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Interior decorator experts: using different tiles between rooms on contiguous floor

Lil'John

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I'm looking at installing some tile in a "large" area of my house that is all contiguous/connected; laundry, small bathroom, foyer/mudroom, small closet(closet 2), kitchen, a transition, and a step pad(green box). There is an open arch between the foyer and kitchen.

Here is the floor plan I'm talking about:
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I'm trying to do it somewhat on the cheap(ie craigslist free:eek::lmao:) and I'm considering doing different tiles in the laundry, bathroom, and foyer/closet 2. In order to transition between rooms, I'm considering an accent tile that will be about 6" wide in the doorways(big red lines in the picture)

Good idea? Bad idea?
 
It can work depending upon what it on each side of the transition.
 
Use a solid piece of stone or equivalent and find something that blends in to each. Otherwise I’d split the difference and put the joint of the change in tile types under the door.
 
Different tiles for these room are ok as long they're all the same.

We'd usually use smaller accent than 6". Most of time similar color. Unless Customer has their own request then it's done as they want.
 
It's your house, do what you want.


For what it's worth, the stupidest shit I've ever seen was all decided by interior desecrators. They get paid to spend all your money making their dreams come to life, dreams they don't have to live with when they turn out crappy looking.


This would be in $20 million mansions, so they have to hire someone to tell them what they need to like.
 
I have no input on the style of the transition. Your ID might make your place look like hammered dog shit, but you can use Schluter transition strip go from one finish to another.
 
I have a 2800sq/ft rancher. Hired a Mexican genius to tile a span of ~50 feet. They fucking nailed it!
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It needs to be the same. My designer and I talked about a similar situation on my addition. I ended up taking up the tile in the kitchen and a hallway that had new-ish hardwood. After seeing the tile down, she was right.
 
Use a solid piece of stone or equivalent and find something that blends in to each. Otherwise I’d split the difference and put the joint of the change in tile types under the door.
This.

You can get "engineered marble" thresholds for like 20-40 depending on length. If that's not high class enough for you the local granite countertop place should be able to cut some out of scraps.
 
I'm looking at similar color tiles(beige) but potentially different brand/size/etc. So the accents in the tile may be different. I'm not looking to go from beige to green/pink/etc. I'll see what I can dig up for pictures of what I'm starting off with.

The house is 10 miles from BFE and will never be a high end Mc Mansion. So I'm not looking for super high end $100/box tile. I'm also not looking for ADD meth look of 100 different tiles per room:eek: I'm trying to keep it cheap, I'm splitting the difference by keeping each room to a single tile style.

Use a solid piece of stone or equivalent and find something that blends in to each. Otherwise I’d split the difference and put the joint of the change in tile types under the door.
So you are thinking about one long piece of stone/tile at the door jam(~36") rather than using 3"-4" tiles?
It's your house, do what you want.

For what it's worth, the stupidest shit I've ever seen was all decided by interior desecrators. <snip>

This would be in $20 million mansions, so they have to hire someone to tell them what they need to like.
You are right... my house to screw up as I see fit:lmao: But I'm partial to seeing if I'm going down a bat-shit crazy path.

1000% agree with stupid shit by interior desecrators... but toss on architects to be complete:stirthepot:

It also looks like I came to the right place to get told what I need to like... at least the price is right:homer:
 
Continuity is best.... if you have to transition, make it subtle....


don’t do a red race stripe!!!!
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So you are thinking about one long piece of stone/tile at the door jam(~36") rather than using 3"-4" tiles?

Yeah, that was my first thought as well.

 
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