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I'm tiling my small townhouse, 1st level. Waste/cost/difficulty is no issue. I just want to select what looks best. I like both options, but I feel diagonal has more interest. The area is small, and has a boxy feel. It seems like the diagonal would break this up. From what I've read, it makes a small area seem larger. I'm unsure if I should step outside of the traditional square/parallel look.
For small boxy areas, you want a light colored floor and you want to run the grain parallel to the short side to make the room look larger, IF that's the goal. If the area has a small entry way, I would nix the diagonal as it will look unbalanced.
What is the lippage like on the tiles? (Lay one down "wood grain" side down and see how much it rocks.) A tile with heavy lippage can only be cut in thirds, not halves.
Also I know that you just put the tile on the floor to look at the color, but I wouldn't start the tile at the edge of the island like that.
I like the look of diagonal, but it depends on the shape of the room and the number of cuts - the gallery you show is just a big rectangle, but a LR/kitchen usually has a lot of cutouts and popouts.
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