Hi DW- I love Coretec! I have used it in several applications including this Hair Salon, but also in a residential space. The color I used in both of these projects I am including here is Blackstone Oak, and it was selected because both of my clients wanted it to read Warm and cool, and this flooring had a nice mix of the two colors. With regard to the bevel, I would recommend avoiding it, as it does tend to make it harder to keep clean. While Coretec offers a lifetime warranty in a residential installation (assuming your installer does it to specs), but the bevels, while they are trendy, tend to show wear sooner since it exposes other areas of the flooring moreso than others, and dirt tends to get stuck inside of the creases more often. Good luck with your project! Sounds like you're on the right track! This is the blackstone oak in a residential installation. This is the same flooring in a Hair Salon Commercial installation. Both with out bevels so it will stay nice longer! Good luck on your project!

For some reason, my initial post got cut off :(. We only have a real-life sample of the Everest Oak but my husband isn't a fan of the bevel so we're looking at one of the CoreTec Pro Plus products (thinner plank vs. the wider XL of Everest Oak) and hoping that one of the above colors listed is a close match. (The online photos of Everest Oak make it look a lot pinker/greener/darker than it looked in real life.) Additional Details Since the room we plan to put it in is long (9x20) but darker (only a small window), we wanted to go with a lighter color overall to brighten up the space, but still hoped to add warmth and not be purely white or grey for the flooring. We also looked at CaliVinyl's White Aspen, but it was a little too silver / cool colored for the room. Another sample that we also liked was Waddington Oak - ideally, whatever we choose would be a mix between Everest (white-washed but with tan/grey undertones) and Waddington (light tan), but without the bevels and in narrower planks. It'd be nice to not have tons of knots or too much texture in the visual of the plank (even though I want it to look like wood). Throwing this in: I'm a huge fan of IKEA and if they still sold their Tundra/Slatten laminate line, I'd have gone for it. We are turning this room into a nursery, and I just have strong positive associations with IKEA's flooring even if most might find it to be playful/childish in color. Any advice or recommendations are greatly appreciated! (We are open to other brands and lines of LVT product as well but are hoping to make a decision soon.) Thank you!

mark_rachel, that is what I told my husband! And, Oak & Board, I've been studying this off and on for at least a year. You are one of my favorite commentors. I have learned a lot from you. Both of the samples are solid hardwood not engineered. KD is pleased with the quality of the floor and barely there bevel. Haven't seen a white oak floor yet in Michigan. Well aware of matching existing flooring of which we have none. Need a little more visual interest than the white oak. Considered natural hickory and I think it is too much for me. In my area, everyone is used to red oak. Boring Detroit area suburbs. Not a high end home.

Hi @Lini Alim - We have not used Calypso Oak in our kitchen. It was installed in our basement. But we do have cabinets in our basement that will be white. Unfortunately the cabinet doors are not delivered to me yet. But I think you can never go wrong with Calypso oak and white cabinets.