I called Bruce/Armstrong and they are VERY non-committal about it blending. They do make sure they say "coordinate". That got me worried. They did confirm that I do NOT need "T" moldings at all during my install. I hate those worst of all cuz it screams "This is a fake floor!" Anyway, I think I will need to order a piece of baby threshold first to see how it looks before I jump in and order 10 of them (that is what I need). If they are hideous, I might have to hire the installer to make them out of wood and then I will stain and varnish them to match. But I cannot see that being as durable as the ones that are made to "coordinate." Anyone out there make their own, stain and varnish them , then use them for quite some time and how do they hold up?

If the trim piece you propose on using is drilled for screws, then you can attach it to the concrete after drilling the concrete and inserting the appropriate sleeve for the screws. If the trim piece has no drilled holes, then what the previous poster has said about the PL400 is right on. You do not glue it to either the carpet or the vinyl floor, however...it gets glued to the concrete; the T molding type works very well here (looks like a T in cross section viewing).

If the tile come later, then the tiler should install the transition piece. You need the adjoining flooring installed to transition to it. The tiler can install a marble threshold, for example, which will be above the plane of the floor since it will rest on the tile. One advantage of that is the closed door is tighter at the bottom for privacy, but when it's opened it doesn't run into the bathroom rug, etc.

Thanks, everyone, for your responses! Haven't quite nailed down which chair it might be. One possibility is the Quinn chair - I like the rounded shape with the very squared-off sofa, and it's pretty comfortable. Or I might go for a more substantial comfy chair, even the York chair that goes with the sofa. I guess knowing exactly which chair would help. Sigh. Les, I agree that the abstract print isn't ideal. It seems that my taste in fabrics is slightly out of date - a few years ago, there were all sorts of great abstract prints in the stores (as well as sage green sofas), and now that seems to be going out. Amy, I think what bothers me about the patterns on the right is the limited palette. The neutrals and reds together are too, uh, spicy. They feel like they need the green to make them calmer and more soothing. OTOH, a green-only palette would feel like it needed red to liven it up. (Plus more colors so it doesn't end up looking like Christmas decorations!) I liked the combinations of colors in the rug because they all balance each other. And yes, it is Mask Earth on the left! Mask Sun felt too bright, though maybe I should take another look at it. I do tend to like more muted colors... though a lot of them. ;-) The Moon fabrics are pretty, but the colors didn't really work with the sofa. Mirror, too - I looked at Mirror Crimson & Mirror Mink, but they weren't right. And, no, I don't have the art yet. It's just a concept. I feel like if I can't find the right painting, I'm just going to buy a big canvas and a bunch of acrylics and paint it myself! Here are some pix of the sofa & possible chairs: Room & Board York Sofa Room & Board Quinn Chair Room & Board Eugene Chair And here's a chair from Macy's that I think is too large (it's going in front of a window), but that I like the fabric a lot: