Nice. I like maple floors. If you have a dog, keep its claws trimmed and sanded. Maple is a soft hardwood and scratches easily. My cats left a lot of claw skid marks on the floors in House1 - all in one spot where they would accelerate to get to the feeders. The good thing about light stained maple is that it hides them quite well. 
ETA: I see that you already had 1/2 maple, so you know what it likes and does not like.
Interesting discussion. Does it make decision making harder or easier?
Easier if you keep perspective. Anything you put down will look good and be an upgrade. Just choose and move forward.
If moisture is a possibility then vinyl. We have dogs. Even with mats and towels they’ve slopped water on our hardwood floor. We’ve had to replace a few spots over the years.
It’s made to be waterproof, and they really do work, if you get a good brand and they’re installed right. Our home builder is putting it all over the downstairs into the kitchen. The flow is very aesthetic. The other option to get that kind of “wooden” flow into a kitchen, you would need to use “hardwood” tiles, which I hate. The “wood” tiles just look like tiles trying to be something else.
Personally, I’m not a big fan of tile. That’s just me. I don’t like my livingroom looking like a Starbucks cafe.
I have a cousin who posted pics of her new floors, and I think I’ll just use what she did. lol It looked good!
Our maple hardwood flooring is in. It’s so beautiful. We also had the downstairs Leinster. It looks like a new house. Due to everything going on, we haven’t put stuff back in place yet. We’ll get there.
I am in the middle of installing over 3,000 sq ft of new flooring in a clients house. At first she wanted tile floors but that is not popular in our region. The cost of tile installation is very high compared to engineered hardwood or luxury vinyl. About $6/ft compared to $3/ft. When you have 3,000 sq ft that adds up. Also, it’s difficult to get tile perfectly flat between the pieces and if the grout is not perfectly flush between each piece of tile it’s a cleaning nightmare. As soon as there is a groove between tiles, very hard to get the grooves clean
This client is not driven by cost decisions. But she choose the luxury vinyl over beautiful hardwood for wear and tear reasons. Lots of dirt and dogs.
It looks beautiful and is a perfect color to hide dirt. I don’t really like the reddish stained doors and trim with the floors, but one battle at a time
If moving towards selecting the luxury vinyl, make sure you select a product that is not ‘uniform’ between all pieces. The product above has a lot of natural variation so it looks like natural wood
I recommend looking at Garrison products, both hardwood or vinyl. The vinyl product is waterproof with a thick foam bottom.
I have Marmoleum natural lineoleum in our kitchen. I love it. We installed it ourselves (got the kind that clicks together), but you can also get a sheet product. It’s very eco-friendly. Not as hard as tile. Easy to clean. Also hides dirt pretty well with the marbling.
