How do I create a beautiful transition from wood to kitchen flooring?
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We have maple engineered wood floors from front room entrance to and through our kitchen. Due to a water damage in kitchen, we want to replace kitchen with a tile or alternate surface. The maple wood is beautifully laid in a diangle. How and what do I do to make a beautiful seamless transition from living floor to the kitchen. It’s a wide opening approximately 4 feet.
Also the site line of the flooring from living space dining to kitchen is a straight line when you enter front door.
Your insites appreciated.
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They sell many different types of transition strips from wood, to white, in different styles and sizes. For something less traditional than this, check out this pinterest link that shows some tile design ideas and other ideas:
https://www.pinterest.com/kermansflooring/creative-flooring-transitions-between-rooms/?lp=true
They make great transition pieces now days from wood, and I even had one ordered from my slate kitchen floor to living room carpet that perfectly matches in design and colors. When ordering your new flooring ask about what they have in transition pieces.
If you're redoing your kitchen and are using granite counters, have a transition piece of that cut and ground down so it isn't to thick. I've done that for a bunch of bathrooms that I've done. They hold up well to the traffic. I do that with shower transitions and shower seats as well. I have a picture of one of them right after it was installed. Because our hardwood flooring wasn't cut exactly straight, we put in a very tiny quarter round stained the color of the hardwood to fill the gap. Then there's a picture of it finished.
Insure colors are compatible. No competing patterns. Use a maple threshold where flooring connects.