Here at Flooring365, we're big fans of all things herringbone, whether that's solid, engineered, or laminate wood! Did you know it's also available in LVT too?
No matter which finish you opt for, herringbone delivers on style and character, adding an extra level of interest to any design makeover, which is no wonder why it's one of our most popular flooring types.
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If you've seen a dream herringbone, we're here to help you think about the practicalities, to make sure you choose the right floor that lives up to your dreams. First through, a few frequently asked questions...
Herringbone flooring has a very distinctive pattern. It&#;s made up of small blocks or boards laid out in a geometric pattern and its name references the bones of a Herring fish.
The Herringbone pattern dates back centuries however, the style of flooring became popular in France during the Renaissance period and quickly became a favourite across Europe and the World. By the end of the 18th century, Herringbone wood floors were a feature of Wealthy, Royal, and Upper-Class homes which is why it is normally associated with Wealth and Luxury today.
Herringbone flooring is a very popular choice that is back in demand for many homeowners. It is elegant, stylish, and extremely beautiful. With our wide range of Herringbone floors, we are confident that you will find the perfect Herringbone floor for you and your home.
Our stunning collection of Herringbone floors are sure to convince you that this is the perfect floor for your home. Here are our Top 10 Herringbone Floors that can suit any home and style preference.
Our range of herringbone floors comes in Solid Wood, Engineered Wood, Laminate, and Vinyl flooring and each has its own pros and cons. Ultimately, it comes down to you, your personal style, and your individual needs.
There are some limitations when it comes to herringbone flooring and choosing the best room to put it in. The main two factors you should consider are the conditions and traffic of your home. These will help you to determine the right herringbone.
Conditions
Our solid wood herringbone floors are perfect for areas such as living rooms and dining areas; however, we don&#;t recommend installing them in high-humidity rooms such as the bathroom or the kitchen.
Solid wood is a lot less stable which means that changes in temperature and humidity can cause the floor to expand and warp. So, in rooms such as bathrooms and kitchens where the temperature and humidity levels change frequently, our solid wood herringbone floors wouldn&#;t be suitable.
Herringbone engineered wood floors can be fitted in moisture-prone areas such as the kitchen. They do not warp or become damaged under extreme conditions which means you&#;ll always have a stunning, durable floor underfoot.
Our laminate herringbone flooring is moisture-resistant so if you&#;re looking for a Herringbone flooring for your kitchen but want to keep the cost down, then our laminate herringbone flooring would be a perfect fit.
Our vinyl herringbone floors feature a multi-layer structure, which makes them extremely stable and moisture-resistant. Vinyl herringbone floors are a great addition to any room including bathrooms and kitchens.
Traffic
Solid wood flooring can be sanded down repeatedly which means that dents and scratches can be removed with relative ease. This makes solid wood flooring a good choice for high-traffic areas. However, if you don&#;t want to damage or repeatedly sand and refinish your solid wood floor then we suggest going for a different style of herringbone floor.
Engineered wood flooring has a top layer of solid wood which means that it can be scratched and dented. However, you can choose from a selection of finishes that will further protect them from scratching. You can also sand and refinish an engineered herringbone floor to get rid of any scratches and marks. This makes an engineered herringbone floor an acceptable choice for high-traffic areas. However, if you don&#;t want to damage or repeatedly sand and refinish your engineered floor then we suggest going for a different type of herringbone floor.
Our laminate herringbone floors feature a tough surface, which makes them an ideal choice for spaces that experience heavy foot traffic. They can withstand stains, scratches, dents, and hard knots without suffering damage.
Vinyl herringbone floors have a tough wear layer and UV-coated surface which protects the floors from stains, scratches, and impact from falling objects. The hard-wearing nature of our vinyl herringbone floors makes it a great option for high-traffic areas.
Our Herringbone floors come in a number of different species, styles, and finishes, which will suit any home. It all comes down to your personal preference. Here at Flooring365, we have a wide range of herringbone wood floors to choose from and we&#;re confident that you will find the perfect floor for you and your home.
All our Herringbone floors come in different price ranges. Our solid wood herringbone floors are the most expensive herringbone floors we have. If you&#;re looking for a cheaper alternative, then we recommend looking at our engineered herringbone range. However, if you&#;re looking for a herringbone floor that won&#;t break the bank then we suggest having a look at our laminate herringbone. It is our most affordable and practical range of herringbone floors.
Whether you&#;re wanting to splash out on an expensive herringbone floor or want to work to a more budget-friendly price range, we are confident that you will find your perfect herringbone floor for the price that you want.
Another important thing to consider is, what is going underneath your herringbone wood floor. If you have underfloor heating, we don&#;t recommend solid wood herringbone flooring as the temperature changes, which can cause serious damage to your floor.
The type of subfloor you have can sometimes determine which type of flooring you will need. Usually, you can install any type of floor over most subfloors.
If you have an uneven subfloor, then we recommend buying an underlay. The underlay will even out imperfections in your subfloor and make it easier to install your herringbone floor.
A herringbone floor in the right setting can be a beautiful addition to your home. If you&#;re looking for a beautiful and timeless design that will add a sense of class and history to your home, then our herringbone flooring range is perfect for you.
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Just because something is trending, doesn&#;t also mean that it can&#;t be timeless as well. But how do you know?
