interior help for extension

4 years ago

Hello, I am extending my home into the garden by two metres. I have attached the plan so you can see the strange shape of our home. The kitchen will be a u shaped kitchen so I have drawn that on the plan. I want to replace the cold tiled floor with LVT wood effect flooring. I wasn’t sure given the strange shape of be room which way to lay the floor. I love the look of herringbone pattern wood flooring but I’m not sure if this would look weird given the shape. Any advise welcomed :)

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Sonia
4 years ago
I agree that herringbone pattern may accentuate the unusual shape. If you had plank wood style LVT with the planks laid horizontally across the kitchen the shape would be less obvious I think? Something like this
rinked
4 years ago
I think a herringbone would look great. Prevent it from being 90 degrees or in line with a wall. Free form. If that explanation makes any sense (I'm not english).

If you do decide on long planks, follow the longest line of sight (thus left in your floorplan), such as this:

I also see your scetch for a kitchen too, your kitchen is wide enough, just add two tall cabinets against the hallway wall. This way your table might fit in better.
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My gut feeling would be to suggest the LVT is in planks and is laid perpendicular to the face of the new extension - this way the eye is drawn to the light and view in the garden. The cutting along the angled wall would work in this case but I think it would be difficult to achieve with a herringbone.

I also agree with the other comment above about the layout of the kitchen, it feels a little awkward at the moment and could probably do with a little review. If you have a kitchen designer on board I would ask for a 3D view of the space so you can get a better understanding of how it would work.

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