Unless you are matching the finger parquet, you would go ahead and install a white oak floor that matches the kitchen (and the golden retriever:-). That will allow the parquet to be the "accent" all by itself. The second suggest I have....look to have the parquet refinished. It's looking a little tired. A little old. If the parquet is thick enough for a sand/refinish, I would look at doing that at the same time. You might just find the REAL colour of the wood underneath that old solvent based finish. The kitchen hardwood looks to be in good shape. It might need a buff and coat (a little abrasion and then a coat of new finish applied to perk it up), it might not. Again, while the professionals are in, have them look at it to see if it needs attention as well. With the work that probably needs to be done, you will most likely be out of the house for a week or two anyways...might as well get EVERYTHING done all at once to save you from having to bring them back in 5 years to do the kitchen/parquet.

Your home is beautiful. I think it'd look nicer matched color-wise to the parquet. Does it attach to the kitchen as well though? I actually really like the parquet - I have a small landing with parquet but it's oak that lightened over the years was wondering about refreshing it & making it a bit darker. Is yours old original parquet & have you ever done that?

@ Patricia Thanks, that’s helpful. I see that Pax attaches to the wall but my thinking was that it still rests on the floor, I think? With that in mind, if we install the closet system before the floor, my thinking was that we would not install new floor under the closet boxes. - it’d just be bare. Is that considered acceptable? We’re not looking to resell, just don’t want to mess things up.

Since it isn’t open concept i think it’s ok if it doesn’t match exactly, but lvp just never looks great next to real wood. i actually like the tile - do you hate it or is it too worn? i would want to do wood to match the other wood - in color/type presumably not the exact style as that might be challenging. wood floors hold up well with use/kids - the painted cabs with rambunctious kids are another story…