Minecraft wiki entry for Making_nice_floors, associated text: Your foyer is the room when you first walk into the house, and many players make it their living room. Using the wool pattern 1 with blue/lime/yellow wool, or a glazed terracotta pattern, would look great to get a visitor's attention. You can also surround the wool/glazed terracotta with either plain wood planks or with horizontal wood logs and wood planks (see the first image in "Gallery" for an example).