Hi Chispa, House is a townhouse built in 1996, trying to modernize the look. As far as decorating style, I like modern/contemporary, nothing too funky. Something that would be cohesive with the rest of the kitchen, and bring the kitchen to life a little. It's very white right now.

@aprilneverends, the original cabinet picture is posted in my original post. I do not have the pictures to the "space" but the rest of it is indeed just ivory colored walls with windows, and oak colored baseboards, covered with a neutral carpet -- which will be replaced with a vinyl plank flooring. To answer your other question regarding LVP: I intend to put wood-look vinyl in the living/dining area, and intend to put tile-look vinyl in the kitchen and entry -- which is approximately 6'x8' area that is completely open otherwise to the rest of the Great Room. Hope that answers the questions. Housegal, thanks for the link share. Bardapotter: thank you for the pointer. Would love to see pix. Colonel115: any pointers regarding which wood/stain look would be a shade darker? TIA!!

@Judy Frank are the ”saw” marks these textured stripes that run horizontally throughout the planks? my sample board of Finally Mine has them and wasn’t sure if defect of sample or true of the floor overall. Does anyone have experience and insight on these ”saw marks” sometimes I see them referred to as ”cut marks”

You are going in the right direction with LVP to hold up against scratching. I don't have experience with the Home Depot products, but they have great reviews. I noticed one reviewer comment about the repetition in Shoreline -- I know when I've helped clients with flooring selections, I often find several choices based on the individual plank photo, but then easily eliminate many after viewing an in-room pic due to this reason. Have you gotten samples from the store?