Here you see my glossy white kitchen with kashmir white counters and floors. I love this granite have the same tiles on the foyer,3 baths, family room . Would do it again in a heart beat but have to tell you that we have under flooring heating in all the house .
I love the tiles on the floors . My son has also glossy white kitchen and black granite on the counters and creamy white tiles on the floors , they have two young daughters and a cat. It looks beautiful and they love it.

So I say get the tiles it will be lovely and cleaning the tiles is so easy .

Svava

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is this the one you are talking about

We have a similar situation--creamy white cabs and limited natural lighting. We chose a slate look porcelain by American Olean called Highland Ridge--the color we chose is Mountain. It's a blue-grey slate look with cleft surface to mimic real slate. They also have a line called Sandy Ridge which has lighter colors. The mountain is actually lighter than it appears on the American Olean's website, but it goes great with stainless appliances and our blue pearl labrador counters.

We liked the color variation in the tile and the textured surface which help hide dirt, yet is easy to maintain. There are several manufacturers who make slate-look porcelain tile in many different colors, so if you like a more rustic look, they may be an option for you.

The tile you chose is beautiful as well, and it's a bit more "formal" of a look. Depends on what you like.

I don't have it, but I love the look of the Carrara Star tile in person. Very realistic without getting excessive in the pattern. It wasn't that expensive, either.

I've been considering it if I wind up having to retile everything. We currently have an ivory matte ceramic (Himalaya, I think--it was here when I moved in), which is also great--nothing shows on it, but we'll be taking out a passthrough and I don't think there's enough extra tile to just fill in with. If I have to change, the Carrara Star is near the top of my list.

We have white cabinets and Mohawk Sardara tile in island brown, 18-inch square, set on the diagonal. There is a good amount of gray tones in the tiles so I feel like it all works well with our stainless steel appliances as well. After coming from a white vinyl floor I wanted something that was not going to show dirt and would be extremely durable (we have two Newfoundland dogs and the kitchen is the entrance we use most often). We've had it for three years and I love it.

The best thing about that Carrara Star is it's rectified porcelain. That means you can get the look of real stone, without any of the maintenence issues. It's pretty much maintenence free.

Good stuff!

We have white cabinets and black counters with a travertine-look (tan?) porcelain tile. I too wanted something easy to maintain since we have a pool and wet feet go in one door and out the other. Porcelain tile will hold up very well and one with a vary-colored surface doesn't show dirt quickly. Tans/biege colors also give a warmer look to a white kitchen, like the browns of a wood floor.

Get some samples of different colors and lay them around the room. Good luck!

ice1 - Yes, that's the tile I was referring to. Thanks so much for sharing your photos. I love the Kashmir on your floors and counter. Is it hard to take care of on the floor? What do you use when you mop? Where do you live? I only ask because I live in San Antonio and wonder if the cold tile would really matter. We only have really cold days a few times each winter. That said...it was in the upper teens for 4 days a week or so ago. however, that's a fluke. Thanks for sharing your son's kitchen choices. Is his a formal kitchen? I don't want to have a formal look. I just like the crisp look the tile has. I prefer that over muddy / earthtone colors. It just seems simple and clean to me. But I don't want formal. Hm.

Seaglass 7 - Thanks for your input. I will check out the slate and the lighter colors in the other line. I'm not really going for rustic per se...but I certainly don't want formal....just clean and crisp. I think crisp could be achieved with slate. Thanks again.

Writersblock - I agree with you. The tile is very realistic without lots of veining and not expensive. Just out of curiosity...what else is near the top of your list if you have to retile? That might give me some more inspiration.

Keep the ideas flowing. Thus far the flooring has been the hardest thing for me. :-)

wi-sailor girl - I thought of the white factor and dirt. That makes me pause somewhat. I'm going to check out your tile. It sounds very pretty. I have a dog too. I know exactly what you are talking about.

Thank you Bill. It didn't take long for me to lurk on the forum to learn you are a master at tile and a fountain of knowledge. If I could only afford to fly you in to lay my tile (floors...backsplash..bathrooms) I'd do so in a heart beat! I have a feeling you are on the West Coast from other comments that have been made. Am I right? Thanks for the info about the tile being rectified. That's good to know.

Biochem 101 - you make sense about the tans / beige colors warming up all the white. I'm going to get lots of samples before making a decision. I may be back with photos asking advice again before it's over with.

Thanks again. If anyone else has anything to add please do so.

Thanks for you nice words Storklady. Im rather strange when it comes to my floors , I only use water and vinegar when cleaning my floors, I think that cleaning them is so easy . I also have a dog. I had beautiful dark Bruce floors in my old house and tho I loved that floor and miss it sometimes this new house with the granite and light oak flooring is just wonderful to clean. We are way north in the atlantic ocean , we are in Europe but a small island way north . we are scandinavians. The houses are all heated with geothermal water and in this house there are pipes laid under all the flooring so the house is always very warm. But you say you are in Texas so I would not worry about the tiles being cold , I would not say that my sons house is formal, my house and his are both very modern ,if you google danish design you will see what I mean. My color tones are white and gray, I love the light gray colors
If you take a look at my album ( just click on the kitchen photo) you can see that the house is very light and every wall in the house is one color and that color is kristall white , witch is very light blue color
Sorry for the rambling
If you want any more info please holler

Svava

Here a two photos of my sons kitchen,
the tiles are some kind of porcelain tiles and the granite is black with blue sparkles in it.
hope this helps.
Svava