Never take design advice from salesman. You wouldn't let a plumber choose your bathroom or a sparky your lighting? Continuous flooring in open plan areas is always more visually cohesive. Choose planks or herringbone and take it through. The tiled kitchen area is an unavoidable flooring type change which will need attention to detail and a simple join preferably flat. This is not easy to achieve with different thicknesses.

Hello,

Planks or herringbone is a matter of prefference and style you're after.

Your home looks like a big new build so I think the planks would suit it better perhaps?

Whatever you do make sure the wooden flooring looks good with the tiles in the kitchen area; both in terms of pattern and colour.

Hope this helps :)

Jarek

www.studiomoodetc.com

I think it would look strange. Go with one or the other.

I would choose all the same. Who on earth made this silly salesman’s “rule” anyway? I prefer planks as it’s more elegant and less busy.

Since you will almost certainly have a threshold at doorways you can have different styles in different areas. There normally is a cost advantage to buying and laying larger planks rather than herringbone so there is an argument to just put herringbone where it’s going to be seen. But if you intend having a rug in the lounge or dining room you might not see it there and the herringbone may have more impact in your hall.

I think the rooms that join would look better if they were the same. The herringbone is more expensive because there’s more wastage when laying it. Make sure it’s a company that you have read reviews from and they put down a good base layer.

It might be interesting to get quotes from LVT flooring to compare. Personally, I prefer this. It’s less likely to move around.

Thanks all, my husband has persuaded me to go with the planks, he's not keen on the herringbone in large areas and while I love it I wasn't sure enough about how it will look to hold firm! I think the planks will look well, husband feels that when you look along the zigzag it can swim a bit and he doesn't like the sensation....I don't know if that is the same in real life to be honest or just pictures but there you have it.

Thanks again for taking the time to comment

The planks will look very smart and elegant 😊

If you use planks you will need a joining strip to allow for thermal expansion over that length. No experience of herringbone.

Looks great so far. You will be so happy that you didn't choose herringbone in a year or so when it becomes old news. Love your skylights.