Foyer flooring inspiration - black & white checkered tile
Wed, 8 Apr 2015The other day I spotted this photo...
...and I had a freaking epiphany. I think I should get some black and white tile and redo the floor in my vestibule, foyer and into the kitchen! I am looking for any excuse to get rid of my horrid orange/yellow oak hardwood. In case you forget how gross it really is...
I just can't deal with this anymore. I hate oak to begin with, and some moron decided to find the brightest orange stain on the market which looks even more horrifying when paired with red/mahogany woodwork. IDIOTS!!!! So imagine the whole area above covered in a beautiful checkerboard pattern (in marble ideally but realistically/financially not going to happen) and then WHY STOP THERE?! My black and white kitchen (through the open door at the back of this photo) now has amazing blue walls but gross and cheap ceramic tile...so I would carry it through there as well. I am SO all over this idea. Now to source my dream tile.... but in the meantime here are some inspirational photos of black/white checkered tile foyers.
The photo above is PERFECT - that blue is pretty close to my kitchen wall colour. !!!!!! Via Style Me Pretty
These aren't checkered but OMG they are STUNNING! Via Hillary Thomas
Reader Comments (19)
Do it gurl! And don't mess with marble... cement tiles can be just as luxe (and less Donald Trump-ish).
http://www.cletile.com/moroccan-handmade-cement-tiles-order-copy-0
Or, for a budget friendly option, you could sand your floors & re-stain them in any shade you like & paint all the wall wood paneling in a nice F&B hue. The grey on the door in the 3rd photo could go on your wood paneled walls & the sepia brown of the lamp shade in that same photo could go on the floors. The free wall space could be painted in a complimentary color or you could use a patterned wall paper to add interest. Just find it nice to have consistent flooring throughout (plus it may be expensive to remove wood/add tile)?
I've had a black and white checkerboard floor and won't do it again. It shows every speck of dust and dirt. What doesn't show on the white, does on the black and vice versa. If you're into twice a day cleaning, go for it. Full disclosure: I had cats and kids at the time.
I, like Annio have a black and white checkerboard floor. NEVER AGAIN! It is a real pain to keep clean.. Its just evil that they look so pretty in the pictures!
I'm from Portugal and we have a very old culture in tiles, so the black and white are very common around this band, and they don't need to be marble to be nice, however I would never change a fine real wood floor for a tile one. Not even in Portugal where the lowest temperature in winter is around 2ºc. I just love the possibility to walk without anything in my feet and still feel warm, and for that only the very expensive radiant floor or the natural wood.
One of the good things with the wood is that you always may change the color of that with some sanding and correct paint, with the tiles you will not have the same luck.
Just try to get the enough money to transform your house wood to the same color, I think that is the real problem, not the color of the floor and doors. If you transform them into something like this,
http://img.homeportfolio.com/cms/112577/contemporary-modern-retro-elegant-foyer-500.jpg,
http://www.bodew.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/elegant-foyer-lighting.jpg
http://cdn.decorpad.com/photos/2009/06/18/edf44c0a5012.jpg
http://cdn.decoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Modern-art-in-a-large-entryway.jpg
...your problem will be solved. But any way is a question of taste.
ooooh, wish I could see the jpegs Iris sent! In home I once owned, I replaced the wood in foyer and hallway (it was stapled to death with carpet) with a black slate tile, on the diagonal. LOVED it! But yes, did have to vacuum everyday (dog and cat). Have fun with the transformation!
okay, couldn't resist coming back to your post. check out this Before & After! I'm NOT suggesting a floor cloth, but the "tile" design and what she did with the woodwork and walls. wow! http://www.designsponge.com/2014/04/diy-project-painted-canvas-floorcloth.html
Those tiles are fantastic Jared!
@S, I really hate the floor so sanding and restaining doesn't make the floor go away. I do like your options though and I really want to wallpaper the foyer and up the stairs. I think it would look amazing with the wood paneling.
@Annio, @Margaret, @Ruth - now you have me worried. My house is generally fur filled but I don't really need it looking more noticeable.
@Ruth - OMG how did I miss that post?! Gawd how I'd love to paint it all black.
@Iris - those are beautiful woods in the photos. How I wish the former owners had gone that route instead of orange and yellow!
I wouldn't waste the floor. I'd bleach it almost white to approach the colour of the white walls and then the mahogany would pop.
I love this one you posted: Checkered tile Maisonet Demeureeacb
I absolutely love your mahogany paneling and if you ever paint it please don't post because my heart would be broken.
Yeah, I guess I'd stain the floors darker. Then do some awesome rugs.
Marble is super slippery and the glossy finish will wear off. But I wouldn't be devastated to see the floors changed, just the paneling!
Ohoh, I've found a page full of painted tiles!
https://se.pinterest.com/angvm/black-white-painted-floor/
I love those, and long to live vicariously through your floor transformation.......
i stained my large-ish powder room with watered down latex paint in a black and white tile pattern. The colours are soft enough that the pet hair (3 dogs, 3 cats);isnt noticeable. Use "frog tape" for crisp edges. It is my favorite floor in the whole house!
I find those painted wood floors are a bit "country" and don't really go with the style of my house. Plus that would take a lot of time to execute and with all these cats = nightmare.
I hear you Kim. I achieved a stain with paint and fairly porous wood. end result is similar to bleaching on the white "tiles" . Then again, the door couldbe shut to keep the four-legged critters out. a few coats of poly later and it has held up perfectly these past five years.
http://habituallychic.luxury/2015/04/chic-in-new-york-baccarat-hotel/
The next blog i looked at happened to have this! Exactly the effect i am talking about.
The problem is painting my foyer floor means we have to live in the dining room/kitchen basement through the entire process. EEEKKK!!! And the floor in that photos looks AMAZING
since you don't love the wood floor color, what about painting the black and white checkers directly on the wood? save some money...would be time consuming, but then you could refinish the floors later if you ever decided you want something different....the wood looks like it's in good shape. great post....love the classic feels of all these spaces.
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Wow, best designs ever. Great work guys. Nice flooring.