White flooring in the interior is one of the fashion trends often used by designers. The need for careful care of a light-colored surface is compensated by wide scope for creativity and the implementation of original creative ideas, which will be discussed below.
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Design features
- It is a well-known fact that white color expands boundaries, which means that using a light floor covering can visually enlarge the space.
- Using different textures and materials, the white tone will support the style of any interior.
- White color can become the main “highlight” of the room or serve as a background.
- White color, like any other, has cold and warm shades.
Classic oak
The most common and no less reliable material is oak parquet. Any room in the house will look noble with such flooring thanks to its unique texture and pattern . When using solid oak, you can decorate a room in both light and dark shades.
Boiled oak can create a beautiful contrast with the walls. The solid wood here is of a dark shade. This coating will fit well into the style of the room in the form of classics or baroque.
It will look good in both dark and light colors
Standard oak parquet boards have a light beige shade. It is important to use flooring to furnish a room in a Scandinavian interior, where bright colors and neat lines are successfully combined. A light board will not look bad in a classic style.
Types of finishing materials
Tile
Ceramic tiles are durable and easy to maintain. Technologies allow you to apply complex images, which means it’s easy to choose a design to suit your desired style. The material may differ not only in color, but also in texture.
A glossy floor will visually increase the area due to its reflective properties; matte tiles are easier to clean and look more comfortable in the interior.
Imitation of white marble will significantly save your budget, while in the interior it will look expensive and stylish. Disadvantages include fragility and low sound insulation. It is also advisable to install heated floors during renovations, since the tile material is cold.
Porcelain tiles
It is manufactured at a higher temperature, so it acquires higher strength and has a dense structure without pores, which allows the use of abrasive agents during maintenance. Externally, porcelain stoneware looks like tiles and is suitable for the kitchen, hallway, and living room.
Tree
A noble, eco-friendly material with a unique texture, color and pattern. Plank wood floors can match almost any style in the interior, while always looking stylish. However, there is a drawback to natural wood flooring: it reacts to the humidity in the room and may begin to creak over time.
The photo shows a bedroom with a painted wood panel floor.
Parquet always remains relevant and is suitable for decorating a bedroom, living room, or children's room. Another option is laminate. The color of white oak looks especially impressive.
The photo shows a modern living room with white parquet flooring.
White self-leveling floor
The main advantage of self-leveling flooring is considered to be maximum wear resistance; it is not afraid of damage of almost any nature. The application technology is performed without seams or joints. One of the disadvantages is the cold surface, which will be corrected by a warm floor.
The photo shows a minimalist kitchen with self-leveling flooring.
Carpet covering
Carpeted flooring looks cozy, but requires more maintenance. In addition to regular vacuuming, white carpet will require professional dry cleaning. Looks good in the bedroom, nursery and living room.
Painting
A simple but no less interesting way of finishing. In addition to simple plain painting, the floor can be decorated with a variety of patterns. For better adhesion of paint to the surface, the floor must be prepared and cleaned.
Cork floor
Cork is a soft, pleasant to the touch, environmentally friendly material that has many advantages. Cork has soundproofing properties, has a warm surface and lasts quite a long time. Cork also has orthopedic properties due to shock absorption. Suitable for decorating a nursery, bedroom and living room.
Vinyl
The coating has a lot of positive qualities. The material is as simple as possible when laying out and maintaining. It also has good heat and sound insulation. However, the material is not environmentally friendly and may lose color over time.
Flaws
Dust on a white floor is almost invisible, but all other types of dirt become immediately visible, which requires their immediate removal to maintain a neat appearance of the coating. Light-colored floors will require more frequent cleaning. But this drawback can easily turn into an advantage, given that the room will always be kept perfectly fresh and clean.
White kitchen design with white tiles on the floor
Important! All kinds of damage, such as chips, cracks, dents, scratches, stand out much more strongly on a white background than on a dark one. This nuance should be taken into account when planning redevelopment or rearrangement of furniture.
White glossy self-leveling floor
Glossy or matte flooring?
