I have Amtico flooring in my kitchen/laundry rooms. You can find it at high end flooirng stores. Amtico looks like real wood because it has a slight wood-grain effect in the surface, it's laid in "planks" and the edges have a very tiny bevel. No one believes its vinyl and it can take anything our family of nine plus a dog can dish out. Steam clean it. I think it's called Priory Oak, the wood images were taken from pews in a very old English church. So lovely and practical but definitely not inexpensive. I also have Amtico black "stone" tiles in two bathrooms. These have fake grout lines that have not been an issue to maintain. Silver grout in the girls bathroom and taupe grout in mine. Tiles have a slight texture which is good in a bathroom. Tiles seem impervious to water, even a flooding washing machine has not lifted any planks of the concrete slab they are floated/glued on. Love these floors!

leftontheinside We got our First Crush installed a few weeks ago, and there are saw marks. Some of our samples made them look very busy, and others didn't have them at all. We went through a local flooring store. The saw marks are definitely there, but not noticeable when looking at the floor as a whole (I looked at a lot of pictures because the saw marks were almost a deal breaker). We love the floors. They are beautiful! HU-751872317 We got a custom taupe stain made that coordinates well with the floor. If you still need something, I can get the formula.

@clubnev Thanks for the info! Hot and humid here in Houston as well especially when power goes out. I finally ponied up a did a whole home generator to avoid being out of power around hurricanes and freezes. Did you notice that when your whole First Crush floor went in the flooring warmed compared to sample boards or laying out a single box? In certain areas of my home samples/sample boards will grey up in the day with certain natural light, but at night under 2700K lighting.... Wow...perfect light brown floor with no wheat, yellow, gold, or orange.

The flooring looks beautiful. You'd be amazed at how many other flooring companies don't provide the level of service you're getting by having a rep come out to pick up and replace defective pieces, so I would rest easy until you see what they do.