What color walls would look the best with medium oak kitchen cabinets and stainless steel appliances ?

Do you think it,s too much to put medium oak laminate flooring too ? My big kitchen dinning set is also medium oak. T he counters are very deep green granite ( Ubatuba). Please help me with the floor. The rest of the house is all medium honey oak wood. The kichen right now is solid beige 10x10 tiles placed diagnoly , but the grout is turning dark and uneven. I want to cover it with wood like laminate . I dont want to destroy the tiles.

What color walls would look the best with medium oak kitchen cabinets and stainless steel appliances ?
Check out some of these kitchen makeovers that HGTV's "Spice Up My Kitchen" did with laminate wood flooring. Might give you some ideas.


http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/dc_design_kitch...


http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/dc_design_kitch...


http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/dc_design_kitch...





Here are a couple of examples where the floor pretty much matches the cabinetry. Maybe not the same color as what you have in your kitchen, but will give you an idea about what all the same wood tone would look like:


http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/dc_design_kitch...


http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/dc_design_kitch...





I think if you do coordinate the floor, cupboards %26amp; dining set, then you definintely want to paint your kitchen something *not* neutral. It should be something bright to contrast all of the wood, like "stop" by sherwin williams:


http://sherlink.sherwin.com/swapp/color_...
Reply:it all depends. If you want a modern edy look I would say white black or a shabby grey. If you want a country home comfort look a nice red or daRK brown.
Reply:Reds,Peaches, beige's, bronze, browns, taupe,sunny yellows,sage greens for the wall color choices...For the floors....One could go to Medium blond to red oaks or maples in floor laminates....But you could go darker into the walnut shades as well for the floor ,( as it would help balance the ubatuba dark counter tops) The distressed looks are clean and beautiful ....Flooring placed on the diagonal makes a space appear larger....
Reply:See if you can find a product that would darken the grout, and


apply a sealer so the grout stays the same color, then you would save yourself a lot of work. Also, if you put flooring over the tiles, can you still open the door? That's a problem at my house, if we change the floor, we will have to remove a layer or 2 to make sure we can open the back door!





As for the walls, find a nice neutral color that looks good with the oak and the granite--I'm thinking something in the taupe or gold/yellow family, depending on wall and fabric colors in adjoining rooms. Gray might look good, too--go pick up some paint samples and put them up--look at them at different times of the day on different walls. Once you get it narrowed down, buy a quart of one color, paint it on a foam core board, and move it around the room at different times of the day to see what you think. Good Luck!
Reply:cherry red
Reply:my kitchen and millwork are also medium oak and I have black granite countertops,I went with oak floors stained to a color darker than the cabinets (almost a dark copper color) it will lighten the look of the oak making it resemble more of a maple or ash color,my walls are a color called avenue tan ,which is actually more of a light olive grey/green than tan but it looks wonderful.I work in the luxury home market and had a designer friend of mine figure ti out for me and she did very well.
Reply:Try like a really light pale green color, a little lighter than green apple and a little more subtle but its a good color.