Hey Lynn-- I checked that thread when it first started, but thought it was for nothing other than picking a grout color, and being that I didn't even have a pic of the tile to go from, I left it alone. I'll go check it now.

Pic of Akoya Bone Tiles- I paid $4.99 Less 25% off Plus 7% sales tax = $4/tile (this site with shipping would have been more and I felt more comfortable buying from a local store near me that were very helpful and told me to wait for one of their skilled tile people despite the high price and not being able to do the job for a few more weeks.... guess I should have waited but at least I did not let the installer complete the middle foyer so I only had one foyer of tiles to remove) - 4 Rating Not slippery beige/bone color. I love the tiles but wish they were not 12 1/8 X 12 1/8 size (are NOT 12.4 X 12.4 like this site says) but instead were 13 X 13 seeing that Bill was right that a bigger tile will be less cuts and each tile would hit the wall on the diagonal and not have any small little spaces to fill in before the wall. The front foyer is only 4 X 4.33 sq ft. The balance of the 59 sq. feet is in the middle foyer that now that the wood is all pulled off of the floor, does not look level to me and has 4 doors there and a closet so maybe the middle foyer will be difficult to do? I am seeing that installing tile on the diagonal is difficult to do.

I see now that the installer should have not started in the middle of the floor but started at the door on the corner near the area that connects with the carpet (that will soon be hardwood floors) so that the tiny gaps could be covered with the quarter rounds near the two other walls. The installer told me he forgot that quarter rounds go back on the wall and was trying to space out the wall 1/8th and it messed up his middle grout lines.

Here is a link that might be useful: Pic of Akoya Bone Tiles- I paid $4.99 Less 25% off Plus 7% sales tax = $4/tile- 4 Rating Not slippery beige/bone color

P.S. I have dogs that sometimes miss the puppy pads on trays that I keep in back of the middle foyer so I want a grout that will not stain easily. I wonder if I should go back to Lowe's to buy the grout or will this TEC Sanded Grout AccuColorXT Next Generation Grout that Wayne Tiles sells in the 25 lb bag that claims to resist stains, cracks, mold and mildew will be good? Also they store sold me a TEC Superflex Latex Modified Thin Set Mortar- White 50 lb bag of glue.

I wish I had found a talented installer who would have bought everything and just charged me an install price so I would not be questioning what I needed.

So now I see even 59 sq. feet in two foyer areas may be a difficult job and installing tiles is not easy.

Weedyacres, I agree that a good tile installer does a dry layout first to assess the best way to install the tiles to create as little cuts as possible.
If the tile installer would have started the diamond design at my door next to the rug area and worked his way forward so that at least the door area had tiles right up against it and most of the rug area did also, the window area would have no gaps and there would only be a 2" gap by the wall opposite the door. That gap would have been covered up by a 1 7/8th diamond cut of the tile in a few areas leaving the 1/8th width between the other tiles. The tile would have not fell out after being glued and having a quarter round on top. The installer started in the middle of the floor and then told me if he did not due the border I would waste so many tiles since he would have to put tiny pieces about 1/4th to 3/4th all along the edges. After he was done, I only saw spaces of 1 3/8th to 1 1/2 spaces at the door so he was wrong. He also forgot about the other wall on the other side of the door not having to have the tiles 1/8th from the wall since a quarter round would be covering the area.

He tried so hard and I know I could have never cut those tiles so I feel very bad but in person, the problems were more noticeable. I also did not want a border in such a little area and I had shown him a picture of what I wanted and he told me 1/8th width was no problem for him with the spacers.

I wish when the installer asked me where we should start the tiles, I wish I would have told him, let's lay them all out first and then we shall see how they fit and then I would have realized the tiles should start at the door. I was busy with ear plugs on trying to work but I could not work once he started the border since it was upsetting me. If I had a bigger foyer area, the border would have been nice if it was straight. Once the quarter rounds would have been put back on the sides of the wall, the tiles would have not looked centered anyway and the 3" wide X 12" boards would have not been the same size any more as on the other two walls without the quarter rounds.

I now have no tiles and only cement floors blocked by gates but I could not let him do the middle foyer that had 4 doors since I do not feel he knew how to handle doors.

Here is a link that might be useful: Crooked Installed Akoya Bone Tiles without grout- missing many pics that I forgot to download when the phone rang