Hi Jen and everyone else who has made a comment. You always need to consider your personal use in a space, if there is a lot of water involved tiles a definitely the best choice. Timber look alike tiles just like the Hampton style is a bit fashionable at present like many things were before. What is really important is to really love what you select or what someone may select for you. If you love the selections then they will work for you for many years to come and if they are proportionately correct and balanced and not clashing with other choices; suiting your climatic and general environment and effectively in harmony with there surrounds then these choices will work for others too down the track. Poor choices and poor design which is not well thought through is really the true reason for why things seem date or they just do not work. So all in all Jen timber tiles may be the best choice based on what you have told us about your space.

Vinyl......easy to keep clean. Laminate floors can only be mopped with a mop wrung out til nearly dry in cold/lukewarm water or dry mop. My floor never felt clean the whole time I had laminate floors.......I like a hot mop with cleaner in it.

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A clearer description on what I suggested above but with the dark paint and brick colour 1) Surf Mist Roof 2) Surf Mist Gutters, Barge boards, down pipes, Garage Door 3) Surf Mist upper walls and upper part of ground floor with Surf Mist Windows 4) Bricks , Recycled Red Bricks (Austral) 5) Darker Lower colour Dune, or Jasper with matching windows 6) Front door Timber Choosing colours is a very difficult job, most people know what they like if they can see it, so visiting LOTS of display homes will help you, cheers