I need more explanation about the gapping and wear issues. Usually the gapping is from the changes in humidity and the wear is IMO not part of the install so explain and add some pics of these issues . I do agree that gray and that color floor realy are not great together and how did you buy cabinets before having the space designed and the floor issue dealt with . Definatel the cart before the horse .

I would seriously reconsider the waterfall island. That design is for sleek modern houses and yours appears to be traditional. I know they look cool, but that doesn't mean that they belong in every kitchen/house style.

What a disappointment about the flooring. If it were me, if having the molding was the only thing keeping me from moving forward with cabinet install while things get sorted out, I wouldn't let that stop me. I would think there could be an acceptable trim that would solve that issue.

You already have 2 kinds of flooring coming together, I would not add a third. If you pulled out the foyer tile and ran that into the kitchen, that could work, but not adding an additional, different tile to the mix. If you must add tile in place of the wood, I'd find one that works with your cabinets (maybe something close to the color of the wood floors, but not wood look tile). Or maybe slate? Run it into the entry.

I agree about rethinking the waterfall counter. It really doesn't appear to be suited to your style home. But if you decide to move forward with it, could you live with a temporary counter on the island until the floors are sorted out, then have the island finished? Lots of people live with plywood counters for a while, for a variety of reasons.

If you do decide to proceed, quarter round is really not the end of the world. Given that you have the travertine situation in the front hall, I don't like the idea of switching to yet another material/different tile in the kitchen. Or, would tiling kitchen and replacing the travertine with the same be an option to consider? but then you've got those columns, hm.

Whatever you choose to do with the floor, I agree with others to scrap the waterfall idea, as it doesn't look like your house would suit it.

Hi Everyone ,

Thanks so much for all the feedback and advice! I’ve uploaded some photos of the floor issues we are experiencing. We didn’t notice these issues at first as the installers filled in some gaps with matching caulk to hide the issue. The caulk starting chipping out and became more apparent after a couple months. The flooring company tried to insist that the gapping was due to lack of humidity so we had a new humidifier installed on our hvac but that did not fix the issue. I believe this is definitely somewhat due to poor installation as you can clearly see some gaps that are completely uneven. The blue tape in the one pic was us just marking the gaps in the floor.