Why not just carpet (or not) the entire room, and put
some sort of removable mat in the doorway area?
Then you can take the mat out to the porch area
to clean it.



I've already done that. Not practical for a number of reasons.

1) I've got a pine tree whose needles blow wherever people need to walk.
They cling to shoes, and weave themselves into foot mats & carpet, and
cannot be vacuumed out. They need to be removed by hand. A smooth surface is
the best place for them to land.

2) In the winter, there's no such thing as cleaning anything outside, if the
item to be cleaned requires water to do the job.

3) Due to the number (and size) of shoes, the current foot mat needs to
cover half of this entry area. It's an annoyance and it breaks up the lines
of the room.

I want a hard surface that can be swept and mopped.

Don't they make vinyl mats big enough?
Hmm.. maybe not.