When you need to renew the outward appearance of your wooden floors, you can stay with the proven carpeting, or leave the pretty wood flooring exposed to be enjoyed as is – with some basic upkeep such as wood staining. With exposed wood flooring you can just add some beautiful area rugs to quiet the sounds of footsteps. With just the right selection of rugs you can choose to either contrast or complement your decor.
Working with floors as design features
If you opt to design your floors to contrast your walls, confirm your walls have a muted color palette and your carpet should be a brighter tint. On the other hand, if you choose to have your floors compliment your walls, you can use neutral flooring with a similar color in the same hue as your walls. Some people like their flooring and walls to not only match but also to be earthy and neutral in tone so that their furniture, pillows, and other accenting decor can stand out . The floors and walls become a background for the accents in the room at this point.
You know you’ve found the right look when your guests smile as they enter your entrance hall. Even if they are not saying anything, the grin is the compliment. Installing the perfect floors and / or rugs is a good way to get that grin. And it will make you grin as well because your home reflects who you are. When you feel good as you enter your house, then you tend to immediately relax and feel at one with your world.
An alternative way to accent your room will be to use beautiful, diverse sized area rugs. Rugs come in numerous styles from the rope knot circular rug to the exotic Persian rug. A rug with a beautiful color palette tends to charm the attention of any visitor.
One interesting style chosen by many is picking one rug for under your occasional table, especially in a conversation pit, then switching gears and using a totally different color and texture for the floor in the living room (where everybody watches television?). This method virtually creates two different room types without actually leaving the room. It creates an aesthetically pleasing effect and serves a particular purpose at the same time.
You have many choices in the way to present your floors and to match them to the rest of the room’s aesthetics from adding carpeting to accessorizing the floors with varied length and sized area rugs. Whichever way you go you can do blinding things with it, but above all- ensure you set it up for YOU to enjoy- then others can join in as they visit your house. You’ll be the one having a look at it the most so build it for you first!
