Kitchen Facelift... need help!
Looking to replace my Kitchen floor and countertop, but having trouble finding a floor and countertop to go with my natural cherry cabinets and my foyer and dining room birch flooring. I like the wood planks(beveled edge) but cant seem to find a color I like. I posted a picture of my kitchen below, the walls are now BM Edgecomb grey. I like the cherry and don't want to paint it, but the Formica blue needs an update and the floor is a mess, we have tape covering the seams! It's 0ver 23 years old and I need an update. I was considering cristallo quartzite(not sure about the shininess), MSI Calacttaca Maraggio Cove(new color) and Cambria Ridgegate, but the floor is impossible to pick! Also want to add new lighting over islandand kitchen table. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thankful for this forum! And I know I need to declutter!
This is the BM Edgecomb Grey. Table needs replacing as well, actually we have replaced it, but the new one(not really new FB purchase) is not the best. It has lots of crumb catchers on top surface-too much texture!
Any suggestions?
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5 months agolast modified: 5 months agoI'd go with slate look vinyl square tiles. It's a good look with cherry cabs. that will give you many possible choices for a light shade to draw for the counter. Doesnt the foyer have a mat or two? Wouldnt the dining room have a rug under the table...I wouldnt consider the birch in those spots that critical.
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5 months agotheresa21 JAN MOYER herbflavor
Thanks for the input Here are pictures of my room transition and some of my consideration on the floor.
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5 months agolast modified: 5 months agoherbflavor JAN MOYER theresa21
Thanks for the input! I attached transition pictures. The dining room and foyer floors are shining finish . The flooring I was looking at(see pics below) is a matte finish....not sure if that matters?
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5 months agolast modified: 5 months agoherbflavor JAN MOYER theresa21
And here are some floor and countertop ideas i was considering....
Coretec Manila Oak.
This not actual countertop I like; just trying to get an idea of how white base would look and rearranging furniture!
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5 months agoherbflavor JAN MOYER theresa21
More transition close up pictures ...
Manila Oak- Coretec
Other color- H20 LVP Style: Old Saybrook 7", color: Spring Lead
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5 months agoMore transition close-up view...
herbflavor JAN MOYER theresa21Other color- H20 LVP Style: Old Saybrook 7", color: Spring Lead
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4 months agolast modified: 4 months agoDesign Fan jackowskib cat_ky Flo Mangan I have carpet in living room, but was considering replacing that with the vinyl we install in kitchen. So the foyer and dining room would be birch and the other floors would be same- manila oak coretec is what I like. I ordered a box to get and idea of how it would look, it is similar in tone to the birch, but not shiny and planks are wider-7" birch planks are shiny and 3 3/4(? something like that).
Her is manila oak with cherry cabinets in another persons home. I think it looks nice and not too matchy....thoughts? And second picture is visualization of my kitchen. With continuing the MO through other 2 rooms do you think it will be more flowing? I am thinking the dining room and foyer have rugs that hide most of the wood and dining room is not in direct site line of entry into house, only foyer and that area is mostly covered by a runner? Thoughts on that theory?
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Transition from kitchen to family room if we extend MO to other rooms! Please over look clutter!!!
And if I could talk better 1/2 into laying it over the birch, it would all match! Which I do agree is the right choice, but it doesn't look like I can convert better 1/2- ugh!
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