Matching your indoor flooring to your outdoor tiles is a great tactic for creating a smooth, seamless transition from one space to the other. The easiest way to achieve this effect is to find a material that can be installed in both internal and external environments. Porcelain is perfect for projects like this. It?s fairly […]
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Matching your indoor flooring to your outdoor tiles is a great tactic for creating a smooth, seamless transition from one space to the other.

The easiest way to achieve this effect is to find a material that can be installed in both internal and external environments.

Porcelain is perfect for projects like this. It?s fairly common for porcelain suppliers to offer tiles for indoor use and thicker paving slabs (in the same colour) for outdoor use.
The key is to find a design you like that?s available in both formats. Install the paving slabs in your garden, lay matching tiles in the room abutting the garden?typically a kitchen or conservatory?and voilà!

1. Why bother to create an indoor-outdoor transition"

This segue effect makes your home and garden feel more closely connected, as if it?s one large space rather than two separate area.

If you?ve executed this technique correctly, your interior living space will appear to spill extravagantly out onto the patio. This creates the illusion of additional space, and...