Back to the Highlands Oak, and I realize this is quite old. I just placed the deposit for this flooring, and I'm planning to continue it right into the secondary guest bathroom that gets zero use. Let's face it, our son has been gone from home a long time. Do you guys have it in a bathroom? What kind of vanity, ie, white cabinet or wood tone do you think would look best? I need something pretty quickly and find myself having a hard time deciding this issue. Just ripped out all the old tile in the bathroom.

Are you ordering online or is there a ProSource or other large carpet/flooring store where you can see the samples in person? We installed Cortec Monterey Oak in my Dad's remodel about 3 years ago. They're always changing colors, so probably this specific color is not offered anymore. To me it's a medium brown and I'm sure they have some other medium browns to choose from. It's hard to judge unless you can see the samples in person and maybe place them side by side with some other colors you are going to have in the room. When shopping I noticed that they were rated as to how much variation each color has. I can't remember if they were rated 1, 2 and 3 or what the descriptor was. But Monterey Oak was in the middle, such as a "2." After installation I remember thinking it was a good thing we didn't go to the level 3. Level 2 has plenty of variation, actually a little too much for me, but my Dad liked it. Here are a few pictures, from a more sideways orientation, and from above. The sideways ones show more variation, but normally when a person is in a room you are not looking at the floor sideways like this. In person it reads medium brown, neutral and not a "feature" of the room. It's there to support/backdrop the rest of the room. Personally I would have liked going with a number "1" level of variation, but my Dad liked this one. Sideways-ish: See how it looks kind of stripy from a sideways-ish angle? From above standing up; here it looks less stripy: Maybe it's the lighting or the way the boards are oriented. In the end, we like it and it's a non-issue, but I remember thinking I would have preferred a bit of a quieter floor.

I understand you're concerned about how this is going to look over a large area and you have a good point. A lot of LVP ends up looking stripey. Have you chosen your kitchen cabinets yet? If you're keeping your furniture in the livingroom, how do the samples look with it? Are you replacing carpet? If you already have wood in the livingroom the recommendation is to continue the wood into the kitchen. A manmade product is never going to look as good as the real thing.

I would look at Madrid Oak or Wilshire Oak. 9x72 like Cyril but much more budget friendly. The main difference is the core. the Pro SPC rigid cores are much less expensive.