Tearing out a wall in the Kitchen and the tile is discontinued-HELP!

last year

We have an L-shaped wall we want to tear out and open the kitchen up to the breakfast area, dining room, and den area. However, we have the same tile throughout the house and it is discontinued. What do we do? Somehow replace the kitchen floor but how does it flow into the other rooms? We cannot just change out the area we are tearing out. I have no idea what to do. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

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HU-249558342
last year
You have to replace all the tile. It is just one of the consequences of the project scope. Just like the 10-20K structural alterations to take down the wall.
M Miller
last year
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I agree with the previous comment that once you decide to tear down walls, you have to be OK with the domino effect, such as floor replacement. And things like if the wall you are tearing down has cabinets or appliances, where will you have those once the wall is down. However, I do not agree that you must necessarily replace all the tile throughout the floor. That can be one choice, but depending on the floor plan, you can also make the flooring in the kitchen different from the rest since it's the kitchen. I like wood floors in a kitchen, but there are many flooring choices.

To get the most accurate flooring advice here, you would have to post your floor plan since we cannot tell from your description what the area is going to look like with the wall down.
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I have seen some examples somewhere of very inventive interdigitated flooring transitions- almost like an artistic mosaic— though I think the examples were of either smaller transitions, like a hallway, or 2 species of wood interwoven. That would be very space- specific and floor height- matching and also require a talented
person/ specialist/ artisan.
A lot also depends on your current tile- some would work better than others for a flooring transition.

But, as noted, it’s usually not part of renovating to an open concept to then have distracting different floorings.

I don’t know anything about aftermarket flooring for sale, but some folks are able to find odd lots of discontinued flooring of other materials.
eld6161
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How about posting a picture so we know are dealing with.
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You can try asking on your town/neighbourhood social media page, previous owners of our place left behind a box of tiles from when the builders installed originally (10 yrs before we moved in!) You never know!
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If it is an open concept area (where all the tile is visible), you will likely have to tear it all out. If it is a closed plan, transition tile could work.

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