Too funny! I'm in Vancouver as well and just finishing my white uppers, rift cut oak lowers, kitchen. Similar vintage house. We have new white oak quarter/rift floors everywhere on the main floor, but went with a darker ceramic floor tile in the kitchen. The oak of the lowers works well with the oak floors in the adjacent dining room. I think the darker tile floor works to break things up a little, in a good way. The counters are madreperola quartzite, with a taupe that picks up the tones of the wood, and greens that pick up the tones of the kitchen floor. Plain white subway backsplash that closely matches the white uppers. Overall, really happy. Hopefully I'll be posting pics in the next week or two. Having seen it, I can reassure you that the combo of white uppers and white oak lowers is gorgeous. You'll love it.

https://www.houzz.com/photos/morningside-make-over-traditional-bathroom-atlanta-phvw-vp~471421-Make-Over-traditional-bathroom-atlanta my floor tile and shower tile are the same 12 x 24 tile in a running bond pattern. They look much like the floor in this picture. Thanks so much for the comments and help on this decision. Really appreciate it.

LOL! Yep, I prefer my premier baseball game seat, too.