I think this gray faux wood tile will look very nice with brown carpet. It also will look wonderful in an all white kitchen!

You should remove the cork first as tiles need a flat and even surface to go on. Definitely remove the cork.

Is this a new build? I would suggest you look at each room in detail and put the actual furniture arrangement you will have, to the right scale, and think about how you will move through and use those spaces. Some of those look odd to me, but it may be the way you intend to use those spaces is different to my imagination. The access to the changing room seems only through the Kitchen. and either out the front door or dining and living to get to the pool area. How will this be fenced? Where is washing to be carried from the laundry? Is there a line nearby? Out the front door, or through kitchen dining and living? Bed 4 has to go through a living space to a bathroom, the living room is hard to imagine in use as arranged, and bed 2 and 3 look to have the beds right into a corner for no reason. How would you accommodate a double bed in these rooms? In a few years this may be what you want. If you will have other furniture, draw it in. There a large walk in cupboard/robe off a store room. What will be in the storage room? Draw that in too, so you know there is space and it won't block access to the robe. Many of the storage spaces/benches/shelves are shown with corner shelving arrangements which isn't often the best use of space. Bed 1 looks out onto the front access. How will you provide privacy? What different uses do you imagine in the living, family and rumpus rooms?

My wife and I will soon begin a renovation of the kitchen, dining, and living rooms in our 1920s bungalow. We would like hard flooring through the kitchen and dining area and are considering various options including laminate, vinyl planks, and hybrid laminates. One hybrid product which we came across is Wicanders Hydrocork. It's promoted as being very quiet and waterproof. Our room will have direct sunlight and large dogs. Has anybody had Hydrocork installed? Did it meet expectations for noise, durability, and appearance?