Having different types of floor throughout living spaces

[nalenoo]

Hi all, recently bought a fixer upper and are doing a lot of work over 2-3 months before we move in. Feeling a bit overwhelmed making so many choices at one! Wondering what thoughts are about mixing different floors. Have decided on LVT tiles for our kitchen dining area and love the parquet style. I have however always loved idea of solid wood floors and am planning on putting this in our seperate living room. As it’s a bungalow there is a long hallway that goes down to the bedrooms away from the kitchen and seperated by a door. My question is would it be strange to have solid wood in living room extending to hallway and then wood effect LVT in kitchen/dining? And would it be mad to have the parquet style in wood too or would it be better to go for more traditional wooden floor as contrast? Thanks for advice!

It sounds fine to me.

We have a mix: different hardwood types and patterns and areas of tile all over because we like it. In your medium-long term home, make choices based on how you want it to look, not what other people might think looks acceptable or what you think might appeal on resale.

I think a mix normally comes about as people do work at different times. If I was doing it all at once I’d have the same floor throughout. We’re doing work at the moment and are doing all three floors in engineered wood.

We've got a mix of carpet, tiled floors and LVT. They are all in a similar toned colour. It flows really well

Different finishes for different uses. We have tiled kitchen/utility/boot porch all in one tile, lvt in two different effects in dining room and cloakroom, different finishes but tonally there is similarity. Not finished downstairs yet but will carpet living room and study and probably hall. My floors are different for durability/ease of cleaning and comfort in different zones. I can see the aesthetic of having one floor throughout in a flat or very modern house, but practically I prefer carpets in living spaces and hard flooring in utility spaces, and find real wood stressy upkeep-wise. Don't have pets which might change some thoughts on cleaning strategy.

I'd.say different floorings are fine, but if you're going for wood in one. I think if be tempted to have your vinyl in the same style. Ie, all herringbone or all straight, especially when on the same level in the house.

Also, be aware, different floorings are different thicknesses so you may end up with a small step between each room.

I don't see anything wrong with having different floor types for different needs / spaces, however I wouldn't have wood and wood effect next to each other. It's very much a personal thing, but they are never going to match exactly and it would bug me. Having one or the other in a different design might help though.

For my renovation project (a bungalow) I was planning to have engineered wood throughout, but now can't afford it, so am looking at Quick Step laminate throughout, although may end up going with carpets in the living room and bedrooms. It's definitely a trade-off between functionality and style.

I'm in the middle of a full refurb and have chosen hardwood downstairs (but laminate Quickstep for the utility which gets manky and needs regular scrubbing out), carpeted stairs (DH unsteady on his pins) and engineered wood upstairs. All in warm oak planking with the carpet planned to tone in.

Don't worry what anyone else thinks - your home is purely for you so you do you with no regard for outside opinions.