Kitchen and Breakfast Room Flooring Makeover

Well friends, as promised I’m back today to show you the rest of my Shaw Floors makeover! Yesterday was all about my family room but today I’m sharing how the new flooring looks in our kitchen and breakfast room.

But before we get to the reveal of the new, let’s take a look back at the old.

This photo was snapped the night before the renovation began. As you can see, the old floors were a very light color but what you can’t see in this picture is that they were also beginning to separate in places and had significant damage in some spots. Our house was built in the early 90’s and these floors hadn’t been touched since and were in desperate need of some help.

Enter my beautiful new Epic Plus floors in Arden Oak (color: gunstock)!

I cannot even describe the ridiculous little jig and happy jumping around that took place in this house after I saw them installed. Let’s just say that my kids were sufficiently embarrassed. That’s my job as their mom after all, right?

Here’s another look at how the floors looked BEFORE with the wood in the breakfast room leading into carpet in the family room.

And here is how it looks AFTER.

I never realized just how much having carpet in the family room made it feel smaller. Now, with the same flooring running through all three spaces, it truly feels so much bigger and everyone who has visited our house since the installation has commented on this. It’s a reminder to me of how these decorating ‘tricks’ of the eye can have such a big impact.

Against our newly painted white cabinets (I still need to do a full kitchen reveal but that is going to have to wait until the new year) the darker wood provides such a nice contrast.

The Epic Plus floors are built using a system called Stabilitek which is designed to withstand just about anything you could throw (or drop!) at it. It’s scuff resistance is six times better than that of competitors, it resists dents up to 30% more than other engineered hardwood floors and the stronger joint system means that once it’s installed the boards won’t be shifting around.

Sigh…swoon…aren’t they just so beautiful? It’s hard to believe how far these spaces have come since we first moved in almost 9 years ago and I’m so incredibly grateful that I have had the opportunity to put my stamp on this home.

There are so many more plans in the works but for now, I’m just going to sit back and enjoy the beauty of these floors.

My daughter took her first steps on those old floors and there have been many kiddos running through these rooms over the years. But I know that as many memories as were made on the old boards, so many more will be made on the new ones. The first memory of course being the happy dance I did on them. 😉

So, what do you think of them? I’d love to hear from you! And thank you so much for meeting me here at the fence today,

*I’m compensated for my partnership with Shaw Floors but all opinions are 100% my own*