They have a model home built of this floorplan in the neighborhood we are interested in (not the one in the picture above).

The model plan has carpet in the hallway and living room and only tile in the kitchen and nook. This reduces the reflective surfaces a lot, and also adds a feeling of separation between the living room and the kitchen. Between the carpet/tiule division and the kitchen island it seems like there is more of a separation between the two than their appears to be in the photo above (way too much tile in that photo for my tastes.)

-David