Umm ok thanks for your help. The only reason i was doing the "fake" floor is because we've put in the subfloor and it's almost already at the same level as our master bedroom floor. Otherwise i would have gone with the "fake" marble since it's easier to take care of . So my husband suggested the vinyl plank or tile. But i'm not a builder just trying to work with what i have.

@UserOk thank you. I just figured it would be too much of a height discrepancy.

@SJ McCarthy Thank you for the help. I kind of thought that too about this bathroom being a different entity but kind of wanted it to transition ok into the bedroom. There is a door there so that does help. I actually did bring a darker gray vinyl to see how it looks. Thanks.

I like it when there is a blue based colour in the 'stone' or tile-look product. Wood looks VERY good up against blue. The blue sets off the orange/yellow tones in wood and the same tones to VERY WELL to make the stone-look product even better.

Gray is hard to coordinate with wood. In fact it can have a major clash. Do you have photos of what you are using else where in the bathroom?

It's down to the studs right now but will be using a white vanity, was going to put the carrara tile up the side of my drop in tub ( I got for free from my son who's a plumber) and had originally planned on doing the carrara tile on the floor but in different size than the shower. I actually have a blue ceramic tile in my kitchen i put in 20 years ago that my kids want me to get rid of. That's for another time though since it still is in pretty good shape. So basically have the carrara look in my head but tried to come up with a different flooring. I have some on my ideabooks that i like.

https://cdn.homesthetics.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/4.jpg I liked this one recently since it doesn't have the carrara flooring.

You're moving in the right direction. What do you want your hardwoods to look like when you refinish them?

Hmm thought i wrote back. I haven't really thought it out since we do things as we have money to do it. I want a neutral hardwood that will transition nicely through each room. Probably a midtoned flooring. That probably doesn't make any sense but as i get older i like a palette that works with the whole house. I'm able to help other people more than myself in making decisions on these types of things. I'm stuck because there doesn't seem to be alot of the vinyl that isn't "wood look". I wasn't going for that originally. A gray would pull the veins out of the carrara but I'm not seeing too many on the market.