flooring problem when opening up kitchen.
6 years ago
my parents are knocking down the wall between the kitchen and small study, to make a larger kitchen. There will be an island in the middle (crossing both areas of flooring).
The problem is that the budget is limited and so they can't replace the current kitchen tiles (as it would mean taking out the existing cupboards).
So the suggestion is to have a strip down the middle of a contrasting tile and then getting a close enough match to the existing beige tile to put on the other side.
Any thoughts on what would work?
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