Pics will help!

All torn up will see what I can come up with! High ceilings. Lots of natural light. All glass facing ocean. Open to great room. Going for luxury coastal look.

Hi Kim, sounds beautiful!

Most people prefer real wood throughout (even in kitchen), so much more comfy underfoot. I'd personally rip up fake wood tile. Warm/brown wood color for sure on the floor, no gray. A real wood color floor looks good with gray cabinets as well.....

Search on Houzz (gray cabinets with wood floor)...there are many choices. A few nice one's below....

[https://www.houzz.com/photos/contemporary-kitchen-contemporary-kitchen-santa-barbara-phvw-vp~96054428[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/contemporary-kitchen-contemporary-kitchen-santa-barbara-phvw-vp~96054428)

[https://www.houzz.com/photos/val-david-country-home-transitional-dining-room-montreal-phvw-vp~91022292[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/val-david-country-home-transitional-dining-room-montreal-phvw-vp~91022292)

It's wood look tile. Real wood does not bode well in beachfront living. Thanks for links.

Exactly what I was thinking and stick with the white and not do light gray cabinets..love it but more of a trend. Yes color is Key-LOL Am thinking of doing Bahia blue granite counter!

You can use teak. This wood is on boats and in showers.

Or, real stone or travertine in large format. The fake wood look is not appealing to many folks......

I have seen it everywhere..contractor and decorator said to use tile wood look?

Kim, Bahia Blue is gorgeous!!! But blue granites are most expensive... Do you have a nice budget?

Photos of selections will be a great help and also the style of the cabinet (is it mid-century modern? traditional?) We think that wood-like tile will fit any space style and there are tones of shades options also so in case you are going more modern you can use a light - medium tiles. The gray tiles are beautiful and will blend great in modern as well as farmhouse style.

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Hi Kim, that's really pretty, but gray floors are so overdone IMHO. Have you searched a few luxury coastal homes on Houzz? They are not using gray wood-look floors. I wouldn't use my contractor's opinion....LOL.

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[https://www.houzz.com/photos/catalina-cor9-at-mediterra-mediterranean-miami-phvw-vp~100021164[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/catalina-cor9-at-mediterra-mediterranean-miami-phvw-vp~100021164)

Another beautiful home in Miami on the water (look at all the pics)

[https://www.houzz.com/photos/turtle-hatch-beach-style-miami-phvw-vp~105799051[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/turtle-hatch-beach-style-miami-phvw-vp~105799051)

Real stone (gorgeous)

[https://www.houzz.com/photos/blufftop-house-contemporary-family-room-orange-county-phvw-vp~5402224[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/blufftop-house-contemporary-family-room-orange-county-phvw-vp~5402224)

And a beautiful wood look, but not the typical looking stuff.... This is more like real stone.

[https://www.houzz.com/photos/mediterranean-living-room-mediterranean-living-room-orange-county-phvw-vp~56671040[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/mediterranean-living-room-mediterranean-living-room-orange-county-phvw-vp~56671040)

yes i'd go grey on the floor (but not dark... a bleached looking grey) and a different color for the cabinets. white probably with a fabulous backsplash.

and absolutely tile on the floor, whether its just you using it or renters. every dropped towel, every sandy foot... kills wood.

Shaker style cabinets and nice budget yes thanks Laura! :-)

you might even split the difference between grey and brown and do a driftwood color thats not quite either one.

This is what I set aside at the tile store when I was there last month!

IMHO, that tile is a bit busy. I like Karen Rose's tile better. If it were me though, I would avoid gray and go for light brown wood-look tile. The first photo looks like real wood but a wood-like tile in the same tone/color would be great. Or maybe not even wood-like tile - something light without any patterns like the one used in the second picture.

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Light brown. Or a grey that looks like stone.

I feel like these grey wood-look tiles of the 20teens will turn into the 70's wood-look laminate paneling. You're not fooling anyone, it's not wood and it doesn't have to pretend to be.

Thank you all! I do agree my original choice may look too busy..I love Karen's floor. I disagree that grey is dated. This was posted in March of '18: Five years ago, you could have called the gray trend new or up-and-coming. But now? Is it even a trend anymore?

Well, if by “trend” you mean popular and relevant, then heck, yes! But it is definitely not a fad.

Gray flooring, particularly gray wood, has grown exponentially over the last decade. Although gray tiles, particularly in stone looks, are also very popular in the kitchen.

Gray has quickly become the most popular trend, not just for flooring, but for homes in general. Gray cabinets, gray doors, you name it. And every shade of gray is still hot and trendy in the home. For your floors and decor.

NO GREY WOOD LOOK

Wood look tile is already so-so, and toss grey into that you now take a faux wood and make it look even more cheap and unnatural. You can bring the beachy look in through a ton of other elements. A medium stain wood (or faux wood) is the most classic flooring out there. It's timeless and easy to design around.

Faux wood? Need something resilient for a high end home. Something low maintenance for pool and beachfront...It's very realistic looking and a beach warm grey with a greige as well. Thanks.

