wow, thanks for all the help! I can see that the different adjacent woods look good in your posted pictures only because they are quite differentn from each other, not sure that I want to go too light on the new wood because it would be to "blendy" with the white cabinets. A border is an interesting idea but my kitchen might be too small to be able to pull that off, I have an approx 10 x 13 U shaped kitchen with an adjacent 10 x 8 breakfast area. I appreciate the comments to consider that the lighting in the kitchen might be quite different from the hallway. That is true but I did not think of the hallway as being dark until we had the flooring changed and it surprised me how much darker it was after the flooring change. I'm going to find some dark brown tarps to put on the kitchen floor and see what that feels like. thank you!

These are cherry cabnets with a ginger stain. We considered red oak but thought it looked like we were trying to match colors and didn't quite make it. Also DW didnt like the pore pronounced grain of oak and at $1.00 SQ. foot more Maple was affordable. http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr54/jaksown/DSC00933.jpg We decided on maple with Natural stain to add some red highlights but more of a subtle contrast. Floor looks lighter and less red in person. http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr54/jaksown/DSC00931.jpg This was wood planks sanded and stained in place so I dont know engineered prices except this was less expensive than prestained. We consideres a deeper stain on the Maple but didn't like the "blotchy" look that maple takes on with other than a natural stain.

IMO you have enough gray if you look at the previous owners furniture that green color looks awesome with those floors so I would do a very soft gray/ green it will look good with the floors and not be a big gray box. I would suggest some more grown up art on the walls and save those for a diffent space and make sure when you hang the new art it is hung so the center of the work is at eye level which is usually about 65”

Here are the colours you mentioned. See more like them in the Colorographies section @ the land of color .com . Comparing colours is much easier when you use the terms as presented here. Your flooring appears to be from the Yellow-Red Hue Family. These paint colours are lighter, more greyed near neutrals from the adjacent Yellow Hue Family. All have the potential to look great with your floor. Narrow down the colour by deciding, How light/dark you wish it. = Value How colourful/nearer to neutral = chroma Colours nearer to neutral are more susceptible to changes in lighting than more colourful colours. And near neutral colours from this region can shift a little lavender/purple in imbalanced lighting. It may not happen in your space, but test with paint chips/samples in your space to be sure.