I would use the same wood floor that you have in the other spaces

Assuming you can’t get the same oak flooring, dark slate tile is very popular now and very pretty!

a good floor guy can get the same wood floor, I have it done in my home, he matched a 60 years old floor

I would use the same wood flooring into your kitchen. Can you explain what you mean, by keeping it clean?

A professional wood floor finisher installer can install oak and finish it to match the rest and that will look beautifuL. I have medium warm grey tile in our large main bath. I hate it for keeping clean, I have to clean it daily, it shows every hair and even hand towel drips..

I’m not happy with the colour of our oak floor so I wouldn’t add more of it into the kitchen area. The entry way of our home has the same white tile as our kitchen. All white tile will be replaced with new tile. But the suggestion of dark tile is freaking me out a bit in regards to upkeep. I don’t want dark to show every spec of food or water in the kitchen.

Nay. I have a white kitchen floor and it always looks clean - love it!

I would mix the tile and install oak. If you don’t like current color it could be sanded and stained a new color along with the new oak. I would prefer a less red color.

I meant “nix” the tile not mix!

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Yes in a perfect world I’d sand and stain the oak but I can’t be bothered our home was recently painted and we have little ones at home. The kitchen reno will be big enough.

Anyways I’ll be putting a tile floor of some sort just looking for advice on tile colour that will compliment oak flooring. Kitchen colour pallet will be white, grey, Carrara marble etc.

the slate would be awsome and transition easily. you can also do marble tile in the kitchen also.

I mean if something falls on the floor clean it up. whether its neutral, white or dark, if something is on the floor it still needs to be cleaned up.

What about something like this, that compliments the grey and the wood?

I see you don't want to hear this and I'm sure you won't take the advice, but I'll say it anyway because it's true. Your flooring in the kitchen (and presumably entry way) 1) all needs to be the same as the rest of the area, and 2) the existing hardwood floors need to be restained to a more popular, up to date color. That is the bottom line. Re-tiling the kitchen in any color of tile is a waste of money because it's not fixing the issue. It makes absolutely no sense to renovate the kitchen and not fix the flooring problem. You may think that having it a different material and color looks okay, but it does not.

Kate - your existing oak floor if sanded and only sealed with a water based swedish urethane in mat will produce a non yellowing stunning oak floor. It dries very quickly without horrible fumes. You will love it. I think more flooring people are aware of it these days. Your floors will come out like the trendiest white oak floors ( except for the width).

the better option is match the wood floor, sand all and change it with a color that you like

We used 12x24 Atlas Concorde Moka tile (w/grout a shade lighter) in our kitchen and attached mudroom/laundry remodel. I love it and it is not at all difficult to clean. We chose it for a variety of reasons; and it's met our expectations for durability, maintenance, and appearance. With white cabinetry, I would not hesitate at all w/a dark tile; but would, in time, likely strip/sand the hardwood and keep it a lighter less orange/red color that coordinates w/the tile.

Janecalle - I have the same tile in my kitchen that you posted in your first picture. Large rectangular porcelain tiles that have a grayish/black slate look. They look very pretty and I don't find that they look dirty from kitchen use. The only thing that regularly makes them look dirty is bare feet coming in from outside - every time people come in the house from the pool, they leave footprints everywhere.

Don't stain an oak floor if you want a natural light finish. There are new water based products - bona, or 2k finish ( forgot the name) which is the last one on the below photo. Costs about $2-$3 ft to sand and recoat wood. Tile will cost about $10 ft and up. You will save enough on the kitchen to resand the lr. Water based finishes dry in a day with no odour. The result is spectacular european white oak.

Cluedin - we wanted to keep the natural color of our white oak floors, but when we tried to use just a clear coat, the floors looked kind of yellow. We had to use a combination of clear/white/gray to achieve a lighter tone that wasn’t super yellow. It took a lot of trial and error, and I still wish it was a little less yellow. just a clear coat was a lot darker than this, however - we used water-based products. Your picture looks very nice - much less yellow than ours!

You already know that you don't want dark gray -- I give you permission to trust your gut!! :)

Find a light-to-medium gray, either solid or one of the many slate- or cement-looking ones, which will avoid the Shows Everything problem while keeping a nice contrast to the white cabinets. Should be easy to find something that goes nicely with the adjacent wood.

In case “gray everything” is no longer the fad in ten days, I would avoid any permanent gray features such as a floor. Have you looked a faux oak tile? I think keeping the floor color as uniform as possible, whether it is the same material or not.