Modern kitchen with rustic wooden floor?
Hello all
I'm still searching for wooden floor for my new extension and need some help as I need to order the floor very soon. I originally wanted a very light/white toned engineered wood floor probably prime grade or next one down, however over the last week I've had a complete change of mind and I quite like the rustic look, not too rustic but just something with more character, wood that actually looks like wood.
My kitchen is going to be white gloss handless, do you think it will go with a rustic/ character grade floor? See photo below. I found an old gloss door from my previous property that I had kept ( don't ask me why ) and a floor sample that I really like which I borrowed from a shop today, the actual shade of white of my new kitchen is the small sample which is not so 'white' but has a grey tone to it.
I'm planning to run the floor throughout the whole ground floor. Will a modern kitchen go with a rustic floor?
My future kitchen 3D picture
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5 years agoFor me rustic floor are characterised by knotty wood, and yellow or orange tones.
More elegant choices (in my opinion) include rich colours such as black, mahogany or a deep glossy chestnut, open grains such as ash, visually interesting laying patterns such as chevron or basket weave or contemporary finishes that give the wood a white, grey or smoked satin finish.
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