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This is how it looks like now. Entry way (kitchen & bath) is tile. The rest of the house is carpet. Nothing fancy, just standard like in 50% of all homes. It's very common.We are thinking of replacing the carpet with hard wood floor. I never seen an example before. And do think it may look kind of strange. Most people do all wood or all tile floor. But not a combo of these two.I know it suppose to be what I want. But the fact is no one does it. So there has to be a reason. What do you think it is? Maybe I'm not seeing it.What do you think with a tile and wood mix? If you do have such combo, please post pics.

I would say do it! But make sure your wood color/stain compliments your tile floor. The color of your railing would look good next to the tile floor. But it also depends on your furniture color theme as well. A Whitewashed wood floor might look better, similar to your carpet color. Also a ligher colored wood with darker grains might look cool too. Now that I have thoroughly confused you, good luck!

It will look fine. I'm in the process of doing the same thing now between my living room and the 12x16 addition I just built. The only issue is getting the same final height with the wood and tile. Typically hardwood is 3/4"(for good stuff) and tile is 1/4" to 3/8" plus the thin set mortar under it. Most people use a 1/4" plywood underlay or Schluter Ditra to achieve uniformity. Since your tile is already there you can use a transition moulding to avoid a tripping hazard.

No problem with tile+wood combo.My parents have wood and tile in their house.And it looks great! Just be sure its done right!

350 st. ft of Ceramic Tile in the kitchen, laundry room, bathrooms, and entry in living room and then Pre-finished Hardwood in 2000 sq. ft in the living room, hallways, closets, and bedrooms. Whatever color hardwood you go with,make sure you are happy with it as all color schemes will be centered around it. Make sure the sub floor is in great shape and does not make creaking noises. This is helped by walking throughout the entire house and screwing (not nailing) down any spots in the floor. Make sure to use backing paper. They do make flush wood style hating vents, they are more money, but well worth it. Another few things: make sure the wood gets acclimated to house before installing it; let the boxes of hardwood sit inside the house for a 5-7 days before installing. Before installing the hardwood, take a sample and make sure all the edges (removed) up/meet up to the tile anywhere in the house to the level, if it is too low, you can pick up a compound from Home Depot or Lowes, pour it down, and belt sand it to get desired pitch if floor is uneven. May need to install a humidifier to keep the hardwood from expanding/contracting too much; this is what we did.

I'd say ceramic and wood floor go nice together for sure!That's what we have at my house. Here's some pics:(sorry for the poor quality, flash looked bad and since it's night there's no natural light...)Front walkwayFamily room looking from kitchenAnd kitchen looking from family room

Looks great.... nice place

Quote, originally posted by Racemedic »Looks great.... nice place Thanks! It's a place to hand my hat hahaha, I like it too