Hi jdublya, happy new year and sorry about the late reply! I ended up doing the safe / lazy thing... left the floor untouched and painted a feature wall deep grey, as well as having two-toned grey curtains to both the sliding doors, and a dark grey area rug. The open plan living / dining gets lots of light, so it's still bright even with all the dark greys. We've paired it with mismatched sofas in light grey and brown, and sage green throws. Overall, it's still a "warm" look and not the cool Scandi look I would have preferred, but it's cozy and the greys have really calmed down the red. It's a lot more to my taste now than the show room furniture was. Bits of the floor finish are coming off though, I think (where the kitchen island stools have been dragged over the years by the past occupant), so in time I will get the opportunity to re-do the floor and it'll no longer be red!

We had laminate floating floors for 7 years, when purchased was told they were high quality and commercial grade 20 year warranty, and were laid by the store. We have just replaced them with vynal plank so happy, the laminate had worn terribly at the edges and scratched every where, very noisy even with under lay, and so painful to keep clean with spraying with a water metho mix wiping and then drying and they still lifted at the edge. Would never put laminate down again. We might have got a bad batch and we did try to claim on warranty but the store argued it was water damage and would do nothing. When we pulled them up the underlay had no marks on it from water.

Look out for the Intenso range at Choices Flooring at the end of May. The range are timber planks already in the herringbone pattern, making it a very easy installation and looks fabulous when finished. There will be 5 colours to choose from. Please send your details to online@newfurn.com.au and we would be more than happy to let you know when the range has been released. Thanks!

I had this problem in a 70’s house. Floorboards everywhere but kitchen had tile glued directly on top. I removed the tile myself and used a heat gun to scrape the glue off. Took me ages to do. Then had whole of the house flooring sanded and coated in matt varnish. It was only an extra $500 to include the kitchen. Looked rustic but so much better than the cracked tile