I prefer wood.

If you can get a match , hardwood, if not tile.

Does the tile chosen look ok with the wood

I like @Beth H. : ideas with a herringbone but ceramic tile here is an option: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Marazzi-Stonehollow-14-in-x-12-in-x-6-35mm-Mist-Ceramic-Herringbone-Mosaic-Floor-and-Wall-Tile-0-67-sq-ft-piece-SH2024HERRHD1P2/308658737

Thank you Beth H for all the ideas. Lots to consider and yes I am replacing all lights and cabinets, sinks etc. There will be no sink under this window. It will be under other window where I am adding countertop and lower cabinets. I had not considered painting existing tiles. It is the colour I hate

A friend did a walnut border around her oak floor. It blurred the differences between the slightly different oak.

In the long run you will not regret staying with real hardwood.

I would match the hardwood. It looks like a pretty basic plank & stain. You should be able to match it with a little work. Is the doorway the only place the two floor meet? You could always have a transition there. I would be confident that you can match it pretty good with samples.

The kitchen will be open concept to living room with island in middle so 2 walkways to living room. It is 280 sq ft. Concerned with hardwood in kitchen and doorway for water stains. Also it is not very modern looking hardwood

I've had hardwood in my kitchen for about 5 years now & it looks good as new. There are 3 doors heading outside & theres no issues with water. If you don't like the wood I would personally keep saving till you can replace everything at once. I don't like tile, but that's just me.

Another vote for hardwood. It’s worth the time and effort to get that one floor look throughout the house. I have engineered hardwood in my open concept house and the sellers left me with a tiled floor. I ripped it out and “semi” matched the wood flooring. I bought the same color but in a narrower plank, and I talked them in the opposite direction. The lower part of the photo is the new floor, the upper is the open concept great room.

Thanks RedRyder. I will see if I can find a similar match. Was going to get unfinished and stain but keep getting told it won’t match well. Yours looks great

We're about to do the same thing for kitchen reno & I didn't think the cost was too bad; $2000 for labor and materials to tear out the tile and match the red oak in the rest of the house. Then they'll sand & refinish the entire first floor (probably 650 SF). If you're looking for this to be open concept, I think having uniform flooring (or close to it) throughout will look better.

Thanks Paula. Have not had much luck in Ontario. If anyone knows someplace that will do this please let me know. I am in Pickering Ontario

What is your current hardwood floor now? Engineered is easier to match but if you don’t go for the exact match you can make it look “deliberately” different but close enough. That was what I had to do as the same width was not available. Mine is Butterscotch Oak.

This is the current floor. Think it is hardwood - not sure if engineered.

look solid. red oak.

Should it be easy to match?

That floor is easily matched but i just learned the wait for hardwood that width is four months these days. I agree with others who say do more hardwood or tile, nothing fake wood.

yes. any flooring expert can match the wood. your current stain has already patina'ed over time, so while they match the stain color, it won't match the 'wear' of the wood. that's why you have everything sanded and stained at once. (the new wood will be raw. they will sand the old wood, w/the new wood, and stain everything at one time)

I have a similar problem and can’t find wood that matches my living area wood. I have found cork flooring in the same color though. It’s natural, beautiful, and comfy underfoot. Very reasonable too.

Artsfan. Do you have a picture of it next to the hardwood? I also think it is going to be difficult to match. Did you put cork flooring in kitchen?

sully, why do you say that? we keep telling you the floor can be matched. I don't understand your reluctance? it's just plain old red oak. Your doorway area where they would match is so small, you won't even see the diff after they get through sanding.

they match the size, lace it in, sand everything down and stain it with one color. boom. it matches.

After sanding the entire thing, new/old. see? it all matches.

yours would be done like this. then they sand, then they apply whatever color you want.

If you didn't know it was laced in, would you be able to see the diff?

I have talked to 2 installers so far and neither would do it. It is cheaper and quicker for them to tear out and replace. There will be no door in new layout - it will be completely open. Are you in Canada and know someone who will do this?

see if SJ McCarthy can come in and comment. She is the flooring guru and I believe she is in Can. look her up, send her a message, and have give her a link to this dilemma. She'll pop over.

I'm sure the two 'installers' you spoke to are not flooring refinishing experts. They are probably just flooring installers. Big difference. It's not cheaper. It's costs more to tear out and buy all new. And of course that's what they told you because they're the ones taking your money!

You need someone who refinishes wood floors. nothing else.

Call up a wood flooring refinisher. call in 2 or 3. Talk to someone who knows what they're doing, not some random flooring guy.

new flooring. $5-$10 sq ft for wood flooring, solid or engineered. (yes there is cheaper, and it's crap) now add on about $4 a sq ft to install. don't forget new baseboards.

demo all of the old stuff, prob $4 a sq ft.

do the math.

now, match up new flooring,,$5-7 sq ft for the new wood to lace in, few more bucks for labor, plus a few thousand to completely sand and stain everything at once. (I don't know what your sq footage is)

it's cheaper to leave what's there, and pay to have it matched and redone.

And, you get to keep your original floors and have them look brand new.

I strongly encourage you to keep trying to find someone who will lace in new wood but if you do decide to tear out any hardwood, an installer I know is buying every scrap of hardwood he can find since it has become quite scarce and no matter the finish, it can be refinished to any uniform stain. Do NOT let anyone trash it. Unfortunately I'm not in Canada or I'd connect you.

@sully2 here is the cork match (a sample) I found but it comes in many colors.

@sully2 I am in Toronto and can try connect you to a couple installers. What is your aprox square footage for the current hardwood floor and the additional kitchen floor you want to potentially match? Finding that width to match will be next to impossible especially now but they can install new flooring and create an intentional break, most likely by laying the new floor in a different direction.

Sanding and refinishing the existing area is sometimes possible if there hasn't been any sanding done previously. The concern with cost arrises usually due to not enough square footage, meaning some jobs are too small to be cost effective. Unfortunately we do have this problem here.

As someone else suggested cork is a great option as well

And a chevron or herringbone hardwood can be installed and reasonably matched for color

The kitchen is 260 sf and rest of floor is approx double that