Herringbone has had it's day. Straight planks are back. Discuss.

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Pretty much that really.

Now doing a renovation, and going to do one of 2 things on ground floor:

Tile (flagstone look, porcelain from Quorn Stone) throughout except living room, neutral carpet.

Wooden floor throughout, including living room, but tile cloakroom and utility with Quorn Stone as above.

I think I prefer the tiles, but DH and eldest DS won't wear slippers and hate the coldness. I can't be arsed with underfloor heating the whole thing.

So, this leaves us the wood. Engineered we think is looking like the smarter option. I really like the herringbone, but will it date? I know it's been around years, but still. Is it just the greige lvt stuff that is "of a look" (you can tell it's not wood, I've been looking in showrooms at all sorts for months now) that is looking dated, or would you avoid herringbone entirely as a fad and stick with straight planks?

Disclaimer: there won't be a navy kitchen with gold handles, nor faux panelling around every room, so it won't be over styled.

What did you go for in the end OP.

We have an oak LVT straight plank Karndean flooring in a large downstairs space (kitchen, diner, downstairs loo, hall and study. It cost a bomb we have had a dog and two messy kids and DH in. But 15-16 years in we are looking to replace it (it has gone very green looking near the patio doors and has lots of scratches). We haven’t really kept up with all the maintenance. We have had quotes coming in for straight planks and herringbone effect but its £’s. DH wants straight planks as its cheaper. I was all for herringbone but wonder if I will get sick of it.

I couldn't bear the fake wood. They couldn't bear the chilly tiles.

So we've got flagstones with underfloor heating and no money 😂

Sounds lovely warm and practical. Sadly no good for us as would leave too big a step and we have too big of an area to do so the cost would be way beyond our budget.

Herringbone is a period, classic look, but I wouldn't personally choose it, as like a pp it reminds me of school. My preference is always straight planks, ours are original Victorian.

We have large porcelain tiles in the kitchen, I regret them hugely. They are large and mid grey, I'm not on the grey bandwagon, but felt they'd be a neutral backdrop. They are semi matt, so no more slippy than any other tile. But they are cold under foot, even with socks. The grout looks grubby, despite being the same colour as the tile and one of them has cracked (wooden high stool fell over on them). Everything that drops on them shatters into a zillion pieces and I hadn't realised how clumsy we are!

Just realised this is resolved, good job I didn't say don't whatever you don''t get flagstones 😅. They sound lovely and I love a heated floor, we do all our own reno work and heated floors were beyond us.

Isn’t it more to do with the period of the house? What age / style is your home?

herringbone looks good if you have a large space - narrow corridors and kitchens etc suit long planks more?

I’m not keen. Kind of put it with panelling. Already looking a bit tired.