There is significant disappointment on our end as well as the builder that this was missed by the architect along the way. In fairness to the architect, the builder allowed us to work with the architect to develop the plans we love prior to any $ commitment from us but he did not want to pay for the survey until we were invested. So, here we are. We are disappointed because the length of the home has been established for several months and the width of the property has as well. The survey and site plan were just officially performed but the inputs are the same and have been known...so we are disappointed but still love the floorplan, location, etc. and want to make the best runner up choice we can :)

Don't know if this will coordinate with what you have in your entry. It's a slate look tile I found at a large box store. It's textured so it won't be slippery but won't need the care slate does. Come in some different sizes also And I agree with Patricia, carpet and kids can be hard to maintain. Vinyl plank might be an option.

Back when home building ( 1920 ) made some sense in the four season climates, you had an air lock, a vestibule. with a second entry door, and it was many times glass. It's purpose wasn't to protect your flooring it was to protect the inefficient, less even heat and save you from a blast of icy cold air. The floor was brick.......tile, slate. It was a contained space. We no longer have that nice little contained space. If we did? We'd not use it. Neighbors don't knock on front doors when out for a walk anymore. Folks like Beth above? Common for it not even to get opened! We go in and out of garages attached to the house. In wide open spaces as today, where a "foyer" is in name only, that? ONE surface please? Wood and a rug solve the rain, snow dirt.........and ........ the tile just breaks the space, and makes the rug harder to find. So you can COVER it. Kinda dumb in my book : ) Like the loss of air lock vestibules.

Nothing Pella or Jeldwen in my humble opinion. Therma Tru does not make wood. I would look for Simpson, or Rogue Valley or Lemieux if you cannot get a local door shop to make you a custom mahogany door.