Kitchen tile that I selected

What are you doing in the rest of the house? Wood? If so, do the foyer as a inlay instead of wall to wall and it will be fine I'd think.

Two different tiles I think it looks good

Same tile from the first pic . this is the kitchen living room the above is the living room tile in the hall and the bathroom tile

You could do marble in the foyer, transition to an area of hardwood flooring at the basement entrance, then the different kitchen tile in the kitchen. If you are doing taller ceilings on the first floor, you could even drop the ceiling there at the basement entrance, to further emphasize the intentional transition between spaces. Frank L Wright loved doing that in his homes (almost to an extreme). This would also work well if the other flooring on the first floor is hardwood.

If continuity of design is important to you, then find a way to make your flooring continuous. If you are of the school "every room is different", then make as many things different as possible. Good luck whichever way you lean.

I like this.

I am torn. A part of me feels that two tiles is too much, but another part of me feels like the kitchen will look like it's in the foyer because of the tile.

You didn't answer the question regarding what will be the flooring in the family room, dining room and living room?

abick, no one else would think the kitchen was in the foyer! The space narrows down to 4 ft at the basement stairs and you can't even see the kitchen from the front door.

If it was my floor plan, the whole downstairs would be hardwood, except maybe the powder room. I would not do 2 different tiles for the foyer and kitchen.

I like single tile choice. We used wide plank hardwood tile in every room, closet, bathroom, and ran it up the walls in the shower. House flows very well. My sister has tile to hardwood and in my opinion, looks very choppy.

I am using in the library and dining room off of the foyer wood flooring. In the casual public living areas off of the foyer I plan to use large square light colored tiles. In the foyer I plan to use a pattern that combines the square tiles and the wood flooring.

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The rest of the first floor will be dark toned hardwood (jacobean or dark walnut). After being in the house today, I feel like I shouldn't put light tile in the kitchen, it will make the family room and a part of the dining room feel chopped up. However, I feel that a light foyer would be nice.

My concern about the house feeling choppy is why I chose this flooring pattern for the foyer. Everyone I've told about it who has seen our floor plans thinks it will look wonderful and unique.

Maybe I should do the dark tile in the kitchen and the light in the foyer

I have the following options:

Option 1. Kitchen - Dark tile from the picture above (won't stand out so much next to the hardwood floors, easier to keep clean, will ground the white kitchen with the dark espresso island).

Foyer - Very light tile (shiny polished tile or marble)

Option 2. Foyer and Kitchen - Light tile from the picture above (the foyer won't look chopped off and won't have a problem with two tiles meeting).

Option 3. Kitchen - Light tile from picture above

Foyer - Light tile, but polished (shiny).

Any feedback will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!