Peut etre?

just a suggestion

See image at my web reference

I've also seen it on home dec shows

Hello,

Is this not "diamond-patterned"?

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://olivier.funix....

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http://olivier.funix.org/maison/images/carrelage/tapis.jpg

Medium only because I'm not sure how to distinguish (if one does) between the pattern where the border is against the walls, with a different layout in the central area, and the case where the border is already in the centre of the room and encloses another layout again (this is shown in my last ref. below).

Quite possibly en tapis covers them both.

Question about DIAGONAL LAYOUT WITH A BORDER
http://www.johnbridge.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2576

I've been through many books and web sites but couldn't find details on how best to do a LAYOUT WITH A BORDER.

For discussion purposes I'll be laying 18" tile on DIAGONAL WITH A FULL-TILE BORDER (same tile). This will be in a 20'x20' sunroom that has a closet bump-out in one corner and a walk-through to the kitchen (already tiled).

A couple layout preference questions:
1) Should I lay a full-tile border first and then do the diagonals? Doing the border first essentially gives me a "new" wall line to lay the diagonals up to. All the cutting-to-fit would then be on the diagonal tiles.
2) Or...Should I do the diagonals first and even perhaps (?) make them end with nice neat ½ tiles where they meet the border? The borders would each then be trimmed to fit against the wall. What concerns me with this option is that the borders along the ends of the room will be of different width than the borders along the sides of the rooms.
http://forum.doityourself.com/archive/index.php/t-119168.htm...

AREA RUG BORDER OR PICTURE FRAME – in the center of an area, border tiles are used to outline the area to look like the border of an area rug or picture frame with a different tile in the center
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AREA RUG BORDER WITH INSET – in the center of an area, border tiles are used to outline the area to look like the border of an area rug. The border tiles are laid straight while the center of the area is a pattern such as turned on the diagonal, diagonal with dots, or diagonal running bond.
http://www.askafloorguy.com/tile-layout-pattern-ideas-to-giv...

Laying Out Flooring Tiles with a Border
It is necessary to measure from the walls to establish the grid, but adjust the final position of the grid so that there is space for a BORDER all the way around the room.
Either adjust the grid so that there are whole tiles laying against the border on two of the walls, or center the grid right in the middle of the room and cut all the tiles against the border all the way around the room, provided the cut tiles do not end up being too narrow.
TILE THE CENTER AREA FIRST AND FINISH BY TILING THE BORDER. Tiles that are laid diagonally should be finished with a border that runs parallel to the walls.
http://www.raftertales.com/home-improvement/home-flooring/ho...

Photo features Travata in a Diamond with RUG BORDER
http://www.daltileproducts.com/images/documents/tile_pattern...
[also illustrates many types of border]

In the straight pattern which is the basic std pattern. The less costlier because cutting to size/fit is minimized. On the other hand diagonal pattern(s) is the opposite. It involves a lot of cutting to size as it has to be finished with a border all around the exposed floor.

Below is some reference:
<a href>answers.yahoo.com/question/index?</a href>
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