brendainnj, actually if you have pic to share you can get succinct advice. The look you are contemplating could look great or it could look 'off'. It all depends an the architecture of the house and the furnishing you have. From the way you describe it, a picture window in a ranch, where the trim is probably not very substantial I am guessing it may not look right. But maybe not.............

Some might scoff at real stuff next to fake, but I have a few areas of real next to fake in my home which look fine (stucco next to hardie board, real marble next to fake ceramic marble tiles, and wood tile next to real wood to name a few). My wood next to wood tile is running the opposite way and I think it looks fine and was a good tradeoff considering the functional improvement tile provides in combined kitchen/mudroom area and the difficulty of matching 100 year old douglas fir, however 1) The opposite direction run makes sense for the orientation of my kitchen, that is the tile runs with the long dimension of the kitchen 2) Its at natural room transitions, not an abrupt change in an open room 3) The two woods are clearly different from one another so not trying to "match" per se and missing but they are in the same tone family, that is (to my eye at least) both are a neutral brown without any significant grey/red/etc. 4) I carefully picked a tile with some texture to look similar to the 100+ year old original floors. In your case, I'm not sure it works so well. Seems like you have grey "wood" joining with the actual reddish wood in what seems to be an open(ish) area. Also one is sort of a distressed rustic sort of look whereas the other is a shiny smooth (I assume prefinished) look. Seems like you already bought your tile, not sure if you have the opportunity to still change your mind. If you are 100% committed to the floor, I'd do them opposite directions.

I am not a white person, inside or out. If you stain the window frames you have an option of any color for the surrounds and other interior moldings. Lighter or darker will make a design statement just like white. I can visualize a pale non yellow stain for the wood with a matte or satin finish. The other moldings, for example, a darker tone with the wall color another lighter tone. You can let your imagination help and begin gathering color samples you like. White cuts your work down but you'll miss out on the creative fun, imo. This track lets you avoid a white painted kitchen. You can end up with a well melded open space with good color flow throughout. I

Well the kitchen is almost done. The floor is my favourite thing! Absolutely love them! It is porcelain wood plank layed herringbone butting up against the hardwood floor. The hardwood and porcelain floors do not look the same but they do have the same tone. I think they look great together. It was hard to get a good pic because the lighting is different in the kitchen vs the hall.