That is a strong gray with blue undertones. That's fine if you like that. It is equivalent to a medium dark wood floor. It sucks the light out of the room. The low gloss finish also sucks light out of the room. One of the things that allows light to 'bounce' down a hallway is the gloss level. As soon as you dull down a dark floor, it turns into a black hole in a hurry.

To get this to work (without having to double the amount of light fixtures in your home) you need 2 out of 4 sides of the rooms as wall-to-ceiling windows. That's the amount of natural light you need to keep a house looking brighter (than a black hole).

Photos of your current space would be great. When tiling an entire home, please do NOT mix tiles unless you inherit thousands of square feet of tile.

Here is a photo of the space.

The first photo is understandable. I would not put floors that dark in a room with medium/brown wood. Especially not a gray/blue tile. Of course if you are painting out the wood work, you can have a darker floor...but still not advisable.

The other photos of an exterior space that has been enclosed...what's happening with those areas? You have raw earth poking through in an 'indoor' space.

The tile you have selected does not work with style and color pallette you have already. I would choose a ligher neutral wheat color tile. This is wood but the color is good. Choose a color that blends with the wood floors you have in the main living area. Best wishes!

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In the living areas I would just paint the wood paneling white or replace completely with drywall, but I like the look of painted paneling. The second area is an enclosed sunroom. I would like to dig out the dirt and seal with concrete and then place new flooring. Since the wood paneling in the sunroom is in bad condition, I would probably rip out and place drywall. It’s technically an indoor space since there are vents connected to central air. Not sure what the previous owners were thinking.

Why would you replace beautiful wood floors with tile?

Before you dig out the sun rooms etc, you will want to find out if the previous owners had the right permits to build in the way that they did.

There's more to just digging out the paving stones and the dirt and pouring concrete. It looks like the walls are sitting on/in dirt. That needs to change.

I'm going to give you a heads up...it could be SOOOO costly to 'add concrete' that it could be cheaper to tear down the indoor/outdoor spaces and rebuild properly with all the proper permits for today's code. Sigh...no I'm not kidding about that.

Imagine having to dig UNDERNEATH every single wall, jack it up from underneath (somehow) and then excavate (how do you get a backhoe into that space? Or even a small Bobcat?). Then you need to lay the vapour barrier and pour the concrete. All while supporting every wall because they have to be 'off the ground'.

You are saying some of the paneling (you mean the walls?) is in rough shape. I would assume everything is in rough shape...which means there's no reason for jacking up a wall that you are going to tear down and rebuild.

Before you do anything else (including new flooring) I suggest you bring in a reputable renovation company who can assess what has been done (pull old permits is job #1), what MUST be done (bringing everything to code) and what can be saved from this wonky set up. Notice I put down 'what can be saved' as the LAST item.

I would expect the 'ball park' quote (without getting into massive details) should come in at 5 figures...I don't know if that 5 figure amount will start with a '1' or a '3'. It will depend on what is possible and what needs doing.

But that might be a moot point if you have not budgeted for a 5 figure renovation.