Sundek is done. We're pretty happy with how it turned out. I think an even darker color on the coping might have looked better, but it looks good the way it is, so I'm not going to second-guess too much. Definitely a big improvement over what we had before. We still need to get the fence installed, work on the landscaping and put the patio furniture back in place. Sundek, tile and water combo. Before. After. Custom scoreline to hide existing cracks and prevent them from reappearing. The water has definitely lost its teal color and is now a true blue. Here is a link that might be useful: Remodel Album

Honey oak is orange, and there's only so far you can go in toning it down. DON'T use blue; blue is the complement of orange and just makes orange look oranger. The colors colors I've seen work best with it are black, white, and green. Black and white don't give the orange anything to fight with. Green I think works because we are used to seeing green and wood in nature, so our brains (my brain, anyway) sees the combo and thinks, "Oh, that makes sense." Back in the 90s, when builders installed a LOT of honey oak, they often paired it with beiges and other warm neutrals. How can you go wrong with neutrals, right? Hah! The result was often a mish-mash of clashing neutrals that didn't really work together. We used to do a series of threads called Design Around This, where folks create and share mood boards on a chosen theme. One of the topics we did was "Keeping the Golden Oak." At one point most of the photos had disappeared (the thread was before Houzz took over and started hosting photos; the photos on the thread were third-party hosted and suffered from changes in policies from the third parties), but at least for now many if not all the photos seem to be back (fingers crossed). https://www.houzz.com/discussions/design-around-9-keeping-the-golden-oak-dsvw-vd~2706140 You might look into gel staining the cabinets to change the tone of the wood, with the caveat that it looks like you have a lot of cabinets and it could be a big project. I don't think it would be any harder than painting would have been. I haven't done gel staining, but a number of posters here have done so successfully. A search of the site should turn up some of those threads. If that's something you might do, definitely stain the cabinets before changing the counter, etc. Or better yet, choose a stain that works with the existing counter and floor so you don't have to change anything else. Congratulations on the new house!

Hi Kim, I've had Hayes Oak installed for 3 years now and I still love it. I get lots of compliments and as other commenters have mentioned, it pulls both warm and cool, depending on the amount of lighting in the room as well as paint and time of day but it always looks great. I'm also pleased that it doesn't have any yellow tones to it. Also love the wide plank look.

Me too. No dog but looking at my current flooring (engineered) it looks like I throw knives at the floor. I do know that I have dropped a few, point side down naturally and there are dings in the flooring that look awful. I am thinking of going with the Estate Oak Cocoa. I like the random widths. This would be installed in my kitchen that will be undergoing a remodel in about March 2021. It will also go in the halls, living room, dining room and half bath.