After our herringbone wood floor was installed in our entry, I got to thinking that a really good test of whether you&#;re installing something timeless is to ask this question:
Would anyone walk into my house and immediately think, &#;Wow, these floors are so dated they need to come out immediately!!&#;
No, they wouldn&#;t.
But we would certainly say that about the basic taupe tile that everyone installed inside the grey trend &#; because it screams, &#;I was installed in the grey trend.&#;
Yes, there are many ways to describe timeless, but I liked this one I found in the Collins Dictionary:
If you describe something as timeless, you mean that it is so good or beautiful that it cannot be affected by changes in society or fashion.
Timeless really is about standing the test of time. Here&#;s another post where I defined it further.
Herringbone floors fill the homes, hallways and streets of Europe and have for centuries. Is Herringbone trending right now? It definitely is. But it&#;s also a timeless pattern. It&#;s important to remember, just because something is trending, doesn&#;t mean it can&#;t be timeless. Timeless finishes have their moment too.
Taupe was THE MOST popular &#;grey&#; of this era because it&#;s basically a combination of grey and beige. This makes it look cooler than all the beiges. And while everyone wanted grey they often preferred the warmer side of the greys.
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Therefore, since my house was a custom build 12 years go, which would have been right in the middle of the grey trend, it&#;s no wonder I inherited a house that was filled with taupe from top to bottom.
This was the taupe 12&#; x 24&#; tile that was in the entry when we purchased the home. We interviewed a few hardwood flooring experts and found a company who located the existing engineered white oak flooring that we already had (and refinished it). It was ordered way back in November and just installed two weeks ago.
This was my inspiration photo:
In order to choose the pattern, we needed to decide which wall we would look at most &#; in other words, which area would be the focal point. This determines which direction the centre point would go:
We went with option 2 because when you walk into the entry you immediately see the staircase and the wall at the end of the hallway.
The other interesting tip is that the border going all the way around was ordered slightly wider than the existing wood floor boards I had (see the stained wood on the left in the photo below). The reason is that when the herringbone was installed this border board could be cut to size.
This eliminates small cuts when adding the herringbone boards &#; to accomodate for the full pattern. . . okay I&#;m not the expert and I&#;m likely describing this wrong. If you know, you know.
If you want to learn more, please visit our website EIR SPC Flooring.
Here it is installed before it was stained to match the rest of my medium brown floors:
And here&#;s the after, so gorgeous!
Let&#;s see the before again, shall we:
And here&#;s the after:
You can watch the transformation here too:
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Speaking of instagram, when I reposted my &#;Grey floors should never have been invented&#; reel on Instagram a couple weeks ago and it quickly amassed over a million views again. &#;
I wish I could turn this into a formula to use over and over again. I&#;ve talked about grey floors numerous times. What&#;s the magic with this video?
Unfortunately, it&#;s before I stopped putting black eyeliner under my eyes. After so many millennials were quick to inform me how bad it was, I changed my ways! They didn&#;t care for my red and yellow outfit as well, haha.
In all seriousness, I stop reading the comments when a video goes viral because people are naturally upset that they realize they didn&#;t make the best decision. Sometimes you simply can&#;t &#;unsee&#; what I&#;ve pointed out. But if you are someone who found me from these videos, please know that it&#;s OK!
We ALL make mistakes in our decorating until we learn. And once we learn, we can do better next time.
That&#;s why I share some of my early design mistakes in my True Colour Expert Training. Every master was once a disaster, right?!
And, if you have grey floors, here&#;s how you can warm them up. Stick around, because my advice circles back to help you decorate around the things you cannot change too. Because I want you to love your home no matter what!
Since those videos on Instagram, I receive a lot of messages from followers asking me questions like, &#;Hey I&#;m considering ___________, is it trendy or timeless?&#;
There were also a lot of people who didn&#;t like my leopard runner (and that&#;s fine, I know it&#;s not for everyone) and declared it trendy. And, they&#;re not exactly wrong.
So here&#;s the thing, in my mind, carpet should NOT have an endless shelf life (ewwwww). Most people (if they can) are quick to replace inherited carpeting. It&#;s different than inherited stone floors or tile.
Remember, timeless means that it&#;s so good or beautiful that it cannot be affected by changes in society or fashion &#; meaning you cannot immediately identify the trend cycle or era it was installed in.
Here&#;s my design philosophy. Install timeless finishes so that you can be trendy in your decorating. For example, it&#;s a lot easier and less expensive to replace your sofa or wallpaper, than replacing tile floors in your entry, sunroom or bathroom like I had to replace in this home. Not to mention disruptive and messy.
The pushback that I get all the time are comments that sound like this:
&#;Install what you like. It&#;s YOUR house. YOU have to love it.&#;
This makes good copy in an article and it makes it easy for a salesperson to sell trendy finishes. But truly, we have all bought trendy items that quickly lost their charm as we watched them eventually or immediately look DATED.
That&#;s when we have &#;renovation regret&#; and wish we would have done something different. I bet each and every one of us has made this mistake before.
But that&#;s why boring now equals timeless later. When you install boring subway tile (for example) you can watch the trends come and go without getting upset that your renovation hadn&#;t started a little later because you&#;re already out of love with the trendy backsplash you installed.
If you&#;d like to learn how to decorate in a timeless way, become a True Colour Expert this Spring here.
Are you working on a renovation or new build this year? Work with me via eDesign here.
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