Large format porcelain tile kitchen floor with Taj Mahal counters
We're selecting flooring for a kitchen that opens (not open format) to a family room with medium brown (provincial) thin plank oak floors and a large Austin stone fireplace (floor to ceiling). Cabinets will be BM White Dove/SW Alabaster, walls will be SW Accessible Beige, countertops will be Taj Mahal (perhaps leathered vs. polished), simple cream crackle subway tile backsplash, and Eleganza Absolute Nut 18"x36" large format tile ( http://www.eleganzatiles.com/absolute-milk-18x36-1913.html)
for the kitchen floor. I know people are doing wood flooring throughout (yes, it is beautiful), but this flooring will also be in a utility room/laundry, a bathroom, an exercise room, etc. We would like it to be wet-friendly and practical. Does anyone have any experience with installing and living with large format tile? Is it too modern for a traditional/
transitional house? I've thought about selecting a LVT/LVP 'wood look' for these rooms as well, perhaps in a herringbone pattern, because it is impossible to perfectly 'match' the real wood in the adjacent family room. Thoughts? Suggestions? TIA!
This is the before picture of the kitchen/Family room:
This is the 'after' picture of the Family room (not open format, but open to kitchen, which is not yet done):
This is my closest after many, many attempts to find lvp/lvt to match the wood floors (it's not close enough to install side-by-side, so we're back to looking at Eleganza Absolute Nut large format tile...
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4 years agoA McSo - The link you provided to your porcelain floor tile is for Absolute Nut not Milk. I like the Milk but it looks much different than what's showing in your pictures. Here's the pic from mfg's website:
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