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Flooring Design Dilemma

How do I solve this tile dilemma?

Pixilox TheLock

5 years ago

I am in the middle of redoing/retiling most of my home. My huge issue at the moment is this opening between the family room (black tile) and dining room (bare floor, tile taken out):

It was a result of not having enough black tile. We carried the blue through the rest of the house, so at the time it worked. Now, however, we are putting down a light beige throughout (except for the room where the black tile is) and I have no idea how to fix/tie this into what we're doing now.

Retiling the black-tile room is not an option, because while this blue part was put down normal, the black tile was set into the concrete (yes, I know, wasn't my idea) so the only way it will come up is to take the entire slab up, re-pour it and that's not something I am willing to do (nor do I have the funds for that type of project). So do I leave it as-is, or is there a way to tie it into the new tile? One other thing is that we are not doing diagonal, we're putting the new tile straight, which may throw another wrench into the mix. TIA for any advice.

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
5 years ago
Could you post some pics of the spaces not just this one.
qam999
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
Interesting tile layout with the black (slate?), gray, and blue mosaic.

So you want to transition to beige tile, eh? That's a stark transition, so in the absence of any other info, I would say, since you can't fight the abruptness of change in color and pattern, you embrace it instead. Get a third tile (or combo of tiles) and, assuming you have a clear demarcation in your architecture such as an archway, make a visual threshold there with that 3rd tile. It will be a bold announcement of a flooring change and make both main flooring choices look deliberate. The 3rd tile should be chosen in color, shape, format, texture, and gloss to relate to both of the 2 main choices.
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Pixilox TheLock
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Here's a couple more photo's to show what I have to work with:

There is an opening where sliding glass doors used to be and the blue reaches a little more than halfway into the opening:

I can't change the beige color of the tile I am going to put down because it's been bought already and not returnable. I really do like the idea of embracing it though, as I have no idea how much of a pain it will really be to tear up the blue. Here's a shot of all three rooms (kitchen, dining, fam) so you can see flow (the kitchen tile is what I am going to use throughout, and don't mind the foil, my cat likes to scratch and it's a deterrent for now):

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