Now that it's completed, I discovered something in this last room.
......kinda late to change now, but the transitions to the tile and wood could have been done better.
Knowing now, that every wall, every wood transition and tile transition was parallel and perpendicular....... I was forced on this last room, to leave a silver pattern row on, rather than barely cutting it off.
I think that out of the ten doorways, I could have started 9 doorways with one pattern line left on, like this one.
I don't think it would have taken much more time and effort.
On this last room, it shared a common wall with another bedroom. I kept the pattern true, looking straight across the hallway from the previous room. There was 4 feet of hardwood between these two rooms, but if I shifted this carpet 3/4" over in this last room the shift would have been obvious.
Keeping the pattern true to my laser, I ended up needing to leave one silver row next to the tile....... I avoided this in every doorway throughout the entire job.
.....but I'm liking the look. The largest benefit is that it hides the grinning.
I could have made them all look like this.
.....aaah, maybe next time.
Naw I'm happy, just an observation.