I am not crazy about tile. It's hard on the feet and legs. I also don't like cleaning the grout although you can make the grout line very small and dark so that would make it easier to clean. I do love wood. I just think it feels nice underfoot, and I think it gives a warmer overall look. Wood is pretty easy to keep clean. I just use a damp dry mop on mine. My dogs are big and have scratched my wood floors, but it doesn't bother me. One day I will have them resanded and stained.

I don't have any nice photos, but this is First Flurry with our apparently headless cat. In it you can see the giant gap and at the very bottom right you can see a huge chunk of wood missing that simply popped off. Another piece on the other side of this board came off in my foot as I was walking by one day. This is happening in multiple places on our floor. Our entire house is being replaced because issues were found by the independant inspector. Our first choice was to have it replaced with another material because this started happening within 6 months of this floor being laid and we're gentle with them and have the correct humidity. Unfortunately Raintree wouldn't pay for such a thing or refund the entire amount for us to apply somewhere else. We're currently building a house so will be moving and we've elected to have our flooring installer hold the replacement material from Raintree until we're moved so we don't have to live through the experience again. I don't have high hopes for it being long lasting, but who knows if maybe they just had a bunch of bad batches? We considered Egret, Castle Creek, and First Flurry for our color choices and I think Egret and Castle Creek would've been a huge mistake for us. First Flurry is sitting right on the edge of the unnatural color spectrum and the other two are definitely more grey/trendy/already dated IMO. I didn't love First Flurry installed as much as I loved our initial sample box, but it's a huge improvement from our old original orange maple...maybe even with the huge chunks missing. LOL

Im looking for kitchen floor ideas. I was going for the same look in the kitchen and living room, but my laminate floor got water damage. Looking for golden oak vinyl plank that looks like the laminate I have in the living room or another option.

You haven't answered if you're replacing or painting your cabinets. that island,,,are those giant posts staying? are you keeping the tuscan look? and that granite is staying? the curved edging will remain? All you're redoing is the flooring, correct? if that's the case, I'd go w/a simple porcelain tile that looks like a limestone. go to a good tile place, show them these pictures, say you want a larger porcelain tile that resembles a neutral cream or soft gray limestone. see if you like this large hex tile in a taupe https://www.tilebar.com/sample-pergola-taupe-12-5-hexagon-matte-porcelain-tile.html you could use a real black slate tile (many sizes) or look for a porcelain that looks like black slate. look at Tilebar