The texture of the coating can change the appearance of the room. In a small room it is better to use gloss, reflecting objects, they will visually increase the area of the room. This effect can be achieved using tiles, porcelain stoneware and self-leveling flooring.
The photo shows a children's room with a glossy white floor covering.
Matte floors will add coziness to the interior. Almost any floor finishing material comes with a matte texture, so there will be no problems with the choice.
Features of interiors with white floors
A light floor visually expands the space, as if adding sunlight, air, cleanliness and lightness to it. This feeling is present even in very small rooms decorated using this design technique.
Light wooden floor in the interior
Due to the property of white color to reflect light, this flooring is often used in the interior of rooms where access to natural light is difficult or completely absent. But, since dark floors are considered a classic in home decoration, using white for this purpose gives the interior a less expensive and luxurious look. This point should be taken into account when decorating apartments in premium and luxury style.
White can be a great neutral backdrop in a room where things create the main design.
In addition, white tone is preferable to use in combination with other shades. An interior decorated exclusively in white will look inexpressive. The lines and boundaries will be blurred, which will negatively affect the overall perception of the design of such a room. In order to avoid this effect, you can use one of the classic techniques used by designers. Doors painted in dark colors against a white floor will help cope with monotony and balance the dominance of white. You can also finish the walls several shades darker and add bright accents in the form of decor and individual pieces of furniture in contrasting colors.
Lighting in a white interior
On a note! Using a flooring material with an expressive texture, such as parquet boards, will also help to add variety. A similar effect is achieved by using tiles, as well as textured materials such as carpet.
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White carpet in the bedroom
white carpet
Photos in the interior
Kitchen
A white floor in the kitchen is not the most practical, but it is a very effective idea. The beauty of white is its versatility; it can be successfully combined with any shade. The set can be of any color. Suitable materials for the floor would be tiles, laminate, self-leveling flooring.
Bathroom and toilet
A white floor will make the bathroom and toilet look larger. It is worth using moisture-resistant surfaces. In addition to a single-color coating, white can also be diluted with other paints, for example, with patterns or wood imitation.
The photo shows a bathroom with a podium. The finishing is made of white tiles.
Living room
The flooring material is selected depending on the stylistic direction. Carpet, wood and vinyl flooring are suitable for a classic interior in the hall. In a modern interior you can use tiles, porcelain stoneware, wood and self-leveling flooring.
Bedroom
A white floor will fill the bedroom with air and make it more spacious. A white wooden floor will make the bedroom soft, and a carpet will fill the atmosphere with coziness.
Children's
In the nursery, it is better to use warm materials such as linoleum, carpet, and cork. A colored carpet looks harmonious on a light background.
Corridor and hallway
The flooring in the hallway must be moisture- and wear-resistant. A white wood-look marble floor or tiles in accordance with the interior style will look chic.
The photo shows a hallway in a modern style. The flooring is made of marble.
White color: advantages and disadvantages
When choosing this option for organizing flooring, you need to take into account all its strengths and weaknesses. White floor color has many advantages:
- versatility;
- good compatibility with most styles;
- visually increases the space;
- has a calming effect;
- favorably emphasizes design solutions;
- camouflages dust;
- can serve as a companion color for other shades.
Simple, but at the same time chic interior Source i.pinimg.com
This is a suitable color for creating laconic minimalist interiors, modern, for example, high-tech. To organically match the design style, the texture of finishing materials must be carefully selected.
Disadvantages of white coating:
- despite masking dust, it is not able to hide scratches, stains and other damage;
- Frequent cleaning is required;
- sometimes not suitable for interiors in dark colors.
For your information! White can serve as a background for bright compositions or can itself serve as an accent against the background of other colors.
Combination with other colors
Black and white floor
The classic combination of black and white has remained relevant for a long time. For tiles, the combination can be in a checkerboard pattern, stripes, or with the addition of one color or another to the main background. Carpeting can have an elegant pattern.
White-gray
A softer combination that looks elegant on a marble floor, highlighting the natural pattern of marble in gray. Depending on the design, the combination can be in a classic and modern interior.
Red-white
Bold shade. Red, combined with white, it looks stylish and not pretentious. The interior may contain red decorative elements. Suitable for finishing floors in a modern style.
