Is herringbone/parquet flooring becoming dated?

[MotherofPufflings]

Just coming to the end of a long renovation and questioning all the decisions we made about styling over a year ago!

I still really like the look of herringbone flooring but it is absolutely all over insta/FB/in every new build on Rightmove.

Is it timeless as lots of people say or is it starting to look a bit dated and I'll regret not going for something else in a few years? And if not herringbone, then what?

If you're doing it because you want to be fashionable then perhaps it won't be the big trend in a few years but it will always be beautiful and timeless - it has been for a century or so. I plan to do it mine soon and I don't care if it's no longer on Instagram, I have always loved it and I always will.

We didn't end up doing this, but this was something I looked at when we did our house - a slightly different option.

@PottingBench Hard agree from me. I read a great article about a young couple who are pushing to influence in the opposite direction; resisting the compulsion and expectation to renovate their newly bought property which has very dated 80s / 90s interiors. They decided that, although dated, everything is still in working order; although they can afford a renovation, they're not sure the planet can, when you scale things up. Instead, they're living happily with their pine kitchen and funny tiles and doing a good job of curating 'dated' as a conscious interiors choice.

Id skip the herringbone and go for classic wood floorboards/laminate x

We are all different. I’ve covered our original wooden floor up with carpets as prefer a cosier feel and don’t care this is apparently out of fashion. Just go with what you like

I think it depends on the house too. In a new build it will look faddy very quickly. An Edwardian house with high ceilings? Classic.

It’s a classic depending on your house so can’t see it dating.

People were covering up or ripping out “old fashioned” parquet flooring in the 1960s. Everything once considered “dated” eventually becomes current again. This is my excuse for never redecorating.