{"id":3895,"date":"2015-04-13T15:17:19","date_gmt":"2015-04-13T15:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3895"},"modified":"2015-04-13T15:17:19","modified_gmt":"2015-04-13T15:17:19","slug":"flooring-to-define-zones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/flooring-to-define-zones\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspired flooring to define zones"},"content":{"rendered":"

Open plan living spaces, favoured by lofts and apartments, are usually void of the interior walls that conventionally divide the area into rooms. To stop the space from feeling soulless and characterless, interior designers use multiple design tricks to define and zone rooms or areas within rooms. This is often achieved by using colour, accessories, freestanding shelving, glass wall blocks and 3D decorative panels<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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But a new trend is emerging beneath our very feet to subtly alert us to where one zone ends and another begins.<\/p>\n

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Where will I have seen this trend?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Commercial spaces have long utilised hardwearing floor materials to differentiate one area from another. For instance, restaurants often differ the flooring in their eating areas to the flooring in their bar areas. But this trend favours blended flooring which gently blurs \u2018room\u2019 boundaries to allow us to use the space more fluidly.<\/p>\n

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Currently, there seems to be a real pull towards combining tiles with wood to spruce up interior design, whilst incorporating a durable floor covering for high traffic areas.<\/p>\n

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Fans of the trend include New York\u2019s Musket Room, which zones the bar area with cement tiles that merge into the wood flooring of the restaurant area.<\/p>\n

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The Musket Room –\u00a0Alexander Waterworth Interiors<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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The concept for ‘Hopper\u2019s Bar’, on the other hand, opts for hexagonal tiles and wood flooring to bring some warm relief to the heavy industrial feel of its interior.<\/p>\n

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Hopper’s Bar – John Komnos<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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How will this trend work in my home?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Given our enthusiasm for open plan living, it\u2019s no surprise that this trend is gradually making its way into domestic interiors. The desire to open up our living space has seen us knock down walls in order to create a multifunctional hub for our home. And with kitchen-cum-dining rooms and living-cum-dining rooms more popular than ever before, defining these zones with flooring is a neat trick. The desired effect can range from subtle to bold.<\/p>\n

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Defining the dining area<\/strong><\/p>\n

In these two examples, ceramic tiles are blended with wood to zone the dining area from the rest of the living area.<\/p>\n

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Defining wet and dry areas<\/strong><\/p>\n

This bathroom, by interior designers Kalb Lempereur<\/a>,<\/span> combines solid wood flooring with tiles to zone the wet and dry areas.<\/p>\n

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Uniting the dining and kitchen area<\/strong><\/p>\n

The blend of coloured and neutral flooring in this kitchen-cum-dining room playfully questions the relationship between the two zones.<\/p>\n

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Uniting the living and kitchen area<\/strong><\/p>\n

Colourful geometric tiles blur the transition between the kitchen and living area by spilling over the room boundary and inviting us to use both spaces as a continuation of the other.<\/p>\n

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Casa Vogue<\/p><\/div>\n

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If you\u2019re looking for innovative zoning ideas, such as blended flooring, why not check out Livinghouse\u2019s<\/a> contemporary range of flooring, glass wall bricks and 3D decorative panels?<\/p>\n

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