Here are a few. House is a work in progress. The wall color is making the floors look more yellow than they are in person. I can post after we paint too but that’s not for a few weeks. (I had my installer do a black-washed faux inlay to indicate a step-down as you can see in the second and third photos). I’m very happy with them. Exactly the beachy, casual look I was going for. Word of advice, order plenty of extra. There were several pieces in every box that didn’t meet my expectations (cracks/too dark/way too many filled knots, etc) so we had to order more.

Thank you so much for responding. Yes, I am in Northern California (Bay Area, south of SF). I'd love to stay under $8-9 sq/ft (everything costs more here), but if I found a quality floor that works with my paint, I'd be willing to go higher. I've been pretty picky because almost all of the samples I've tried appear pink or yellow as the light changes. Do you have any non-private label brands you could recommend? Thank you in advance!

We did a renovation last year and used the Timeless Oak Vasto from the Costa collection. We had it installed throughout the entire house and it’s beautiful! Our contractor who is a carpenter by trade said it was one of the best products he’s ever worked with. It’s been a year, we have a medium sized dog and so far no issues.

Thanks, everyone! You've given me a lot to consider. Here are the main things I'm going to be looking at possibly changing: -- I'm going to take one more look at seeing if I can find natural materials for our countertop and flooring. There's apparently a place an hour away that has some quartzite and light-colored granite countertops and also limestone floors, so we'll see if we can go next week. I do agree that natural = more timeless, but it has been so hard to find natural materials that I like and that will be easy enough to care for. If I *can't* find anything I like with one more trip next Friday, then I'm just going to go with the tile I found and one of the marble-look quartz countertops I've been considering. -- I'm going to consider possibly adding a softer edge to the Shaker cabinets. Our cabinetmaker has some modified Shaker options. -- I'm going to ask the cabinetmaker if he can add legs to the cabinets so they look more old-fashioned. -- I'm going to consider using a more cottage-y style tile for the backsplash. (Thank you to Petula for recommending Winchester Tiles!) I did also love the idea of checkerboard floors, but because we have an oddly-angled transition from the hardwood, I don't think a checkerboard floor (which generally looks best installed diagonally at 45 degrees) would look right with that transition. I also love the soapstone recommendation, but I think that would look best if we were going the checkerboard floor route