Tiles, tiles and porcelain tiles
It is easier to lay such a floor yourself. This is a definite plus, as is the high strength of the created plane. The tiles are not afraid of water, they are difficult to scratch, and if you have a “warm floor” system, they will be an ideal solution for bathrooms. However, you will get nothing special, other than the color, the finish will not stand out. Tile coverings have been used for so many years that you won’t surprise your guests with anything other than color. You need to choose an option with at least small splashes of other colors - small stripes, ornamental details or sparkles should be present. Otherwise everything will be very similar to a hospital.
What wall color should I choose? What wallpaper is suitable?
Seemingly simple at first glance, white color will add luxury to any interior, and thanks to its versatility, it can be combined with almost any wall shade.
- Light walls will become a continuation of the white floor. For a classic interior, light plaster with white baseboards or wallpaper with a discreet pattern are suitable. In a modern interior, you can use brickwork and wallpaper with patterns. One of the walls can be decorated with photo wallpaper with a three-dimensional image.
- The contrasting dark color of the walls will visually elongate the room. In this case, you can focus on texture and color.
- White walls will make the room as spacious as possible. To prevent the room from being boring, you can use unusual finishing techniques, such as relief panels, brickwork or wallpaper with a shiny surface.
- White floor and gray walls. To prevent the interior from being cold, you should choose a warm shade of gray. Wallpaper with strict geometric shapes will fit well into a high-tech interior, and paintable wallpaper is suitable for Scandinavian-style decoration.
- The deep blue color will attract attention. To create a marine style, you can choose striped wallpaper. You can highlight the area with photo wallpaper in blue tones.
- Shades of yellow create a light summer mood. Reflecting from the white floor, it will fill the room with sunlight.
The most beautiful shades
Pure white tone is not found too often in the interior. Its shades are much more popular. With their help you can give the atmosphere the desired mood and style.
We list the most pleasant tones for the floor:
- Snow white is essentially neutral, but is perceived as a cool shade. Its advantages are versatility in terms of combinations, a “festive” look and the ability to expand space. Even the Khrushchev building will seem larger than it actually is. Such a surface, especially glossy, reflects maximum light. The disadvantage of a snowy tone may be some coldness and excessive severity.
- a sky blue undertone if you add a little blue to a bucket of snow-white paint. This color is good for the floor, ceiling, and walls. He is classified as “cold”, but at the same time he is not so strict. It is recommended to use it in rooms with windows facing south. You can complicate this shade by adding a drop of black: then you get blue-gray .
- The gray-white coating looks calm and non-committal. This shade is easy to combine. A light gray floor of almost any texture is very practical and will suit any interior.
- A joyful and warming champagne shade suitable for both glossy and matte surfaces. In the first case, this will be an option for the classic style, hi-tech and minimalism. The second is a great way to decorate a room in Provence, shabby chic, or scandi style.
- The palest orange you can imagine is called antique white . It is classified as a warm beige tones.
- Pale beige will look great in a room with wooden brown furniture and coffee-colored wall decoration.
ADVICE. The juxtaposition of two different tones of white often looks ill-conceived, although experienced designers can reconcile some shades.
If you have difficulty with the combination, use the same color, but in different saturations. For example, go for a bluish flooring and slightly brighter light blue walls and ceiling. Some pieces of furniture may already have a more saturated shade of blue or even blue. Add monochrome colors here - gray and black - in any quantity. To create accents, another color, for example red, will be useful.
Warm floor shade - for those who value comfort
White and gray flooring in a gray bedroom with color accents
Combination with ceiling color
Finishing the ceiling with white will create symmetry in the room, in this case attention will be focused on the walls. A boring, flat ceiling can be decorated with stucco molding or plaster plinth.
Darker shades are best combined with the color of the wallpaper; the ceiling can become an extension of the walls. The black color of the ceiling will become the object of attention in the design of the apartment. To avoid creating a pressing sensation, it is better to use glossy materials.
Which skirting board to choose?
The baseboard for the floor is an important detail that should also be paid attention to during repairs.
