Wow. Those floors are STUNNING! I know they FEEL busy right now (because they are 100% visible). Once you get your furniture in place you will only see 50% of them. Tah Dah! You have made 50% of the floors disappear just by moving in! Congratulations! Way to go!

Now you ADD LARGE AREA RUGS to the spaces where you see WAY TOO MUCH flooring for your personal taste. When done properly, you can reduce the amount of flooring you see to 25%. Hallway runners, standing mats in the kitchen, area rugs under sofas/all seating areas, etc.

They are fast and elegant and can be changed out in SECONDS to suit your needs/current trends. The natural travertine is the SAME COLOUR as natural wood floors. I would treat them the same way as I treat natural wood floors = ignore them! Nope. Not kidding. An oak or maple floor in a clear coat would be IDENTICAL in colour/variation/business as your travertine floors. A laminate or vinyl floor will be the same.

As for replacing those floors, that is a BIG job. Stone is DEATHLY DIFFICULT to remove. Ceramic/porcelain tiles cost $2/sf to remove/dispose of. Stone tiles can be $4/sf for the same form of demolition.

The travertine itself is one of the highest end flooring products we have on the market. Solid stone throughout a home is MUCH HIGHER END than most hardwoods or most tiles. They are expensive to purchase and expensive to install ($15/sf for labour alone...cost of materials are extra).

Part of the VALUE of your home (you JUST PAID FOR) is found in the floor. If you estimate the floors are worth $15 - $20/sf (installed), you can then multiply that by the SIZE of the house. If the house is 2000sf (I'm just guessing...it makes the math much easier) your floors could be worth $30K - $40K. That means your homes PURCHASE PRICE has $30K worth of flooring BUILT IN.

I know you are not fond of the stone (not tile...STONE) but it is just as natural as wood. It can be REFINISHED for HUNDREDS OF YEARS (around $3-$5/sf for it to be ground down and resealed).

The one thing I would look at first is the kitchen. To me it dates the house MUCH MORE than the floors.

If it were me, I would look at grinding down the MAIN ROOM and have it resealed in a LOW GLOSS finish. That low gloss will REDUCE the intensity of the dark/light tile contrast. Your current photos show a SHINY main room with lower gloss rooms (calmer tiles) elsewhere. For $3/sf you can have the tiles refinished in a low-gloss sealant that reduces the colour. It could buy you 10 years before you have to find $40K in budget to replace these floors.

you are a godsend!!!! THANK YOU A MILLION. All points you made were very good and well advised. I will definitely put some of your suggestions to action. Thank you again