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Need ideas for front way entry flooring

13 years ago
Hello, we had some water leaking couple weeks before, and partial of the wood floor has water damage. We decide to change the flooring to the same travertine we have in the kitchen. Part of that wood floor is connected to the tile floor in the living room, and that is going too.

The travertine is lighter in color, as you can see in the kitchen table, it will be installed diagonally. I thought of adding some interest in the front entry way. I explore the medallion, or a stone/ border design, or a big slab of a different color or stone instead.

The door is 5 feet wide, with a 4.5ft wall, by the stair and 5.5ft wall on the other side. If I go with round medallion, will 3ft medallion be too big, or should I go with 2ft instead. Is adding medallion too much for the house?

I love the dark color of slate, but not sure if it's going to work with the lighter color travertine.

If doing a inner square border, I'm worry that it will look odd.

I have about a week, as floor will be install after July 4th weekend. So, I will need to to source for material or order online if need to. Or should I just do nothing?

Thanks for all your help here.

Comments (15)

  • PRO
    13 years ago
    Match the floor- definitely!
    zerlyn thanked A Crew of Two
  • 13 years ago
    travertine but on a diagonal.. try larger than standard sizes too the grout lines running right up into the lines of the door is a little cheap looking - HD has an 18x18 that looks expensive but it quite affordable but hand pick the pieces you like because they do vary. Hope this helps!
    Cheers,
    Ciara
  • 13 years ago
    The travertine will work if it matches the door.
    zerlyn thanked Casey Tomlinson
  • 13 years ago
    well yes if you do wood inlay you would want it to match the door, and if wood is out of the question I recommend a porcelain that is finished to look like a 4" plank.
    http://www.tileshop.com/product/productdetail.aspx?familyID=1754&recordID=5053603
    zerlyn thanked Ciara Minchuk
  • 13 years ago
    At this point, we are not considering wood inlay.

    The travertine is 18x18, so that's pretty good size, and we do like how it turn out in the kitchen. We bought 2 crates because we going to have it diagonally installed, with minimum grout line.

    I'm still researching designs and see if I can sketch something tonight as homework. At this point, I'm not sure if we can get a medallion due to order lead time. There's not too many showroom here in SD that I know of that showcase medallion.
  • 13 years ago
    I did a simple sketch on how the travertine layout will look, plus the existing view of the old floor from the staircase, and the new floor in the kitchen.

    The sketches are not exact, but relative to size.
    Top left: Don't change anything
    Sketch #1 : currently like the square look, but I think I should tape it out on the floor and see how it look. The border will be black or dark brown, 4" width. Haven't thought of the stone type yet.
    Sketch #2: with medallion. Wonder if I should move it away from the door. That is about 36" size. I saw online on HD.
  • 13 years ago
    Sarthe 48" Round Marble Floor Medallion · More Info


    I like this design a lot.
  • 13 years ago
    We laid beautiful dark wood in the entryway. Please help with the living room.
  • 13 years ago
    I need help in the living room now. I have shown the front hallway and the beautiful cherry wood floors, now please I need help w/the living room. Our furniture is perfect as it is completely contemporary, but there is still assistance needed.
  • 13 years ago
    I am not willing to do anything but hardwood. Our children are all grown and moved out, so I know I sound very inflexible, however, no kids and no petsU think I am able to insist on hardwood floors???
  • PRO
    13 years ago
    Match the kitchen travertine on the diagonal. Add nothing, sometimes simple shows the best. No need to have distractions and you might add an area rug.
    zerlyn thanked LM Designers
  • 13 years ago
    Last night, I got around to blue tape the area, just to see what it would look like. I may end up not doing anything, or just a simple darkbrown border inside. Thanks everyone.
  • 13 years ago
    Update: The floors are done, we did travertine throughout the whole living room in a diagonal space. What we did extra is a simple border tile, that we got at close out at a local stone yard place. The color scheme match the front door. Here's a picture.
  • 13 years ago
    nice job zerlyn. thanks for posting the "after" photos!
    zerlyn thanked Brenda