Laminate flooring throughout?

9 years ago

I am doing an extension on my house and can't decide whether to put a grey laminate flooring (balterio Renaissance oak) throughout the whole downstairs or to break it up with tiles in the kitchen?we are going with the laminate definitely everywhere else and either side of the kitchen is a dining room with archway into kitchen (no door) on 1 side and a lower level (2 steps) small sunroom on the other side. Any tips/opinions would be greatly appreciated.

The kitchen im putting in is a painted wooden kitchen in elephants breath farrow & ball paint. Thank you!

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hayleydaniels
9 years ago
We put tile in our kitchen, dining room, pantry, laundry area, entry hallway and coat closet as it flows together last winter. We're very happy with it after having water damage our vinyl plank floor. The only issue we have with the tile is that it's slippery for our two older dogs, but they love lying on it in the summer. I have 2 area rugs in my L shaped dining room along with several throw rugs and and runner in the other areas to provide them with traction, and they do okay. We haven't found it to be cold unless we're having a cold spell, and then it's a bit chilly, but otherwise it's fine. We live north of Seattle.

My in-laws put in laminate a few years ago, and my husband says the noise of their dogs toenails on it drives him crazy. It looks very nice though.
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