Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 May 29, 2009 7:35 am We are looking at doing something a little different in our front entry way with the tiles. On our last build we did a big rectangle that was filled with tumbled marble but we want something a little different this time. Or is it best to leave plain these days ?? So if you've got something funky in your entrance i'd love to see it please ? Re: Show me your front entry tiled feature please 3Jun 01, 2009 3:26 pm Hey Beck, I just typed 'tile entrance' into google images and it comes up with a few. You might be able to do a more specific search.. i tried feature tile entrance, etc etc.. Or maybe try some tile websites and their online gallery? I'm interested in this too! But of the wood version . Love Kristi Living the dream. 4 horsey acres in the country. What's the next project??? Re: Show me your front entry tiled feature please 4Jun 02, 2009 6:44 pm This is from a display home. Not sure if it helps. The feature tiles actually look like wood. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I leave you to fend for yourself, figure things out yourself. Terrence Malick Re: Show me your front entry tiled feature please 5Jul 05, 2009 2:07 pm Thanks for that Joles, that looks great. I'd forgotten that I even started this thread. I still haven't decided what to do with our entrance yet, any other ideas ?? Re: Show me your front entry tiled feature please 6Jul 05, 2009 5:09 pm Hi Rebekah, I have a suggestion that goes against the common choices In a practical sense, an entrance can play an important part in your strategies for maintaining all the floor-coverings in your home. That is, foot traffic enters your home and often carries all sorts of contaminants into your home (sand, grit, mud, mould spores, whatever). If the entrance is viewed as a collection zone, it can literally make a whole lot LESS HOUSEWORK by collecting and harbouring these contaminants before they track through into and onto other surfaces. How?.... by having good effective doormats BEFORE the doorway/s into your home, and having a carefuly chosen CARPET laid either in the entrance itself, or (if you have tiles) a carpet inlaid into the tiles just inside the doorway/s. The outdoor matting shoud be weather-proof and coarse so as to scrub sand and coarser grit from the shoes, and in the entrance, a dense cut pile carpet, preferably wool, but a design or shade/colour that hides soil well. This principle is used by experts who specify such things in multi million $ commercial buildings. They have done all the research and the sums, and KNOW that this strategy saves them $$$$$$ as the cleaning contracts cost so much less. Basically, its the old 'prevention is better than cure' principle at play. I designed my own home, and doors from the front of the house and the garage go into a 4 sq/m rectangular CARPETED entrance. I have an axminster carpet here, before leading into the timber floor and other carpeted rooms. The design minimises sand and stuff being walked into the home, and means there's far less work required to remove soiling from the rest of the house. So with your home.... I suggest you look at the floorplan and your general choices of floor-coverings, and either have a carpeted entrance or incorporate a carpeted inlay of at least 2 sq/m. And if you choose carefully, it can be an attractive feature in your entrance too! Ash. Re: Show me your front entry tiled feature please 7Jul 06, 2009 11:55 pm royalblue Hi Rebekah, I have a suggestion that goes against the common choices In a practical sense, an entrance can play an important part in your strategies for maintaining all the floor-coverings in your home. That is, foot traffic enters your home and often carries all sorts of contaminants into your home (sand, grit, mud, mould spores, whatever). If the entrance is viewed as a collection zone, it can literally make a whole lot LESS HOUSEWORK by collecting and harbouring these contaminants before they track through into and onto other surfaces. How?.... by having good effective doormats BEFORE the doorway/s into your home, and having a carefuly chosen CARPET laid either in the entrance itself, or (if you have tiles) a carpet inlaid into the tiles just inside the doorway/s. The outdoor matting shoud be weather-proof and coarse so as to scrub sand and coarser grit from the shoes, and in the entrance, a dense cut pile carpet, preferably wool, but a design or shade/colour that hides soil well. This principle is used by experts who specify such things in multi million $ commercial buildings. They have done all the research and the sums, and KNOW that this strategy saves them $$$$$$ as the cleaning contracts cost so much less. Basically, its the old 'prevention is better than cure' principle at play. I designed my own home, and doors from the front of the house and the garage go into a 4 sq/m rectangular CARPETED entrance. I have an axminster carpet here, before leading into the timber floor and other carpeted rooms. The design minimises sand and stuff being walked into the home, and means there's far less work required to remove soiling from the rest of the house. So with your home.... I suggest you look at the floorplan and your general choices of floor-coverings, and either have a carpeted entrance or incorporate a carpeted inlay of at least 2 sq/m. And if you choose carefully, it can be an attractive feature in your entrance too! Ash. Hmmm, sounds really interesting!!! Can you show us some pics? Oh and joles, you havent seen the 'no cameras or videos' signs at the display homes???? Built the Atlantique 37 Mk2 with Carlisle Homes - WE'RE IN!! Building thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=14413 ATLANTIQUE 37 MK2 PHOTOS THREAD - updated 22nd August '09 viewtopic.php?f=31&t=22399 Re: Show me your front entry tiled feature please 8Jul 21, 2009 8:23 pm Yes I'd like to see a pic too please. Never thought of carpeting the entrance. Makes sense though. Perhaps a carpet offcut from the rest of the house made into a rug would work? www.themaxbuild.blogspot.com forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20717&start=300 www.leahspaperpassion.blogspot.com Black on light wood does look good. Not sure if it will be as long lasting as a steel finish? 6 6328 I am looking to design an entry door to a lower ground basement that has 2200mm between the external entry height to FFL of the ground floor. This door will provide an… 0 11348 No, I even have sections of narrowness where the tiles won't slide up any further. When I manage some spare time, I might play around with the first DIY part of my… 7 4918 |