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What size and layout of wood planks for medium sized rooms?

3 years ago

Hi all, I have a small flat (floorplan attached) with small - medium sized rooms -around 3.5 x 3.5. Is it better to have wide wooden planks of over 200cm (some are even 240cm) for a streamlined look or narrower ones? Which direction should this be laid in for an optimal impact? Thanks so much in advance! :-)

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3 years ago
Size of the planks is really up to you, small or large can look great even in small rooms, as for direction you'll want to lay them in a direction that feel right for the room, traditionaly its oblique to where the joists would run. So for the large living room they would run up and down the length of the room (4.371 direction) that would make the room feel longer and be conventional, though you could run the along the shorter length which could make the room feel shorter but cozier.
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