Thank you so much for this advice! I’ve been getting mixed reviews from diff employees at a flooring store-so hard to choose! We just found these options, it reflects more of a stone style as you were suggesting. Thoughts on these?

Too gray. Not enough ORANGE and FIRE RED. Brazilian Cherry is a FIERY colour. Think "midnight blue" when working with Brazilian Cherry.

Blue and orange/brown look great together. Especially if you are working with a blue that is almost black.

If you want gray tiles, you would have to rip out the Brazilian Cherry. That's how bad the colour clash is.

If you are having problems with the sales people, take a photo of your floor in on your phone. Show them the TONES in the Jatoba. And then ask them why they are trying to sell you colours that are guaranteed to clash.

A dark polished concrete would look MUCH better with your wood than either of the selections. You might have to walk away from the light gray colours. As trendy and pretty as they are....they do NOT work well with Jatoba.

Take the samples home and see them within your own home and lighting. Photos don't do justice.

I’m doing that today. I picked up 4 more samples, so hard to get actual color in photos. I’m trying diff shades of slate like tile. I really appreciate the feedback. If I were to rip up the hardwood and staircase I would def choose something the gray family, but that is such a waste and so expensive to do. I really appreciate the advice, this is so helpful. Very hard to choose and everyone has diff opinions. I went to another store today and they weren’t really helpful either! Shocking!

Have you checked out limestone tiles? It would work everywhere.

I haven’t looked at stone options, I was told they are harder to maintain than porcelain or ceramic. I do like the coloring and think it would go nice. We are off to another flooring place tomorrow, hopefully they will be able to assist us in choosing something. We also have a plank of our Brazilian Cherry to bring along!

I've had stone tile and it wasn't a problem for us. They can lay it butt so a hairline of grout. My problem with tile has been keeping the grout clean even if its sealed.

The most recent photos....the TOP pic shows a VERY DARK slate looking product at the TOP of the picture (nowhere near the wood sample). That's the type of product I'm talking about.

It looks like you are still pulling HEAVILY towards the white-with-gray-veining products which do NOT like to work well with Brazilian Cherry. Your "want" for gray is making the decisions very very difficult.

The sales people in the shops will "sell" the most popular products. And right now those are gray/white products. That's why you are having a more difficult time. You want gray. The SALES people want to SELL YOU gray....which means you are pulling a WHOLE BUNCH of gray products that aren't working.

Your floor is BUSY...because that's the stunning part of Brazilian Cherry. It is stunning. It is fantastic. It is brilliant. It is BUSY. It is a DIVA! (gotta love them for it!). And only ONE DIVA is allowed on stage.

So....your floor tile choice will be a SUPPORTING ROLE. Something calm and reserved. Try to stay away from tile that has a lot of movement or VEINING....it will compete with your Diva and the two will get very upset with each other.

suzyq53 has an excellent suggestion: limestone-look porcelain tile. You do not have to have STONE to have the LOOK of limestone. You can have porcelain tile limestone looking product. Limestone is a pale cream/yellow/beige colour palette that works very nicely with wood. It will keep the tile area LIGHT (which seems to be part of your drive...even though a dark slate-look would do very well with the stairs/banister).

Go ahead and google some of these products, down load some photos onto your phone and then take THEM shopping. That will trim down the "sales pitch" from the sales people.

Do you have a designer you can work with? They will help speed up the process by a few weeks.

SJ-You’ve been so helpful and really appreciate your advice! I had a designer come out to the house and she has been assisting us. Almost there!