Flooring conundrum

[Anonymous]

We just bought a house with a tiled entryway. The tile runs down the hall into the powder. I hate the tile. The house has wood everywhere else. I thought about replacing the tile with wood but think when I open the door there will be a vast space, and nothing to stop the eye and also no place for wet feet besides a rug. I have an open floor plan. The foyer is open to the great room.
What should I do? Replace with tile or have it matched with the wood that's already there?
Thanks!

[Anonymous]

What's wrong with a beautiful rug to break up the space?

[Anonymous]

Trying to picture it.

You said the tile is in the foyer.

But you have an open floor plan.

Is it just tile running along the floor where a hallway/foyer would normally be? And tue transition between tile and wood represents where walls would be if you did not have an open floor plan?

Are there any walls at all between the tile and the wood?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Trying to picture it.

You said the tile is in the foyer.

But you have an open floor plan.

Is it just tile running along the floor where a hallway/foyer would normally be? And tue transition between tile and wood represents where walls would be if you did not have an open floor plan?

Are there any walls at all between the tile and the wood?

Do you have an actual foyer?

Or is the tile.just representing where the foyer would be if you had walls?

[Anonymous]

Is the tile in a color similar to the wood color or is it totally different?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Trying to picture it.

You said the tile is in the foyer.

But you have an open floor plan.

Is it just tile running along the floor where a hallway/foyer would normally be? And tue transition between tile and wood represents where walls would be if you did not have an open floor plan?

Are there any walls at all between the tile and the wood?

There's tile I'm the entry and it goes down the length of the hallway. Only wall is in the dining room.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Is the tile in a color similar to the wood color or is it totally different?

Totally different. I would either change and update the tile or put in all wood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trying to picture it.

You said the tile is in the foyer.

But you have an open floor plan.

Is it just tile running along the floor where a hallway/foyer would normally be? And tue transition between tile and wood represents where walls would be if you did not have an open floor plan?

Are there any walls at all between the tile and the wood?

Do you have an actual foyer?

Or is the tile.just representing where the foyer would be if you had walls?

Yes. There's a foyer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's wrong with a beautiful rug to break up the space?

I like this idea. Bring in a rug to delineate.

[Anonymous]

Is the tile in a color similar to the wood color or is it totally different?


Totally different. I would either change and update the tile or put in all wood.

That's the problem. I have a similar issue and want to put in tile that is closer to the color of the wood so it's not jarring to the eye. I like the easy maintenance of tile in front of the door. We use our front door all the time (never come in from the garage because we park in the driveway and front door is relatively close (so I want a practical floor). Do you use that door a lot?

[Anonymous]

What don't you like about the tile? The color? The texture? The size? The grout? Tile is extremely durable and great for entryways. If you could pinpoint what you don't like about the tile, then that would go a long way.

[Anonymous]

runner/rug over wood seems like the clear solution

[Anonymous]

We had this and removed the tile and installed wood to match the rest of the wood. It looks SO much better. We have a large entry rug.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's wrong with a beautiful rug to break up the space?

I like this idea. Bring in a rug to delineate.

I would go with a runner not a full on rug.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Is the tile in a color similar to the wood color or is it totally different?


Totally different. I would either change and update the tile or put in all wood.

That's the problem. I have a similar issue and want to put in tile that is closer to the color of the wood so it's not jarring to the eye. I like the easy maintenance of tile in front of the door. We use our front door all the time (never come in from the garage because we park in the driveway and front door is relatively close (so I want a practical floor). Do you use that door a lot?

We would come in from the garage but unfortunately that tile runs into the area where the garage is. So it would be wood there as well.