You need to post a picture of the kitchen but ideally the same floor as the rest of the house . If that is not in the budget then I would say tile look vinyl but I need to see the spaces you are talking about.

You can do anything as it is a different room with a doorway threshold. Just don’t match it with any wood look alike.

I agree with Patricia. . We need to see the kitchen space.

Lots if great choices in vinyl nowadays.

Please excuse our classroom mess. 😀

we are painting cabinets white, pushing back pantry so fridge fits better, getting new countertops and painting. I have no clue what color to paint.

these or something similar will be countertops.

And these are the flooring choices we have looked at. I don’t like the more wood tones and don’t Love the bigger one. It looks too blue to me. I do like the smallest one but worry because it’s also a wood grain.

This is how the gray smallest sample looks when installed.

The hardwoods are 100 years old and I do have enough to do kitchen but don’t really want to because of water damage, etc.

we have them in the bathroom downstairs and there is some damage from toilet leak.

Often times the floor matches or compliments the COUNTER TOPS. It sounds like you have plenty of design decisions to make. A kitchen has 7 design elements.

1. Lighting
2. Counters
3. Floors
4. Cabinets
5. Backsplash
6. Paint
7. Appliances

So you can see I've listed 'lighting' first....it is SOOOO important to figure out your lighting FIRST and get it installed FIRST! Why? Because it determines how the colours 'appear' to your eye. What looks like a nice 'match' in the store (green/yellow lights) could turn out to be VERY different under natural lighting in your home.

You will notice paint is WAY down the list...right above appliances. That's because paint is used a final coat of 'unifier' and will depend on ALL of the items above it.

I grouped the 'horizontal' items first = counters and floors. These guys work together so you might as well CHOOSE them together. They also throw light/darkness up into the air and effect all the colours you put in the space.

Then I grouped the vertical items together: cabinets, backsplash, and wall paint. They often run together as a pack. Again, notice how paint is almost last? Right. It is SOOO easy to change (as in you take it back and buy something else) because it is quick and cheap and easy.

You have decided on 'white' for the cabinets. Right. Which 'white' are you going with? The best way to do this is to do a single drawer/door mock up (sanded, primed, painted and sealed). You then take that drawer shopping.

When finding floors, I like to take 3 of my favourite counter top samples shopping (that means you need to have the samples in hand). You then ask for samples of 4-6 floors that work with your counters (like 2 floor options for EACH colour of counter top). Now you take those home and look at all 3 items (painted door, counter tops and floor samples) in YOUR lighting.

Which reminds us why LIGHTING is first. Anyway. What you will find is your lighting changes the samples enough to see clashes. Toss those clashes IMMEDIATELY (hide them in a drawer to return to the shop). Now you will have 3 counters and probably 4 floor options. Good. Now put the sampled down in different areas and leave them there for all 5 lighting situations (see, there's that 'lighting' thing again). In other words you leave them in place for 1 full day.

You will 'watch' the colours change during the day (no point leaving them there if you don't check on them). Notice if there are 'clashes' once again. As soon as you see a clash you remove it (send it to the drawer).

Once you have done this for 4-5 days you will be down to 2 counters and 2 floors. Excellent. Now you find out which floor/counter top is the EASIEST to locate/purchase for your time frame. Go with the 'easy' part. You may end up with your second favourite counter and your least favourite floor but you will have a coordinated kitchen.

And a coordinated kitchen is tough to do if you are DIYing the colour scheme. It's worth all the marbles.

Thank you! We are definitely planning on replacing light in kitchen and adding pendant lights over sink. I want to keep the light fixture over the table. Do you have any suggestions for something that would like nice for the kitchen?

Look at something that compliments the other lights. Again, you will want to coordinate looks. Your style and need will be very different from mine (I'm a Scandinavian Modern type of person with plenty of high gloss RED cabinets and funky counter tops and pale wood floors!).

One nice way to coordinate the accents in the area is to match things up with the facets and the cabinet hardware. Yep. Three more items to be found, coordinated and purchased. Isn't this fun? (tongue firmly in cheek)