Growing my living room, how to deal with the floor and the transition?
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Comments (3)I did a quick Houzz search (love that for the "how things look" type questions) and although I didn't find exactly what you were asking, the search for "hardwood to tile transitions" did turn up several examples of hardwood to tile. I personally tend to think you need to make sure that there is enough of a contrast to make it look like you intended for it to be different. Things that are too close just look like they don't match. The one thing that I always think about is not only what the colors and patterns look like, but also the height of the transition. Tile usually comes out around 3/4" while some engineered and/or bamboo type flooring is only about 5/8" or so. So you have to figure out how you will do the elevation transition too and what that will look like. Here is a link that might be useful: [Houzz Example[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/stone-2011-tour-house-hardwood-traditional-kitchen-portland-phvw-vp~574280)...See MoreTransition between dining room/living room (xpost )
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Cheers guys, I found some pictures of the combination of stone tiles and wood. In Chile we are very keen on using elements of the colonial architecture with new materials. In the pictures you can see stone tiles with "demolition wood" (wood from demolished old colonial houses). I think I can do it without a transition stripe, I have a table saw and router to make everything to the millimeter.
I will check again, maybe I have one or two tiles at my cellar. If I do, I could do something like in the picture.
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I finally took some pictures of the living room. As you can see, the entire opening is covered by the window, and it is a recessed balcony. I saw from the street, and the windows are not visible. I read the contract, and it only prohibits changing the colors of the balcony's walls, putting satellite dishes and closing the balcony, the administration said that moving the window further outside should not be an issue.
I also found three complete from the original remodelation tiles in the cellar, That means I could make something like in the pictures above, combining wood and the same tiles from the rest of the room.
I know, the tiles on the balcony are awful, I will replace them later though.
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