Same flooring throughout whole house

[DunnoMate]

I really like the uniform look of the same floor throughout the whole house - upstairs and downstairs.

We’ll probably go for some kind of white oak I think, but wondering what to do about stairs and bathrooms? Can it still work practically and aesthetically?

I can’t find examples on Pinterest despite hours of trying! If anyone has any real life examples and is brave enough to post a photo I’ll send you a virtual g&t!

Very noisy in bedrooms, the owners had done similar in our previous house, although carpet on stairs and vinyl in bathroom to avoid water seeping through planks.
We ripped it up and put carpet down.
Are you detached?

Would'nt put Laminate down in a bedroom - we had it down and it makes a right racket for anyone below it. Lucky it was only in one bedroom - we are semi detached so only got away with it as the bedroom was the other side of the house to the neighbours.

It needs a good sound insulation if you are doing laminate upstairs! But It does look good. Just be careful because some laminates can be slippery and thus dangerous on the stairs.

We have dark oak vinyl planks in the whole house except for carpet on the stairs and landing, we like it

We’ve got LVT everywhere except the stairs and the bathrooms are tiled. It’s not noisy but we don’t wear shoes upstairs so maybe that’s why.

Thanks all!

Hadn’t thought about noise so that’s a good point. But carpet really isn’t a done thing here (we live abroad), but shoes off at the entrance is normal… Yes we’re detached so no issues for neighbours.

Our house has solid oak floors everywhere except the bathrooms which are tile. We have rugs on top to divide up the space in bedrooms and living room. Stairs are also oak - all modern and minimalist.

We have the same flooring throughout downstairs and the same carpet throughout upstairs.

I bloody love it. We went herringbone LVT downstairs as we have underfloor heating.
My strong recommendation is, don't go too light downstairs / high traffic areas. You'll be forever sweeping or mopping up. Light floors are very unforgiving.

Stairs are oak so we just left them as they are. Yes they are different colours but they go with each other.

We have uniform wood flooring throughout, including bedrooms, kitchen and (eek) bathrooms. It's a good idea to have some insulation put in under the upstairs floors to dampen sound, but we have wool area rugs with underlay padding in all the rooms and don't find it a problem as long as you're not routinely dropping kettlebells or anything. The only place the flooring varies is the stairs, as they were original to the house (just about the only thing left), which we painted.

I like the same flooring all the way through, but I do like carpet in lounge/beds and tiles or wood floor elsewhere.

We used to have white floorboards in our old Edwardian house. Looked lovely but yes was a challenge to keep looking lovely.

Our new place is a bit more modern.

Carpets are not an option but tiles for kitchen or bathroom might be ok. Though the kitchen/diner will be open plan and I’m not a fan of the line that divides flooring to mark one room from another.

@4444223e what kind of floor do you have and how is it holding up with the wet from bathrooms??

They're wide plank Canadian maple. We haven't had a problem with the bathrooms, but our house doesn't have any issues with condensation and the DC are older - I wouldn't have wanted to risk it in a house where the bathrooms were very damp or with young, splashing kids.

For what it's worth, we've always had wood flooring in our kitchens and never had any issues. Our current house isn't open plan, but we made the rooms open into each other with very wide and high double doorways and I also didn't want any divisions in the flooring.

I have the same all downstairs including kitchen, except the toilet which is tiled floor to ceiling)
Kichen will be tiled once if I ever get a new kitchen.

Stairs, upper hallway and bedrooms are the same as well.

(Bathroom all tiled floor to ceiling)

I dont find it very noisy but put good sound proof stuff underneath, also i have no small children living here.

The stairs have chrome strips which I like. I thought it would be slippery but it's been fine and I'm getting on in my old age.