Your tile will co-ordinate beautifully with the timber if you can pick one of the darker colours out of the timber and select a tile in this family of colour. The trick to making a colour concept work is to either co-ordinate or contrast. If your timber is as busy with grain and colour as the image you've shown, then maybe co-coordinating is the best way to go. Never chose materials independently of each other - always take a tile sample home to see in the natural light, next to the timber. I hope it all works out the way you envisage it. Cheers, Michelle

Hi Andrew, I think you are asking what type of timber you can use to match your floors. You may like to consider either Karri, ( or Spotted Gum, Nyatoh or Tasmanian Blackwood) as these are readily available hardwood timbers in this varigated tone and grain pattern you have. It is also worth noting that Timbers that start out with red in them also actually fade over time to turn this nutty colour. Once you decide on a spiecies, your Cabinet Maker may also be able to hand pick colours to get the closest match. Hope this helps; regards Malcolm.

IMHO Your house looks good now with colours that you have (except maybe the beige rug), so may just choose a hybrid or vinyl flooring that has similar depth of colour to your current flooring but with less orange in it. Some of the vinyl/hybrid floors have the timber look that has both light and darker colours in it. I think it will look great. Don't worry about it being too much timber. If I had to be picky, you could perhaps stain the shelves just a little bit darker if possible. Otherwise they are fine. Also, as suggested you may wish to choose a black metal stool, but they are both things to reassess once the floor is down. I think it looks great when people are able to successfully combine different shades of timber in a space. I don't think you could choose grey or blonde timber flooring though. Re hybrid and vinyl, the guys in the floor shops that I have visited, all seem to think that the vinyl is the best. However, apparently some cheaper vinyls can shrink and leave bigger gaps between the planks glued down. I believe the vinyl is less forgiving with respect to what it is being laid on..ie. because it is glued onto the existing floor, any bumps or imperfections in existing floor will show through. I have heard it is harder to walk on. The hybrid, from what I have been told, may be harder to replace one section if it gets damaged (I have been given conflicting advice on that, so not sure. The hybrid needs either the skirting board or the strips that the floor shops put around the edges of it, to account for expansion. It comes down to personal taste. Have you done a comparison on pricing on vinyl and hybrid? I am just starting the process after ripping up carpet.

Has anyone use hybrid flooring with under floor heating system Not sure weather to put heating in slab or under timber. Preference is in slab as it warms up slab and protected but not sure if its efficant enough