I will cry if no help comes.
This is the third post on this issue. Haven't heard a peep.
We are about to renovate 1940's kitchen. It will have stainless appliances, light sage green cabinets, neutral wall paint and black granite counters.
The flooring is the issue I need help with. I would want to put a light colored, two tone floor down. Not tile. We want a cool pattern and we have no limitations of that pattern. Any suggestions?
Also would love advice on specific paint color for cabinets, walls.
We are about to renovate 1940's kitchen. It will have stainless appliances, light sage green cabinets, neutral wall paint and black granite counters.
The flooring is the issue I need help with. I would want to put a light colored, two tone floor down. Not tile. We want a cool pattern and we have no limitations of that pattern. Any suggestions?
Also would love advice on specific paint color for cabinets, walls.
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With your sage green cabinets and maybe a light grey paint on the wall? Just a thought.
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Marmoleum is linoleum - I just tend to use the brand name since it makes it easier to get to the website.
I know these are the colors you're looking for - but here's an idea of some patterns.
Amazing flooring for less than $4.00/sf. Very beautiful. Very impressive colors that make anyone who enters ask, "What type of flooring is this? It's gorgeous!"
Update: my wife and I are homing in on SW 6455 "Fleeting Green" for cabinets.
Looked at linoleum today at store and salesman said this product is a nightmare. Wax on, wax off. Heels do damage. I've never heard anyone else say anything negative about this product. Was he pulling my chain? It does still appear dated with the splotchiness though.
http://www.karndean.com/en/floors.aspx?link=hft
what about the floor tiles that replicate linoleum? like these
http://retrorenovation.com/2010/01/22/30patterns-for-vinyl-floor-tiles-from-1955/
or marmoleum?
http://www.forboflooringna.com/Residential-Flooring/Products/Marmoleum-sheet-tile/Marmoleum-Dual-Tile/
please don't cry
Of course the most important thing in a kitchen is the best layout, which most homeowners think is obvious, and almost never is.
or stained concrete?
:-)
Here a few photos:These seem to have a marble effect.
I would leave your cabinets white then and perhaps streamline the kitchen utensils and accessories a bit.
Other options would be a leather floor (Torlys.com), is recycled and very durable, but only comes in darker colours with different textures. This company also makes cork flooring.
I would stay with the traditional/ exciting vibe of the house and forgo the bland options! Best of luck!
Do a stained polished concrete overlay !!!!
Also saw show where they redid a basement laundry room and used flexible rubber commercial flooring in blue--sort of light turquoise/teal---hard to tell because color values vary so much in programs like this...
I thought the tile was mistake because pattern was raised--small circles higher than base of sheeting...
would be pain to try to vacuum or mop IMO--but it was flexible which they needed because floor sloped to center drain (basement)...
The color had great impact though and would be very comfortable to walk on...so that would meet two of your objective:
color and comfort--might have style w/o the raised design...
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Picture below is from an Ikea magazine a few years ago, but you get the general idea.
In my opinion, VCT looks outdated and corporate, no matter the pattern.
To clear up a few misconceptions... 1)There is no way that we will put tile or anything hard in this kitchen in regards to the flooring. I stand on concrete all day and want to plop in a chair ASAP when I get home. 2) I want to do a pattern with two complimentary colors. These colors are to compliment all others in the room as well. I would like to have subtle colors which stay light, if possible, in a material that does not look cheap. After reviewing linoleum, I've found it does not meet this criteria. Though it does look good in some pictures, ill be sorry if I install it in my house. Do it once, do it right. 3) the window in front of the sink faces East, therefore we get direct sunlight in the morning and it is bright. After that, not so great, which is why a lighter floor would be better. Though the existing floor is light and reflective, it shows all dirt. I am shooting for a compromise with that issue.
After reviewing one really cool kitchen on Houzz, I did some research and learned the awesome pattern I was looking at was linoleum which had been welded together making it off the charts expensive. Bummer. That idea just went away. I looked into welding and learned I'd have to invest boatloads of money into the specialty equipment and have way too much time spent on my knees. Oh did I mention the learning curve? Remember, drama.
Forbo has one store in this area which only carries the click flooring. I'm half an hour from Philly! Does this make sense?
So now the thought is cork. I'm sure the folks who suggested this above are cheering. I found the color silver birch, typed that into Houzz and got to see 242 pictures of, well mostly pretty trees and a bunch of other pics that had nothing to do with cork, the product in question. Which leads me to ask one more question(s) of you, a) is this color on the warm or cool side of the spectrum? And b) would anyone suggest another color of cork to coincide with silver birch for the complimentary color I so desperately strive for?
To clear up a few misconceptions... 1)There is no way that we will put tile or anything hard in this kitchen in regards to the flooring. I stand on concrete all day and want to plop in a chair ASAP when I get home. 2) I want to do a pattern with two complimentary colors. These colors are to compliment all others in the room as well. I would like to have subtle colors which stay light, if possible, in a material that does not look cheap. After reviewing linoleum, I've found it does not meet this criteria. Though it does look good in some pictures, ill be sorry if I install it in my house. Do it once, do it right. 3) the window in front of the sink faces East, therefore we get direct sunlight in the morning and it is bright. After that, not so great, which is why a lighter floor would be better. Though the existing floor is light and reflective, it shows all dirt. I am shooting for a compromise with that issue.
After reviewing one really cool kitchen on Houzz, I did some research and learned the awesome pattern I was looking at was linoleum which had been welded together making it off the charts expensive. Bummer. That idea just went away. I looked into welding and learned I'd have to invest boatloads of money into the specialty equipment and have way too much time spent on my knees. Oh did I mention the learning curve? Remember, drama.
Forbo has one store in this area which only carries the click flooring. I'm half an hour from Philly! Does this make sense?
So now the thought is cork. I'm sure the folks who suggested this above are cheering. I found the color silver birch, typed that into Houzz and got to see 242 pictures of, well mostly pretty trees and a bunch of other pics that had nothing to do with cork, the product in question. Which leads me to ask one more question(s) of you, a) is this color on the warm or cool side of the spectrum? And b) would anyone suggest another color of cork to coincide with silver birch for the complimentary color I so desperately strive for?
The other pic shows sink/window.
http://www.zandur.com/crf.html
http://www.capricork.com/
John, I would like to point out that we are waiting for a "Greenstone" floating floor. Our manufacturer has finally mastered the fine details of this colour and we should have this in our Canadian location within the next 8 weeks. This floor is the colour of New Zealand's famous "Greenstone" or Jade. Beautiful jades, hints of emerald, slate, etc. It is a dark floor that would look like a slab of jade. I've never seen a colour like it...which is why I've ordered it! It might just give you that hint of green that you seem to crave. Instead of sage on the cabinets, how about "jade" on the floor?
Just a thought.