We are inclined to do hardwoods in the kitchen, because that will allow us to carry the same hardwoods through the whole first floor, which will be great for letting the space floooow.
We're thinking dark hardwoods right now. They have a rich feel. I love the super-blonde floors that are in style these days, but I worry they might be a little trendy. And a dark wood floor really grounds a room and makes light colored walls luminous! I love a little contrast in a room:
But that dark-floor preference is subject to change. Check out this stunning bamboo floor:
To make a dark wood floor work in a kitchen if we want wood-tone cabinets, the cabinets should probably be a lighter version of the floor color. If we had a reddish wood floor and yellowish wood cabinets, it might be clashy (at least, that's the impression I've been getting from looking at pictures).
This room works well because the cabinets are a medium version of the dark wood floor:
Everything is still in flux, though. I noticed the other day that black granite countertops are cheaper than quartz, so we are leaning towards that. I just don't think I can create a nice open-feeling space (since the kitchen is smallish) with so much wood and black granite, so if I don't find a better granite deal somewhere, we may end up with white/cream cabinets. It will all depend on how the wood floors look in the space.
Do you have hardwoods in the kitchen? How do you like them? A nice ceramic tile is a classic choice, would you go with that over hardwoods if you had it to do all over?
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