That's too much for me. IMO, the fewer flooring types, the better. If the tile to marmoleum transition is too harsh for you, maybe you could put down a thin Flor tile "rug" to ease the transition in a temporary way.

I thought about a rug, but I don't think it would stay put with the amount we use that doorway. Not a thin one, anyway. I can always experiment now, though. We have a few rugs laying around.

What are the possibilities of changing the foyer tile?

I think the contrast of the navy stripe is a lot busier than just doing the marmoleum. I’m not a fan.

How big is your foyer? Why not refloor in there, too? We put a charcoal limestone floor in our mudroom for under $3sf, and the uneven stone texture makes it very forgiving for DIY.

Watch out SPP - project creep straight ahead! It sounds like you've wanted to change the foyer tile for a while. Now might be the time :-)

BB - I didn't know that about Flor. I will check it out. We are actually considering Flor for our basement, after the cat ruined our carpet.

As for changing it, I will think about it. It's small so it wouldn't cost a lot. I was holding off b/c I wanted to do it when we do the LR and DR floors, but we could put something cheaper in there in the interim. That's a good idea. Maybe it would be a good time to try out engineered wood. I would be open to using that in the other 2 rooms, and it would be handy to try it out first.

The problem I always have when contemplating this floor is what color to make it. Ideally we will do a medium brown (sample pic below) in the LR and DR, but if I ran that into the foyer, it would not complement the blond-ish trim and doors or the honey oak-ish treads, which is the (hated orangish) color in the other rooms. The only way it would look right would be to also redo/replace the treads, but that stain of course extends into the upstairs hallway and all three bedrooms. I can't imagine redoing all of that at the same time. Maybe that means picking a wood stain/color for the LR and DR only and doing the foyer in something other than wood. It would have to be very simple though. I don't really like having so many different flooring materials (foyer, LR, kitchen) so close together.

But what about the existing flooring on the other side of the kitchen, why not match that in the foyer? Or use a very plain porcelain tile? You may be setting up the same issue of different flooring in every room, just newer, if you don't plan it out or at least coordinate it somehow if you don't do it all at the same time.

I know. That's why I hate thinking about this. I think myself into circles.

I'm not sure I want the Laguna Marmoleum in the foyer. It feels a little too *something* - casual, maybe? I think I would be OK with the foyer being different as long as it was simple. Actually, maybe the Petrol in the foyer. It has a little movement, but not much. I'll have to think on that.

As soon as I posted the foyer pictures, I started looking into the price of wood and engineered wood. Lol. I would so love to change all the floors in the house with the snap of my fingers. Maybe we'll do the LR, DR, and foyer after we remodel the kitchen, and then live with the stair tread/hallway/bedroom mismatch for a year or so before tackling those. Another idea I had a while back, which my husband didn't like, was to turn the runner into wall-to-wall carpet in the upstairs hallway, which would mean we wouldn't have to replace the floors in the bedroom. We could do the treads to match the downstairs, and the new wood wouldn't actually reach the bedrooms. Of course, that means replacing that carpet, which isn't very old. More $$$. Sigh.

Sooooo, now I can't stop thinking about changing the foyer flooring. We *could* just confine this project to the kitchen and see how it looks to have the Laguna right up against the foyer floor and make a decision after we've lived with it, but if I think I'm going to want to replace the foyer floor, it would make sense to do it while the kitchen floor is being done. Or maybe we wait until we get the Laguna tile shipment, lay them out at the threshold, and then decide in time to combine foyer floor change with kitchen floor change? Idk.

Anyway, my two ideas are to install the Petrol marmoleum in the foyer, or to do a very simple off-white tile. The Petrol actually matches the runner, which is odd as they are such an unusual color. My concern is that it is so dark. We would not be replacing the furniture in there, which is all dark, but I could put down a beige/taupe rug with some blue in it. Still, would that be too dark for a foyer? I have seen people do very dark wood floors, so maybe that would be OK. If I do the off-white tile, I don't know if I would do something cheap and easy to install, like LVT, or commit to it and get actual stone. Regardless, the floor would then be so light that I would need to put down a dark rug for contrast. Probably dark brown with some blue in it. I also thought about a warm dark gray, but idk how that would look.

Thoughts?

Oh, and I know I said I don't like having 3 floors so close together, but I think the problem I have with it is that 2 of them are busy. The Laguna won't be as busy as what's currently in the kitchen, but there is still *some* movement to it. I think I would be OK with the foyer having its own color if it was simpler (the Petrol or an off white tile).

I don't think the Laguna is that busy, but I think it gets busier with two, Laguna and Petrol together. In any case I think you have to think of the floor in all the rooms at the same time. Would you consider using the marmoleum in the entryway?

Do you mean the Laguna? Bc the Petrol is also marmoleum. I'm not sure how I feel about Laguna in the foyer. Maybe I should try to find some fabric or paint in that color and do a mock up.

I like it, but the question then is what color rug. Could I do a dark brown rug on there? Idk if beige/taupe would look good on it.

ETA: we hafta have a rug

Hmm Do you have to have a brown rug? If brown/beige rug is a constraint, you'd probably be better off making the foyer the same floor as the living/dining.

I came to brown/beige by process of elimination. It's very hard to find a blue that complements the runner (and our old cat ruined the 2 rugs we had made from that carpeting). Sage would go with our LR, but not the blue runner. No bright greens/reds/yellows/oranges. They just wouldn't work. I don't want stark black or white b/c it would look dirty so fast. So that leaves dark brown or beige, possibly with some blue in it. Although I've been meaning to call the carpet company and see if they still have that color. If so, I would get more mats and redo the landing, which also has a cat pee spot....

Leave the tile and get a custom seagrass rug to fit the space?

Oh, that's a cool idea! I didn't even know they existed. I like that orange door too

You have way way too many flooring choices in a small house. All of the floors need to be the same, and I don't mean blue. Use the same wood or slate for everything.

How hard would it be to find a LVP to match the LR/DR floors? I can't believe I am even thinking about it, as I don't like that stain, but at least it would be consistent. I would not want to spend much on it though, as we will probably replace all the wood in a couple years.

NOT a good look for floors. You need a single wood for everything. Foyer and kitchen included.