Herringbone LVT flooring – to have a border or not?

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LVT will be laid throughout the entire ground floor of the new extension and renovation in a herringbone style. I am wondering whether having borders would look better than not having them.

How much edge will be visible? If you have a glass wall/door you’ll see it there, but generally furniture covers most of the edges. Borders are good in a hall.

Depends on the border for me - if it's the same planks but laid parallel with the wall then I quite like them. If it's the metallic coloured strip then I think it just makes it obvious that it's not real wood personally.

Having a border would make the
space look smaller, and as a pp said - most of it will probably be covered by furniture.
it’s a no from me.

We had our entire (huge) kitchen diner done in herringbone LVT. No border. Looks amazing. I think a border would have made it look fussy.

Unless its a uniformly shaped room that's big enough so that none of the furniture needs to go against the wall, then I vote no border. If it's spanning several room then it's also a no.

The LVT will be laid in the hallway and in the kitchen/diner, with a pocket door between the kitchen and diner and a sliding door in the dining area. In terms of visibility, the amount of exposed edge will be minimal

I find the borders a bit busy. I don't like it when people put a border around their driveway paving either though, so it might just be me.

Thanks. I am thinking of the same planks laid in parallel.

I really like the uncluttered flow of my planks. I wouldn’t want a border.
I think borders can look good in a confined space, like a bathroom or hallway.

The herringbone pattern will be in a large format, but the hallway itself is small (approximately 2 m by 4 m). The kitchen/diner is considerably larger (8m by 8m)

I have LVT throughout downstairs - straight plank hallway kitchen. Herringbone with border & border strip in large lounge diner which works well.

Down to personal taste - take some photos & upload into ChatGPT which will give you a good idea what it would look like

I am thinking of doing that but not sure of the hallway and sliding door area

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I think borders will date. Remember wallpaper borders?

Thanks. What’s your opinion on adding a hallway border?

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I decided against a border in our new kitchen extension and I don't regret it. It looks good without, and the skirting creates a kind of border between the floor and the wall anyway.

I think borders look very try-hard, unless you live in a stately home. Too fussy for me.

Thanks — that’s definitely food for thought.

Thanks. Since we’re having new skirting throughout, perhaps this could serve as the border.

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I think it depends on the style of your house. I have a Victorian terrace and we decided borders in our hall and living room suited the house. A more modern house may be better without borders.
Whatever you choose it’ll look good 😊

Yes, the simplest possible. It looks wrong without a border.