Flooring help.

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I am awful at making decisions and overwhelmed by all the decisions flooring guy asked me today . So big or little tile?  Grout color? On an angle or straight?
thanks for your advice!

edit: photo would probably help.

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[TBM]

There are so many decisions, and so many variables to consider that the more information we have, the more help we can be.

What room? What style? Do you have photos of the tile? The space?

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And here is a different post with the whole room.

pandce.proboards.com/thread/313165/larger-table-kitchen

[lavender444]

BIG tile! It looks more current, and less grout to clean.

I would do a grout that is a close match to the tile.

As for direction, generally I like tile to be straight when on the floor, but in your space I think angled would look nice.

[TBM]

That's a good sized space...I would go for the bigger tile.


I think the tile on the diagonal might be weird with angles in the window/eating area. I like tile on the diagonal, but if it is square tiles I like for it to have a border around the edge with a row of tile set straight.

I usually try to pick a grout color that is really close to the tile color, so that it doesn't stand out, then I forget that it always seems to dry lighter and it bothers me for about a day, until I get used to it. No else ever thinks it is too light.lol

[thatgirl2478]

Big tile - I don't know if I would set them on the diagonal or not...

[julygal]

I would pick the larger tile. We love our 18x18 tile as it seems more updated and has fewer grout lines.

Our grout color matched the lighter color in our tile, and it has since darkened to match the darker color in the tile.

We installed on the diagonal. We have a long narrow space and the diagonal install made the room seem much bigger. It added to the installation cost.

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Ok so big tile it is placed straight.
Here is another (probably dumb question). We just re-did our second story bathroom floors in a tile very similar to this but it isn't the exact same. We are probably going to sell this house next year. Is it going to be a big deal to buyers the tiles downstairs and upstairs don't match?
They won't be the same quality either because we are on a totally different (much cheaper) budget for the kitchen.

[lavender444]

Not a big deal at all. They may not even notice, really.