Hi first its depends how you going to dived the are even that its open area the question is if you going to have a island in the kitchen that will separate between the living room to the kitchen or every thing will be open kind of big loft, I saw houses with three deferent kind of floor some times is good some times is so so, depends how you do the connection between them You donÂt have to go with a high price wood for the kitchen; there is many kind of wood that will be chipper then tile for the kitchen, oak, pine or Bamboo in good quality (not the 99c or $1.30). Hope its help, and like you say its hard to say with out the floor plan. Jacob

Sure, you can replace the existing tile and do the carpeted areas if you want to deal with the mess and expense. It's not at all an undoable proposition. It's commonly done. If you want to break it up and put tile where the carpet currently is, it's better to have a coordinating color but not a "matchy" color. If you do something too close to what exists, it looks like you tried to match and missed. It also works to use decorative listellos or different sizes of the new tile to create a pattern that separates the two areas.

Hi there, you can use any size tile you like. Large format tile is very trendy right now, as far as style goes. Transitions all depend on the height of each floor. First, I'd have to ask if your hardwood flooring is solid or engineered. (because the subfloor would typically be different for each) If you have a cement/concrete subfloor, chances are, there won't be a huge height difference once the new tile is installed next to your hardwood (if it's engineered. Therefore, you'd be able to use traditional transitions like T-Moldings or multi-purpose reducers, you can even use a saddle (whatever look you like more). If you have solid hardwood flooring over plywood, the floor prep for tile is a little more involved. There are 2 ways to go about it; 1, install wire mesh (to act as a skeleton) and pour a self-leveling cement for your tile to be installed on to p of. This would add between 1/4" to 1/2" on top of the plywood subfloor, then your mortar and large format tile. The other way to install tile on top of a plywood subfloor would be to use cement board. You could install the cement board, and patch whatever discrepancies there are to make the subfloor nice and flat for your tile. After that, you're all set to install the tile. Always plan ahead for which transitions you'd like before the install starts. You have to make sure that the ones you want, will work out with the heights, and location of the flooring. (like where the old floor ends, and the new tile flooring begins) I hope this helped! The Couture Floor Company The Flooring Blog (You can check out our trending for 2017 blog here for ideas for your new flooring)

First of all, I’ve been toying with the idea of adding a vestibule to the front of my home, so this project of yours is very intriguing to me! Moving on, since the current tiled entryway area is part of the room with the hardwood, replace that tile with the same wood. As for the vestibule flooring, will there be a door and/or significant change in elevation (i.e., a step) between the vestibule and the rest of the entry? If so, you could use tile in the vestibule. Would I recommend using the tile you’re thinking about using? Probably not, and for the very reason you’re concerned about—“that it would look like I tried to hard to get them to match.” But to know for sure, I’d really have to see the rest of your space and the plans for the vestibule, though my initial thought would be to use something completely different in shape, color and/or texture from the kitchen tile. For example, maybe use just those small hex tiles or perhaps use a charcoal/black tile. Btw, have you considered enlarging the opening to the kitchen?