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 19:07:15 GMT

I think putting two different hardwood species and widths next to each other always looks ""off"". Personally I would not do it.