We need to see pictures of the whole kitchen and the other rooms with the laminate not just the floor - that doesn't show us what it looks like as a whole.

Just updated!

IMO a simple 12 x24 porcelain floor tile was what should have been used and we need pics of the whole space please you are correct the backsplash is not a good look with the floors . The backsplash and wall color are the last choices you make . IMO forced choices are always bad ones . I think rip those foors ut and get a much simpler flooring those will make you crazy always.

Thanks! what do you all think about vinyl mats with a tile flooring pattern. Really desperate here to not exceed my budget ☹️

Get floor tile in a subtle pattern, small amount of white, gray, but with the golden tones to harmonize with your wood laminate. The problem you have now is the overly patterned white and gray with no link to the golden color of your floors. A big pattern with the very patterned backsplash is too much. Here's a brilliant blog posting by Marie Killiam about combining old and new finishes:

https://mariakillam.com/magic-questions-decorator-should-know/

Get a substantial number of sample tiles to try out, mainly against the wood laminate and against the cabinets and backsplash. Evaluate the tiles in daylight and artifical light for several days. Don't try to make a big statement with the flooring. You already have enough going on. Here's the palette to go for--warm light golden/red tones with some white and gray--even more gold tones than this:

12"x12" Arabescato Bianco Marble Floor and Wall Tile, Set of 8 · More Info

This is a granite sample only, just for palette guidance. Look for something with a little more gray in the mix.

Polished Tile, Polished Marfil, 44 Pieces, 18"x18" · More Info

Your Design Dilemma can help others who just are about to make choices for one space without linking them to adjacent spaces. Your two mistakes, correctible, were not considering the adjacent flooring and not considering that you already had a very bold patterned backsplash. Go in the gold direction with some gray and some white to try to pull everything together. Get more samples than you think you need and place them in the most visible parts of the kitchen. Come back to Houzz when you have some samples down.

I find the the floor is okay w adjacent flooring. the backsplash is where the clashing transpires. Not certain your acceptance of need vs desire to do something. when you say vinyl mat in tile/floor pattern??? not certain what exactly you mean. But if mat you mean runner? I might lay a big runner right across the stove run to deflect from the clash that I see is the problem w the splash...not worried about this floor w oak quite so much. A runner of substantial size wont cost that much then you can think about what you want to do. This issue happened because you got rushed. Avoid that now..... Get a runner and finish up things. Dont see how other floor tiles w subtle flecks and swirls work w backsplash any more than your floor. You probably want more a solid color tile. the backsplash actually is quite tricky to work with. Options are to leave floor and pull out backsplash as well. thats why you need time to figure it out. Not the end of the earth. Get a floor mat down. Budgetary priority means wait..think over the themes..shop for sales at the flooring center you have nearby/ just go in periodically over several months.... you can find good discounts and you could redo backsplash and floor both. I've seen flooring in original boxes at the Habitat store too.

Oh, yea, that floor is bossy. It needs to go. Something simple in a color that corresponds with the other fixed elements is what you need - keep it neutral and quiet. Also, that angled transition off what I think is the end of the kitchen looks bad -- end the kitchen flooring in a straight line coming off the wall (i.e. don't run it past that kitchen wall that is by the stairs)

I think the tile looks ok with your cabinets and laminate but it is a strong pattern so a plain backsplash would work better with it. If you keep other patterns around it to a minimum you may learn to love it!

Yes, it is truly horrible and has to go. Extend the wood into the kitchen.

Thank you all! We are looking at two possible solutions: 1. Get rid of existing laminate flooring and put a better wood flooring which would match the current tiles or 2. change the flooring throughout the house including the kitchen and make it uniform.

Also note that I will be putting in the appliances, a hood and an insland in the kitchen and getting rid of the awkward hexagon no matter which option we choose.

Giant NO on any wood ”matching” that worm farm looking squiggly fake marble tile.

Don't do anything to "match" those tiles. They don't work with the backsplash or the cabinets or the overall scale of your kitchen. Do better wood flooring on the entire level, kitchen included. Or if your budget is more limited, a simple cream porcelain tile, as Patricia Colwell suggested.

No to floor tiles.

And although it is not in focus, I don't think I care for the backsplash either.

Can you give us an in-focus photo?

Even though they don't make the exact same laminate to exactly match the laminate you have in your living room or whatever room that is, there are so many types of laminate out there, surely you can find one close enough?

Bring a bunch of samples home and look at them in your house in your light.

Even if you have to put down a deposit or buy a box and then return it.

I would suggest you do your suggested option #2 above. “Change the flooring throughout the house and make it uniform.”
Put in a nice hardwood.

I am with the others, change the flooring throughout the house and make it uniform.

Thank you!

Yep, change flooring throughout the house and have it in the kitchen too.

I agree with the few who mentioned the backsplash. For me, that’s what I’d change. If it was one or the other.
The flooring imo is workable. It works with the wood.
Matching the wood will be very difficult.
And redoing the wood throughout the home would look beautiful. But would probably blow the budget and still leaves the backsplash....

Extend the hardwood into the kitchen, it can easily be done. Maybe wait till you can afford it. in the meantime, as suggested above, get a large mat. Once floor is chosen or done then change backsplash.

Couldn't live with that flooring.

LAY YOUR TILE OUT IN THE BASEMENT BUILD AND CONNECT THE PUZZLE FROM THERE YOU NEED TO RE DO THE FLOOR WITH THE NEW PATTERN.