How to Choose the Right Flooring for an Open-Plan Home

Whatever type of flooring you opt for in an open plan home, the standard design choice for new Perth builds and renovations, there are key ways to ensure your haven feels cohesive and calm.

Open plan design unpacked

Open plan houses feature fewer walls and doors. Spaces that once may have been separated by function, such as the kitchen, living room and dining hub, are combined into one larger area.

Embraced wholeheartedly in recent times, open plan living delivers one continuous visual space, creating a more expansive feel.

Planning for this when selecting flooring is crucial, so that each area can function effectively but also feel connected.

Defining zones with flooring: the key rule

When it comes to open plan living, flooring becomes ever more important as it (alongside furniture, lighting and accessories, like rugs) steps in where doors and walls normally are, helping to create distinct zones in the home.

Whether you go for engineered timber, hybrid, vinyl or carpet – or a mix of these, depending on your needs – keeping colour and tone consistent throughout open plan sections of the house is the priority.

Embracing this rule means you can change up your floors in different rooms, enjoying some variety, and still ensure the home feels seamlessly connected.

Breaking this style rule tends to create visual chaos, with the eye being pulled in different directions amidst a clutter of colours and materials all competing for attention.

How the rule works with one flooring type

Many homeowners elect to stay with one type, colour and tone of flooring for simplicity and elegance but generate interest by leaning on understated techniques, such as:

• Switching up plank direction
• Mixing up flooring patterns ie. from a chevron or herringbone pattern to a straight lay
• Embracing texture changes

How it works when mixing up materials

If mixing up flooring materials is a must for you, the key is stay in a similar undertone zone ie. sticking with all cool or all warm tones.

Not sure how to pinpoint undertones? Parrys Flooring Specialists are happy to help.

Wide planks: the perfect open plan solution

If you’re looking for a fresh and practical flooring option for an open space that also delivers cohesion and oozes style, wide planks have to be considered.

Wide planks – those between 180mm and 30mm – are perfect due to their ability to simplify, as well as beautify, vast spaces.

This character-filled flooring option, like our exclusively-designed Everplank and SpaceWalk luxury hybrid collections, helps bring warmth, opulence and consistency to large areas.

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