Mosaic Tile Floor Transitions

I love tile.

When our kitchen broke-down and we had to get new flooring because of a water leak, I knew I wanted wood-look tile.  I had our tile guy price out laying tile in our 12 x 12 dining room as well (the one with the paper floor), but it was going to be an extra $700 for labor and almost $800 for the wood-look tile.  So I passed on the "deal" he was giving me.

Imagine my surprise when (a few months later) I find the wood tile is on sale at my local Lowes! The tile is normally $9.97 per tile and one tile covers 2.3 square feet, but Lowes had it for $3.49 per PIECE!

This wasn't just a sale y'all, this was clearance!

Was it a mistake??  Did they mess up?

I didn't wait around to ask any questions.  I bought EVERYTHING they had, which was just enough for my dining room.  

It cost me less than $200!

Tip:  I purchased the tile online through Ebates and set it up for an in-store pickup.  By doing this, Ebates gave me an additional 6% back!  If you haven't used Ebates, I highly recommend it if you do a lot of online shopping.

My tile guy was not on my good list because he stopped the tile right at the door opening for my dining room.  So I debated on putting a piece of tile across the transition, but decided I wanted to make it a little more "me"... Especially when I saw this great mosaic tile at Home Depot.

I simply measured and cut the tile into strips that matched with the transition area in my floor.

The result??

I love it!

The grout in the picture shows up gray, but it's actually black and doesn't look light in person.

Have you ever had a difficult floor transition to work with?  What did you do?

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