Creating Seamless Transitions: Tips for Mixing Flooring Types
Though you can install many types of flooring throughout your entire home, you’ll most likely choose a different material for each room based on its use.
You may choose carpeting in rooms where you want to add comfort, such as your living room or bedrooms, while you’ll want something waterproof, such as tile or luxury vinyl, in your bathroom. Maybe you want a stone or tile entryway but hardwood floors in your hallway and living room.
Flooring is an important piece of your interior design. It sets the tone for the room and gives you a canvas for all your furniture, décor, and accessories. Mixing different flooring types throughout your home also creates visual interest and helps define spaces.
Even with a mixture of flooring types in different rooms, you want to create a cohesive feel in your home. So, you’ll want to choose your flooring with that in mind. Mixing your flooring types is a bit more challenging in an open floor plan, but it can still be done.
No matter your personal preference, at Classic Flooring Center, we have flooring to match your style and lifestyle needs. We can help you create a seamless design through your home. Learn more about how to make sure you create a beautiful, cohesive feel with your floors.
Use Complementary Colors
To create seamless transitions between flooring types, you’ll want to stick to colors that complement each other and meld into each other with ease. This means you’ll need to avoid stark contrasts, such as a dark wood into a bright white tile. You also want to make sure you are not using clashing colors that compete against each other or try to match colors exactly. The best way to ensure your flooring colors create cohesion is to examine the undertones. When you use undertones that match, your flooring will blend together nicely and won’t feel jarring or abrupt. When it comes to patterns, less is more. The easiest way to use patterns is to pair a pattern with solid colored flooring. However, you can mix patterns if one serves as a focal point and the other is more subtle.
Consider Your Room
Not only do you need to consider the purpose of each room, but you’ll need to think about your lifestyle needs. You may love the look of hardwood, but you have kids that tend to be a bit messy. Laminate or luxury vinyl plank may be a better choice in that case. If you have a hallway that sees a lot of traffic, you’ll want to look for either a dense hardwood that can handle the heavy foot traffic or laminate that’s durable and resistant to scratching. Hardwood and stone floors need routine maintenance, for example, so factor that into your decision. Make sure the materials you choose for each room suit your lifestyle and your ability to maintain the floors.
Think About the Flow of Your Home
Take into consideration how you move through your home and where it makes sense to create visual breaks in different areas to define spaces. This is especially important in an open floor plan. You may want a different style or material of flooring in the kitchen, dining area, and living room to distinguish each separate area. You might choose a soft neutral carpet for your living room, a light-colored hardwood for your dining room, and in the kitchen, a patterned tile that complements the colors in your living room and dining room. There is a way to blend these looks together in a way that creates harmony and visual interest that carries through each room, while still maintaining each distinct space.
Use Transitions
In order to help create seamless transitions from room to room, especially in an open floor plan, you will need to use transition strips or thresholds. Thresholds are placed where one flooring type ends and another begins to help define each space. You’ll want to find thresholds that are complementary of the two flooring types you’re blending together to maintain cohesion.
With careful planning you can create a beautiful, cohesive design throughout your home that matches your personal style and is functional. Flooring types can help define each space in your home, and with the right colors and transitions, your home design will flow with ease. Whether you want carpet, hardwood, laminate, vinyl, or tile, we, at Classic Flooring Center, will help you find the perfect floors for each room. Contact us or visit us today to begin your next flooring project!