- In a minimalist interior you can do without it; white skirting boards will suit classic and modern styles.
- In a spacious room these can be high plinths of unusual shape; for a compact room it is better to use small corners.
- A black plinth for the floor will separate the planes and look elegant; it will also look harmonious with black doors.
Choice of door color
Doors should be in harmony with the overall interior of the apartment.
- White doors will become a continuation of the room; it is better to use them in a bright interior.
- Dark door color and white floor. It can be combined in color with the color of the walls or contrasted against the background of light wallpaper.
- Wenge color is best used in warm interior colors; it looks great on a beige background.
Suitable furniture
Furniture can match the overall color scheme of the decoration or become a bright accent in the interior.
- In a bright living room with white walls and floors, a brightly colored sofa will indicate a relaxation area.
- If you choose furniture of the same color palette as the decoration, then you need to focus on details, such as pillows, decorative elements, dishes or textiles.
- Brown furniture will add coziness to the room. The interior will be complemented by a carpet, pillows and unusual lighting.
American walnut
American walnut flooring looks very unusual in interior design. You can choose parquet boards in various shades - from gray-brown to rich chocolate. In some cases, dark woods have a beautiful purple hue, which gives the room an atmosphere of mystery and sophistication.
Application of solid walnut board
The beautiful wave-like pattern of dies with curls is great for decorating a room. We do not recommend using parquet darker than American walnut in the interior. It is on American walnut that dust is not visible, and the rich chocolate shade of the parquet creates a beautiful contrast with the light walls.
Design
Inserts of other colors
Inserts of a different color can be distributed over the entire surface of the floor or form a three-dimensional pattern. On white tiles, piece inserts of a different color or with patterns look interesting. In a hallway, bath or entryway, tiles with uniform black corners look elegant.
The photo shows a classic kitchen, the tiles have discreet black and white inserts.
Chess
The classic combination for checkerboard floor design is black and white. This design is suitable for a room in a modern style and can be diluted with other shades in the design. The shade is chosen based on personal preference; for a calmer interior, light shades are suitable.
Patterns and prints
Patterns and prints on the floor are located in the central part of the room or area. The image will highlight the style of the interior. A similar effect can be achieved using self-leveling flooring, carpeting or tiles.
With texture
Tile and wood are used to create textured flooring. Laminate and wood panels convey the unique texture of wood. A completely different relief is applied to the tile; it can imitate natural materials or have an unusual pattern.
Style decision
Modern
In a modern style, you can use both glossy and matte finishes. In the style of minimalism and hi-tech, marble, self-leveling flooring, and plain carpet look harmonious.
The photo shows a minimalist bedroom with wooden floors.
Loft
To finish the floor in the loft style, large tiles, laminate or matte self-leveling flooring with imitation concrete are used.
Classic
In a classic interior, the decoration is made of wood, tiles or carpet. The painted floor will complement the carpet.
The photo shows a classic bedroom with white carpet.
Scandinavian
The style is restrained and laconic; a wooden or self-leveling floor will be a good solution. Small rugs will add warmth to the interior.
Provence
In a Provence interior, a floor made of painted white boards, laminate with wood texture or tiles with an aged effect looks harmonious.
Materials from which it is best to make a white floor
The uniqueness of a light floor is that it provides the opportunity to create an interior in any style, from ceremonial pomp to modest minimalism. A room in this color can be festive, elegant, sophisticated, and calm.
Room with white floor
For this floor, a good option is:
- porcelain stoneware;
- laminated parquet;
- self-leveling floor;
- wooden plank;
- tile;
- linoleum.
Please note that large black and white glossy tiles or other flooring materials will look great on the floor
On a note! White flooring is universal in the sense that with its help, the interior of any style acquires, on the one hand, a calm and sophisticated look, and on the other, a beautiful and festive look.
The bleached solid oak floor looks very impressive. Ash is slightly inferior to this type of wood when used for flooring covered with white paint. The color of wood fibers becomes more saturated after treatment with a special compound. In combination with white paint applied in a thin layer, the wood gives very beautiful shades.
Painting the wood floor in the living room
