Open kitchen, living, and dining area. Appearance of floor coverings

Hello everyone,

We are considering which floor coverings to install in the living and dining area and in the kitchen. The focus is primarily on the appearance, not the material. There have already been some discussions about the material (parquet, laminate, vinyl, tiles). So far, the idea has been that the living and dining area should have flooring in oak look. In the kitchen, the flooring should be dark gray. The other alternative would be for the entire room to have the same oak-look flooring. The kitchen itself should have white or slightly grayish fronts and dark gray countertops. See the colored floor plans for this. What are your opinions? Thank you very much

What are your opinions?

We have only two different types of flooring (and thus also designs) in the entire house. I would do it the same way again.

Hello, we will use the same flooring (rectified stoneware tiles) for the living room, dining room, kitchen, and a conservatory, also because of the maintenance effort for oiled parquet.

I don't understand your question. Here is a current thread that also deals with a possible combination of different materials in the open area.

You are concerned with the appearance. Boden in Eichenoptik is however a flexible term, as it refers to the look of the wood grain but says nothing about light or dark. Oak look comes in various shades, oak is the wood grain.

For the kitchen you want dark grey, there is certainly oak look in dark grey as well. I personally find furnishing in different shades of grey - be it the kitchen, the bathroom or a living room - always somewhat bland and ....emotionless. Grey itself always needs a contrast: either a color, or calming white or brown.

The kitchen itself should have white or slightly greyish fronts and dark grey countertops.

With a white kitchen front, if you want grey, a medium or dark grey is recommended. If the kitchen front is smooth, then wood grain is fine; if the kitchen has a wood grain, I wouldn't choose wood grain, unless you love the (modern or old) country house style. Basically, a floor covering connects all the furniture in the room.

So the floor in oak look should be in medium light brown, just like natural oak wood looks. So not whitewashed or other color changes. It's hard to explain. The kitchen front should be matte or satin matte without wood texture

So the floor in oak look should be in medium light brown, just like natural oak wood looks. So not whitewashed or other color changes. It's hard to explain. The kitchen front should be matte or satin matte without wood texture

So you have decided on a floor after all?! Where is the question?