Open floor plans are very popular today, all the rooms mixed in one is a regular thing. You can accentuate your areas using various space dividers, accents and floor covers. Tiles in the kitchen, wood in the living room, concrete in the entryway – how to make a transition between them in a cool way? Here are some ideas that may help you.
Make The Transition Irregular
Design your floor so the switch happens in a shaped, curved or diagonal line instead of something straight and right-angled. Cut your wooden floors to match edge of the tile, whether it’s square, hexagonal or any other else, and you’ll get a stylish and eye-catchy transition that will accentuate different zones in your home.
The switch between the wooden and tile floors happens in a diagonal line
The change between wood and tiles is organic, in the hexagon shape
The simple transition between hexagonal tiles and wood
Hexagonal tiles in the dining zone and wood around it
Fish scale scallops in concrete mingle with wood flooring
Make An Accent Border Between The Floors
An accent thin border will be a cool idea for any space, it will help to mix two different types of floors perfectly. The border line may be made in the same material as one of the floors but more often it’s made using some accent tiles, bold or mosaic ones.
Hexagon tiles mixed with hardwood floors
The wood edge takes on an interesting zig-zag border
Perfect glass mosaic transition from the tile to the wood look porcelain tile
Mosaic tile transition between hardwood and tile floor
Mortar between wood and backerboard on a floor
Curved switch between wooden and mosaic tiles floor in the kitchen
Accent tile transition between the hardwood in the dining room and the vinyl planking in the kitchen
Glass tile transition between floors instead of wood or marble
Split The Line With Furniture
Interrupt the space where the two floor treatments meet by placing a feature or a piece of furniture right on top of it. A kitchen island, chairs, a sofa, a table or any other furniture can bridge the gap between the kitchen tile and the hardwoods in the rest of the open floor plan.
Simple tiled floor transition strip
The raised kitchen island in this home bridges the gap between the kitchen tile and the hardwoods
Breakfast table used to make the transition between laminate floors
Traditional kitchen island marking the line between the floors
Kitchen table and chairs marking the switch between the floors
Kitchen island on the border of two floors
Add A Buffer Zone
If you’d rather two floors not meet at all–like in the case of different shades of hardwood floors–consider a buffer zone of accent tile in-between. The wood looks like it’s all the same color, but you can imagine how the tile buffer here would ease a transition between floors that clash.
Kitchen island to mark the boundary between the wooden and tile floors
Buffer zone between hardwood floors
Transition tile floor between wooden floors
Wooden buffer zone between two spaces' floors
The wood looks like it's all the same color, but you can imagine how the tile buffer here would ease a transition between floors that clash
Wooden buffere zone for floors of two different spaces