I love gray and will continue to have it in my home, That said, I would do wood looking wood-look tile, not gray. A well done, well chosen floor can withstand many color trend changes.

I would say stick with natural wood looking color. if you do grey its going to be too much gray and it will be boring. for a beach front house light wood color gives off a coastal vibe which is really nice and refreshing

Too much grey, how? It is varying shades. Please see Karen Rose's photo above.

Faux wood is just anything that is wood look like the tile. I promise you, you will not regret going with a natural stain wood look tile. Grey wood is a trend- whether it's a trend that is already over or ends in a few years who knows. But a natural stain is classic- it will never go out of style.

Key West. Island City Tile. Great resource, I agree the using different plank sizes is the way to go! I have already sent your photo to the vendor! Thanks so much Karen!

Three hours ago you felt like this (emphasis mine): "I am thinking of doing light gray cabinets in high ceiling open kitchen/family room area. To date have selected a coastal gray wood look tile..am reconsidering. Thinking too much gray..perhaps should consider type pf dirt tracked in, sand?"

An hour ago you asked this in response to a comment that it is indeed too much grey: "Too much grey, how? It is varying shades."

It sounds like you've made up your mind!

I like grey, trendy fad or not. Dove Grey has been one of my top ten favourite colours since I was old enough to make lists approximately 30 years ago. So my objection isn't to the colour, it's to the form. Wood-look anything should look like natural wood in my opinion.

You mentioned that resale is a consideration. Almost no one will object to a more natural wood tone. It can be combined with any other colour palette and since it is part of nature (well, sort of) it will always look like it "fits." A large segment of the design community is moving away from grey, and a huge segment of the population uses words like "cold" "stark" "prison" and "gloomy" when they encounter grey-on-grey colour schemes.

Thanks Lindsey. I have not made up my mind, just asking in which regard was it too much grey if I went with white cabinets..I am considering a natural wood floor color as well.

Kim, I think you are wise to not use the gray you posted above.....way too busy. Have you thought of doing a large format (24x36") porcelain tile? I feel like the porcelain FAUX-WOOD TILES are too short and look too busy. The grains and patterns need to be subtle and should be at least 6-8" wide to mimic current wood floors.

A large format tile (stone or porcelain) in a neutral color would be beautiful. What about carrara marble in large format (18x36")? Would be stunning!

https://tilebar.com/catalina-white-carrara-18x36-marble-tile.html

Check out all the beautiful blue marbles for your kitchen -- so gorgeous!

https://tilebar.com/collection/marble/blue-marble.html

Go here to check out some beautiful options. They have a great website to navigate....

https://tilebar.com/lookbook

Or, if you go gray, go with a tile vs a faux wood.

https://tilebar.com/metropol-sensation-grafito-lappato-24x24-porcelain-tile.html

Love this too. Light and bright and not too gray....

https://tilebar.com/archea-grigio-24x36-porcelain-tile.html

Check out their Versace tiles too. Large format, so pretty! The large gray (15x30" porcelain) would be beautiful!

https://tilebar.com/designer-tiles/versace.html

I'm a fan of gray, just not FAUX WOOD GRAY! It just isn't natural.....

Look at Allied Stone & Tile "Ranchwood" in 'warm brown'. NOT their gray, which is lovely but def gray. We chose it last year because it hit the perfect balance between a light (but not too light brown but with some gray tones. The color name is misleading as it does not present as "warm". We chose it over Dahl Tile Farmhouse in . . .don't remember the color name, but it WAS a very rich "warm" brown. We love our choice - not too gray, not too brown, nice wood-look tile.

Apparently I remembered the wrong tile from my trip to Key West. Ay yay yay! I contacted the owner of Island City Tile and she sent me THIS as my final selection when last I was there in Aug! ! Much better than that I had posted. Too many decisions to keep it all straight. Doing the entire house- one level- high ceilings-open concept-lots of light. Porcelain.

Kery yes, I was thinking the same, Driftwood! :-) Laura, this is for our flooring.. I looked at your Versace tiles? In the Keys on the floor? Keys has a very laid back, coastal vibe. Laura, I intend to use long lengths and a wide plank tile to avoid busy look. Tile all the way! Not faux wood per se. House price point demands tile.

@Kim Soule, which tile is that in the picture above? When you wrote "not faux wood", were you still planning to go with the tile in the picture? I want grey tile floors, too, in a Georgia coastal home with an open floor plan, using lots of white. I like the cement look porcelain suggested by Laura Mac above (Archea Grigio) and a similar pattern, Concrete Mix Grigio Matte, in 8 x 36 at the same site. I have also seen simple grey tiles without any pattern that I like.

@Kim, I believe I was giving you the link for Versace for your bathroom in case you wanted to consider large format tiles which are very beautiful.. ;-) Sorry if I got you and your remodel confused, as people post and are doing multiple rooms... Love the tile you chose! Enjoy!

@Karen Rose, what is the wood-look tile in your picture?