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Flooring, Home Inspiration · May 19, 2023

What Flooring Options are Best for a Busy Family Home?


Living in a family home can be a wonderful thing. The hustle and bustle mean you’ll never be bored or feel lonely, while family gatherings like dinners or movie nights can help build your bonds and relationships.
However, living in a family home means you may need to make certain interior design choices. Function may need to be prioritised over form, you need to choose options that will be reliable and durable. When it comes to flooring, what options are best for a busy family home? Before you head for a builders merchants Belfast store, check out this guide.

Solid Wood Flooring

Solid wood flooring has been a popular flooring choice for hundreds of years. This timeless look will make your home appear stylish and sophisticated, while the material also offers a number of practical benefits. It is tough and durable, as well as easy to clean and maintain.

Solid wood flooring is long-lasting. However, it can be expensive and will require a significant financial outlay to purchase the material and have it installed.

Engineered Wood Flooring

Engineered wood flooring uses a top layer made from real wood supported by a bottom layer made from extremely tough materials. This means it has all the visual benefits of real wood with additional strength and durability.

What’s more, engineered wood flooring is a more affordable option than solid wood, and it can even be installed yourself. This, in combination with its improved strength, makes it the perfect choice for busy family homes with lots of foot traffic.

Laminate Flooring

Laminate flooring is a hybrid material made of a particleboard base with an image layer on top. It is tough, easy to clean and maintain, and affordable, making it a popular choice for family homes.
It comes in a wide range of different colours, patterns, and styles, which means there will be a choice to fit whatever your home’s aesthetic is. Laminate can be used in all rooms, making it a highly versatile and practical flooring choice.

Carpet

Wood flooring is generally preferred in family homes due to its reliability and how easy it is to clean. However, carpet can be an excellent choice too, and can make for a cosier and more welcoming home.

Carpet might not be suitable for all the rooms in your home, such as the bathroom or the kitchen, but spaces like the bedroom or the living room can benefit from carpet floors. However, in a busy home with young kids, spills and stains are often unavoidable. A stain-proof carpet can be a fantastic choice, and darker tones are usually more practical than lighter ones in busy family homes.

If your family is growing or you have just moved to a larger family home, you’ve no doubt come to realise that the design of your interior spaces is incredibly important. Choosing the right type of flooring is essential, it can determine how easy your home is to clean and maintain. Read over the options we’ve outlined above to ensure you make the right decision.

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