Honey Oak Kitchen – Need Flooring and Paint Ideas
I am helping my 80-year old mom redo the kitchen in her mobile home in Arizona. (photos attached)
The cabinets are honey-oak from the 90’s.
She LIKES the honey-oak cabinets and doesn’t want to change them / paint them / tear them out.
The counter-top is Corian in Spruce color (photo attached below).
She likes the green/teal of the counter-top and wants to keep that too.
She has a sofa that is roughly the same green/teal color.
The appliances are white and ivory. They are staying.
The changes – Wall paint color and Flooring.
We plan to tear out the teal shag carpeting and the mottled kitchen floor tiles.
We are leaning towards luxury vinyl plank flooring throughout the kitchen / dining / living room.
We like the idea of a textured vinyl plank so it is slip resistant / water resistant
What colors / styles of vinyl plank would you suggest?
Something that goes with the honey oak - but looks nice and updated.
Should we put one vinyl plank flooring type in the kitchen (maybe a tile-like pattern)?
And put another vinyl plank flooring type throughout the rest of the house (maybe wood-like pattern)?
Should we go with lighter floors? Or darker floors?
The mobile home isn’t that large, and I thought the lighter scale would make it look bigger?
Or darker floors with light walls and white ceiling?
Paint color suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Should we paint the kitchen walls one color (to go with the cabinets) and the rest of the house another wall color? Or paint the whole place the same neutral color (that goes with the cabinets)?
We will be putting several White bookshelves / bookcases throughout the house.
Another possibility is to add a tile kitchen backsplash (but the Corian goes up the wall a few inches). Is a blacksplash OK with that - or is it supposed to start even with the counter top?
Any suggestions that you have would be great!
We are overwhelmed by all of the choices.
With the honey-oak cabinets to deal with, it narrows our options, but we are still floundering.
THANKS for your help!
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Comments (36)arcy, I can reposition the island. Funny you mentioned that because my mom hopped on the wagon to help me figure out what to do with the kitchen and she, too, suggested I reposition it. She also pointed out that the otherside of the island is much more attractive than the side that's exposed to the dining room. I will turn it next time I'm at the house and see what it's like. Thanks! Also, thanks for the wallpaper suggestion. I'll check out the collection at SW for ideas just in case. :) annkathryn, your cabinets are GORGEOUS! Thank you for the inspiration photos. They are gentle reminders of ways I can live with what I've got for now until I'm able to do what you did with transforming them. Great job! As promised, here are better photos of the kitchen: Here you can see the two green samples as well as a TINY bit of the Toasted Cashew I tried to sample peeking through Backsplash details (there is some splattering from cooking, that's not the tile) Close up of the tile in the kitchen (the grout will be cleaned when we move in so it'll lighten up a bit, the tile that will be installed in the dining room and living room will be similar in color to the lighter tile in the dividing strip shown here) Looking into the kitchen from the DR Someone requested a photo of the view from the back of the kitchen looking out to the DR -- pardon my lovely SIL, she was rinsing paint from her hands and the mini rollers, and my hand wasn't very steady here My mom suggested I take advantage of the side of the island shown in the above photo and turn it outward towards the DR. She also mentioned the idea of painting the island as some suggested here. I really like that idea! Hope this helps you all more than the previous photos did....See MoreHoney Oak Cabinets - Need flooring advise.
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Comments (14)Jhmarie; yes, the kitchen is very functional, and a part of this is almost like therapeutic processing for what to do with this house!Thank you for the heads up about the book. I will have a look for that. Aprilneverends; well thank you. I am really trying to not get caught up in fads, but I think the state of the place made me focus on the yellowness of the oak. And the oakiness of the oak everywhere in that part of the house! I always really enjoyed this blue, to be honest. ha!! It contrasted nicely and I got to cackle in my husband's direction every time someone told me they loved it, too. That's the thing I guess, you never can tell. I am a bit leery of how much the kitchen will change with all of the white and off white in regards to the contrast, and had to kind of giggle at the thought of painting the walls white and the wainscoting blue. Like a role reversal. :D Fidlfreek; I appreciate you bringing me back down from the clouds with some of your suggestions. Some of your sentiments I had thought of and was considering - all white miracle method, subway tile, lighting updates. Now is the time to pull that big beast down I think - we are planning to paint the ceilings throughout the home. Curious of your thought process- the lighting fixture you linked from ikea, is that to coordinate with the current colored cabinets? Or the shape in general? Staining the cabinets darker is of course an option, I just don't want this area to feel any more boxed in, I guess. This vantage point is actually the only way in and out of the kitchen - there is also peninsula seating already to the left, FYI. I actually picked the flooring you circled in the event that I wanted to go lighter or darker with the cabinets, now or later, that there would be flexibility in the flooring color to do so. It's also more of the classic wood look than some of the on trend colors I am seeing out there. The more I think about it, the more I would like to NOT spend a lot of time painting everything white, but I definitely think I need some adjustments in here. I find it interesting that none of you have mentioned the appliances or their color - apart from the microwave, which is usually the least of the appliance worries. ;D I so appreciate your feedback and input....See Morematching paint color for honey oak flooring
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5 years agoI love this! It reminds me of my grandma's old house. I think a wood look LVT throughout the entire space would be nice, light with color variation. As far as the wall color I would keep it light & still in the beige/off white family.
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Kitty Lanier
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoWhat a sweet looking home, it really reflects your mother's good taste. How kind of you to help her. I would be very aware of the colors that are present in her oak cabinets. I would go with a slightly darker oak color, unless you go with a very light shade, stay in the chocolate brown range. This picture, though not at all what your mother has in her home, shows you the brown I am talking about: a steady brown without red, green, or gray undertones. Think chocolate or coffee. You don't want the flooring to fight with the cabinets. Get several samples and view them around the rooms under different light conditions.
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