Need help on flooring for Edwardian house with contemporary extension
We are trying to bring back to life an Edwardian house we bought in a probate sale after years of neglect. We are trying to keep the old part of the house true to it's period but are putting a contemporary extension on the rear (the breakfast room, kitchen and dining/family room are all open plan).
The extension has a pitched roof:
Our dilemma is what to do with the flooring. We are having underfloor heating throughout the ground floor so need something that works with this. We were hoping to go with the same floor throughout but are not hell-bent on this. We need something that will withstand the practicalities of a kitchen and also everything that two under 5s can throw at it/bounce off!
Other considerations are a light gloss grey contemporary kitchen (grigio platino lucido in the photo) we have already bought and the worktops are yet to be decided (poss white stone) - views very welcome.
The lounge that comes off the breakfast room is also planned to be kept in its traditional style despite being encased with the contemporary parts and only accessed through here. We were hoping to keep it purposefully quite a dark coloured room.
We had considered the following options:
1. Dark engineered wood herringbone. Pros: Fits the period style and would probably work with the kitchen. Cons: Reports from friends about the engineered wood not being good with spills in the kitchen (warping and taking on dirt/stains).
2. Wood effect porcelain tiles in herringbone. Pros: Would fit all of the practicality aspects. Cons: not sure how proven this format is, worried that the tiles might not look like either tiles or wood(!), concerned about the echoey effect.
3. Natural stone tiles in the hall, carpet in the living room and then possibly the same sort of flooring throughout the open plan area and lounge.
We are quite stuck and would welcome any advice on our options or any ideas or suggestions. Many thanks.
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PROOnePlan
7 years ago
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OnePlan
7 years agoThis is a shiny wood effect tile that one of our clients used - not sure if they do an outdoor grade - I doubt it ? As shiny outside might be a recipe for accidents so I wouldn't suggest it for there - but will show your the flooring as it does look amazing !
There area some amazing wood effect tiles and also as Jonathan suggested - Amtico and Karndean do some pretty realistic versions for interior use ( might be more toddler friendly than tiles !)
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Gina Anderson
7 years ago
PROFloors of Stone
7 years agoHello,
Sounds like an exciting project!
We have a range of Italian wood effect porcelain tiles, which are perfect for busy households and are extremely hard wearing. They stand up to every day life and spills in the kitchen, and can even be used outside, if you did want to carry it through. I've attached a picture one of our customers sent in to us of the Aged Oak in their kitchen. You can see the range on our porcelain page.
We also have a great range of natural stone tiles in a variety of colours and finishes. Flagstone tiles or tumbled travertine are very popular in houses of your age. I've attached a picture of our Brushed Charcoal Limestone in a customer's hallway to give you an idea, they carried this through to their kitchen/diner as well.
If you are having underfloor heating, both stone and porcelain work really well with this.
We're happy to send out free samples of anything you like, or if you would like any further advice, please feel free to email us on enquiries@floorsofstone.com and we will do our best to help.
Best of luck with your project!
Sophie // Floors of Stone
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How about polished concrete- we have put this into our Edwardian house renovation (knocked thro several rooms for an open plan kitchen to broken plan living) u can have choice of colours and pick ur stones- different colours jump out depending on decor- my kitchen is inchyra blue; my friend has same floor with a pale green kitchenAR
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