While using the same flooring throughout your home creates a sense of space it s not necessarily the way to make the most of each individual room.
Different laminate floors next to each other.
These help create a natural transition from one floor to the next.
That said i did two different woods next to each other.
Off the foyer the living room flooring can be sculpted carpet wood cork bamboo laminate tile or stone.
My space is a little more of a defined room transition than yours though.
The key is to match the color of the floor with the entryway as one flows into the other.
The dark wood is actually wood tile.
The darker shade in the diamond pattern is very close to the color of the wood flooring so they work well next to each other with regard to color.
I was remodeling our master bedroom which desperately needed new flooring.
How to mix wood floors in homes.
These moldings exist in many different varieties and may be just the thing to create a smoother balance between your coordinating floors.
If you are planning to install wood floors in only one area of your home you may be tempted to try to match the floors that are installed in your other areas.
Pay attention to color.
Be confident and bold choosing a wood floor that s a near opposite of what you already have or snagging two new floors with complementary grain patterns and stains pair existing maple in a sleek ebony finish with the grain of white ash finished with a dusty medium tone natural stain.
The lighter stuff is refinished 110 year old douglas fir.
Because laminate is available from a variety of manufacturers and each maker has several types of flooring two different laminate floors cannot be a continuous installation but you can.
If you re adding a second laminate floor to a room that already has laminate installed on half of the floor you may be concerned about joining the floors.
Color is vital in creating a sense of continuity as your house blends from one floor to the next.
The ash s grain pops against the more demure maple s and although the ebony and natural finishes are very.
This is very difficult to do because different series of the same types of wood flooring may be slightly mismatched in their tone.
This is dining room going into kitchen.
We found a darker reddish toned leading brand laminate flooring that was on closeout originally 3 69 marked down to 1 29.
Hardwood is used for the remaining areas.
I m happy with it.
A couple of things i like about this example.
I put laminate floors in two rooms of our home about six or seven years ago.