My kitchen and dining rooom have 3" oak hardwood floors. I want to
replace the carpet in two adjoining rooms. However, I want to use
hickory with a lot of character. I'll probably demarc the rooms with
boundary of really dark wood or maybe not -- just ttransition abruptly
from oak to hickory.


The question to the gruop is: is this tasteful? I've heard that having
one floor type makes the rooms look bigger but right now they are
carpet and wood so the "feel" shouldn't change....

Opinions?