Open plan living is very on-trend at the moment. Lots of homeowners are removing internal walls and opening up the downstairs of their homes. Commonly, open plan living areas will combine the kitchen, dining room and living room, and this works particularly well in smaller properties. Removing walls enables light to bounce around the room and creates the illusion of more space. It also allows you to experiment with lots of different layouts to find a solution that works best for the floor space you have, as well as your lifestyle, family and specific needs.
When you’re creating an open plan living area in your home, it’s crucially important to ensure you’re choosing the right flooring. Ideally, you should have the same flooring throughout the whole space to prevent the room from feeling disjointed and it can be difficult to find one flooring solution that works well everywhere.
Budget-friendly
When you have such a large surface area to cover, laminate flooring is a much more budget-friendly option and it will cost you a fraction of the price of solid oak flooring for example.
Durable and hard-wearing
Your open plan living area will experience a lot of foot traffic and, for this reason, your flooring needs to be able to withstand general wear and tear. Laminate flooring is constructed from large sheets of MDF or HDF and toughened by pressure bonding a clear lamination to the surface, so it is incredibly hard-wearing and won’t need to be replaced in just a few years’ time.
You can even install laminate flooring in your kitchen without worrying about things like water damage and swelling.
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