Here is a comparable kitchen color scheme with a light travertine-looking floor.

In your kitchen, you have two color that you need to repeat: the blue-grey tile in the backsplash and the pale wood tone in the exhaust fan shroud. So you could take either of these colors onto the floor with either wood or tile in the same tones that you already have.

I believe that its typical to find tile in kitchens; think about water spilling, splatters on floors. In the old days, tile was a much harder workhorse than wood. These days you can buy super hard wood materials with durable finishes.

I would not worry about wood in the kitchen as long as you stick with a high rating using the species chart below.

Definitely wood. Site finished.

How many people work in this kitchen? How neat are they? Personally, I don't get that hood look at all. What was the intention here? There are some pretty great travertine look porcelains out you might like if you want to get that lighter look yet do tile. Check those options out before you decide. Any type wood, engineered or otherwise, does take a bit more care and attention than tile. So, if you have animals, children, parties, consider the tile.

What is the flooring in the REST of the house? Do not become the house of three, four whatever floors. Please..............

I rather don't understand the hood either but you did not ask as to that : )

Wood has been used for kitchen floors since people have upgraded from dirt floors.

I, personally, hate tile in kitchens because of how hard it is on your back and legs and I don’t even HAVE any back or leg problems! I don’t like rugs in kitchens so the standing mats people use at sinks would not be an option. I have Marmoleum, easy to clean, easy on the body.

Agree with using whatever is predominate in the home, unless it’s carpet.

Wood floor and I don’t get the wood hood either

I like wood - especially if you have it everywhere else. It looks so choppy to all of a sudden switch to tile in the kitchen.

What’s the style in the rest of the home? You have a lot of cool elements in the kitchen, I think you could do a slate tile floor. Or dark hexagon. But it depends on the style in the rest and how it flows. Is the kitchen separate?

Marmoleum (a brand of linoleum) is a wonderful product. Used for decades in kitchens and other area. Not hard on your legs and it is a natural product. There are only two flooring materials I consider for my kitchen, wood and linoleum.

Alexandra - I'm sorry for the comments about the hood. You are right, you didn't ask for those thoughts. But getting back to your kitchen, just a idea that you also need to take into consideration the "thickness" of the floor. If you go with tile, you could have wire mesh on the floor but definitely will have a mortar bed, plus the tile. If you go with wood, there are a variety of thicknesses for both full body hardwood and engineered wood. No matter what, you can expect some height differential when you go from one type of flooring to another type, and probably yet another thickness with SPC or LVP. The idea here is to minimize the differences in thickness from one floor to the next so its not so noticeable.

Thanks. That’s a good point about the different heights.

Not a pro but I would go with wood.

I would go with wood. We had wood floors in our previous kitchen, and it was great. Never had issues, with two kids and a lot of use.

There are very nice wood-look tile planks that I am sure will match your hood. If you don't want a hard tile surface, there is some pretty nice luxury vinyl which looks like tile.
We had real oak hardwood in our kitchen for 32 years and it never showed wear and tear. Then we had a small water leak which ruined them. We are putting in real oak hardwood again and eliminating the filtered-water tap that was the source of the leak. For your Hubby's peace of mind, if he is willing to go for wood, have every water valve in the kitchen replaced with stainless steel valves installed by a professional.

It looks like you already have wood in the kitchen? I’ve had both wood and tile, they both have their pros and cons. We currently have wood because it was here when we bought the house. My suggestion is to not do a shiny finish on it because it looks dirtier faster, but that’s my personal preference. LOL! If you DO decide to go with wood, I suggest pans and water sensors under items like the dishwasher and fridge. We have had both of those items leak onto our wood floors. Both times it caused swelling of the wood... but we were lucky that it all went back down too and we didn’t have to replace the wood in those areas. (I mean, we could, but we didn’t feel we NEEDED to) anyways, we have water sensor alarms and these special trays under those items now... when our dishwasher leaked we didn’t catch it for days because the water ran back towards the wall, not out under the front of the dishwasher. We noticed the wood swelling a bit, and then went down to see the damage in the basement... we had to replace a good chunk of drywall in the ceiling. (Yes, we don’t go into our basement daily...)

Your kitchen is so pretty. I love the wood covered hood. It gives the classic look a little edge. and warmth. Wondering what you decided in the end?