those tiles (or laminate) are very gray/lavender.

what quartz are you getting?

what colors will you be doing?

your lighting leans on the yellow end. if you put in brighter white lights (4000K bulbs) you'll get better coloring.

the flooring and countertops need to work together.

the flooring needs to work with whatever it butts up to.

Those tiles also lean a little modern, while your cabinets look more traditional. what about the rest of the house? modern? traditional?

these are a bit warmer gray. maybe look for something in this color range if you want gray

I'd also suggest going w/a 24x24 size

Thanks Beth. Here’s some other pics...I would say more traditional.

Please be careful. Your choice is so very gray....choose a warmer more neutral color..

so those will be butting up to the oak flooring? or is the oak getting replaced?

If not, I think you should go w/a warmer tile choice.

what about this greige color? Tilebar.com Lines.

why not carry in the same oak flooring into the kitchen?

If you can't do that, I think diff tiles would look better.

I see some other wood around the fireplace and that too is very warm. the gray tile clashes w/the yellow wood tones.

this doesn't look purple to you? maybe it's your lighting. change your bulbs

plus, your walls are warm, and I see some green. sorry, but that gray/purple tile is going to make you change every other element in that room for it to work.

find a nice black slate tile or porcelain slate in a dark charcoal. See? works w/the warm wood tones

if you do the hex, feather it into the wood flooring like this

I see the purple tone now that you bring it up...I originally really wanted dark slate but was told by multiple people it would be way too dark for the room. I’m planning to change wall color and countertops either way.

what about the wood? you don't want to bring that into the kitchen? it will make the space appear larger.

doing a darker floor won't make the room appear dark. rooms appear dark because of poor lighting. get that fixed and you'll be fine.

You have a little plaza there between living room and kitchen work zone it appears . The hex shape would really be interesting. Why don’t you bring in a few in differing sizes and tones. You have a great opportunity with the angle and all. Feathering detail would be optional . Get detail from tile shape / maybe some random color variation / or just more colorful tile. In truth I like the creamy vanilla floor you have now for the color but I know it has to go / it’s old .

I love that tile and considered getting something like that in our bathroom. It’s a beautiful shade and not too trendy or busy giving it a more timeless quality. You also won’t have to worry about it clashing with other colors or patterns you have. There are many beautiful photos on Houzz of black/gray tile floors. Have you seen them? We ended up going with faux wood ceramic plank tile which I love now but in 10 or 20 years it will look outdated. Have you tried laying the tile parallel to the transition strip? Also, I like the suggestion to extend the wood floor into the kitchen and forego the tile.

The tile really seems lavender to me.
As much as I love my hardwood kitchen floor, a small leak can ruin them. Been there, done that. What did I replace them with?....you ask. New hardwood floors in the kitchen and adjacent dining room. If it happens again, it will be wood-plank-look tile.

I would love to do hardwood but to be honest I really don’t like the current golden color and can’t legitimize afding more but to restain and add more throughout is beyond my budget right now. I’m adding LVT as a “five year floor” until I can save up for wood.

Here’s a different option but it seemed too “liney”.

it doesn't matter how you lay it. that color doesn't work w/the current wood floor. but, you seemed determined to have it, so if you like it, get it.

why not get the oak floor that matches, but wait until you can afford to have them all stained? a good flooring guy could get the new floors pretty close to what you have.

doesn't make sense to spend money on these laminate tiles, wait 5 years and do the wood.

get the wood now. (how much to get red oak floors that match the size you want? ) you can get a close stain match. then when you get more money, have them all stained in whatever color you want

AND, if you still can't afford wood right now, live /wthe vinyl you have. (did you know you can paint that vinyl and do a stencil on it? whatever design or color you like?

) take the money you would have spent on this laminate, put it in a savings, and keep adding to it until you get the money for the wood.

Keep the floor you have. Cabinets are staying so you won’t have gaps or the like: the theory of a 5 yr floor does not make sense . Floors are durable now to last many many years . If for some reason you dislike your floor that much they can lay vinyl over it and I’m sure you can get gray... but still you should do nothing if you have wood in mind for a few yrs down the line.

I didn’t realize that wasn’t ceramic tile but is instead vinyl. Nah, I don’t like that after all. If it were me, I’d keep what you have until you save enough to put the wood everywhere. We have a great room... kitchen, living, dining, entry all together. We put unstained clear coated oak throughout and it turned out beautifully. I’m so glad we went with wood as we agonized over the decision also. That was about 4 or 5 years ago. we bought the floor boards from a local lumber yard and had a local floor guy install it. It cost about $5000 total and was one of our best investments.