I'm the OP. Those marble strips are nice but they only come in white. Since our floor is dark they wouldn't work for us. We ended up going with wood. There was no molding of the right shape or height, especially since we were trying to bridge a height transition: the tile being higher. We bought ranch molding that was designed for window and door frames. If you are not familiar with ranch molding, in profile it has a slope: one side is high and the other side is lower. The installers has to shave some wood off the back to make it fit (to reduce the height), but that was their problem since they had promised they would come up with something nice for us and had not. We had them bring the wood right before the weekend and then we stained and varnished it to match our other moldings. On Monday they came back and installed it. The carpeting is a berber, and the edge is tucked lightly under the lowest edge. The high side butts against the tile/durock and a small caulk line is in between.

I'm not sure what a "T" piece is, but I just had my wood floors put in (they're unfinished 3/4" white oak)...I have wood running to carpet in 6 different doorways...so I probably have your situation....If the floor pieces ran perpindicular to the opening, they used a full piece of wood (mine were 3.25 inches wide) and turned it so it would be parallel to the opening...if it was a piece with a groove they chiseled the tongue off and the carpet will but up right to it...the carpet will be right at the edge of the parallel piece...with the other doors where the floor is parallel they just brought that piece the same way... hth...let me know if you need a picture and I'll take one today! Tara

Can you take a photo of the table and lamp where the bench is? You mentioned putting a bench where the table currently is. Can you use your existing bench? It looks like there’s a separate foyer area before walking in there. Is that right? I’m on my phone and having hard time seeing it well. Is there space out there for anything on the walls? I like your mirrors and decor just think some things could be moved around. Not sure if I would put any mirrors where your current ones are. Might leave that empty. Maybe try the changes you talked about with moving furniture and repost some photos in better lighting if possible. Looks like there’s blue in the seat bench and current art. I’d repeat blue in maybe an area rug too to help tie in the floor. Though I’m not sure what size to suggest. Maybe a set of runners. More photos when you can. :)

This is a relatively easy floor to recreate using a site finished red oak hardwood. Simply match the width of the plank (looks to be roughly 3" = super common). The hardwood flooring installer will then match the stain colour (these dark colours are much easier to deal with than super light) and add three coats of polyurethane. I'm going to guess the wood itself will be (roughly) $5/sf + $5-$7/sf for labour that includes sanding/staining/finishing.