If that is your cabinet door, I think you would be better off going with contrasting floors rather than matching.

What is the adjoining flooring going to be? If you already have wood in the adjoining area, I would look into having that extended, rather than doing something new in the kitchen.

@kempek01 its a complete reno - so the flooring i pick will go throughout the entire first floor!

As a complete reno, I would definitely pick a different floor. Or a different cabinet.

You want things that work together (complement or contrast) rather than "match".

My example would be that I have light maple floors, but medium dark wood furniture. The light maple floors provide continuity throughout the house. The medium dark furniture contrasts with the floors, but looks good with the floors.

@tfidalgo21 which floors did you go with? We are considering the cappuccino cabinets, and I’m struggling with the shade for flooring. Do you mind posting a picture?

I’m interested as well. Cherry cappuccino and knotty alder cappuccino (separate houses) have been ordered and are scheduled for delivery in August. Floors will be site finished, probably red oak. I’m thinking a medium stain to complement but haven’t landed on a color yet.

@ Sofia and radtraveler - Did you end up with the cappuccino cabinets and pick out floors to match?any pics ?

@Yelena I went in a different direction with the cabinets. I couldn’t find a floor that I liked to go with the cappuccino, so I went with Wellborn, river rock stain. Install is sometime in November.

Cappuccino cabinets have been installed. First picture is on cherry base cabinets. Second picture is on alder. Floors are unfinished red oak. Floors are scheduled to be finished at the end of the month. Waiting until then to figure out the stain color, but we’re leaning toward going just a shade darker than the cabinets.

Sofia, your cabinets look great! Could you share the wood used, please? We're anxiously awaiting our Cappuccino stained oak island to come in. Fingers crossed it looks as pretty as yours!

doreenr, thank you, we really like them! I realized after I posted that they look much lighter in real life. We don’t have electricity yet, so this is natural light only. Plus there’s still plastic film over the windows that filters the natural light.

The woods used are cherry (top picture, which is main house) and alder (bottom picture, which is ADU).

If you don’t mind sharing, what are you doing for floors in your kitchen?

Hi Sofia,

Looks like you're quite a bit ahead of us. Insulation on our house is this week, and plaster should start next week (fingers crossed!) Cabinets are not in yet, but won't be installed until next month sometime anyway. The perimeter cabinets are Medallion White Icing and the island is Medallion Oak Cappuccino. I believe Medallion and Schular are sister companies? Our floors are white oak, but I am not at all close to picking out stain color. My husband wants darker than the island, I want lighter. We'll see!

Hi Doreenr, same debate here! I’m thinking just a bit darker than Cappuccino for the floors. Floor guy and GC say designers are all specifying lighter now…

Hi Sofia! Love the cabinetry! We’re so exciting for ours to come in. I debated floors forever but settled on a lighter neutral tone (Coretec Ravenswood). They seem to contrast enough where I’m not “matching” and I really want the floors to brighten up the house. What hardware and counters are you going with?

Hi Yelena, thanks, we like it too! Countertops and windowsills are soapstone. In the main house, we also did a soapstone backsplash behind the range only. Love! Soapstone is Black Graphite in the main house and Green Graphite in the ADU. Hardware will be matte black, but I haven’t finalized yet. My first choice was wire pulls, but that got nixed by both DH and GC for difficulty of installation and longevity reasons. These pics are in progress and show the countertops.

@ Sofia- your kitchens are divine! I also really love the black window. Did the window come this way from the factory or did you have it painted?

@Yelena Thanks! Windows are Marvin Essential in Ebony exterior and interior. I really debated window color. Read that black draws the eye outside (we're surrounded by green trees and shrubs) and works well without window coverings, so I went for it! When are your cabinets due in?

@doreenr Have your cabinets been installed? Would love to see pics if you're okay sharing.

Sofia: cabinetry is due early January. Will update for sure. Also how in the world did you tag me ? I can’t figure out the tag feature on this app

Yelena, I’ve never figured out how to tag people using the app either, only when using the web version.