The most common, modern and fashionable floor covering is laminate. When it is necessary to repair the whole apartment or individual rooms, the acute question is how to improve the floor covering.
Laminate - floor covering, which is made on the basis of fibreboard, fairly dense multi-layer finishing material.
It is necessary to know that the color of the laminate is chosen not only for the color interior doors, but in accordance with the planned design decision. The color of the floor may depend on the visual size of the room as a whole. Light tones visually increase space, and dark ones on the contrary reduce. The output can be a combined floor made of laminate.
To date, the construction market offers a huge range of flooring products, laminate. It is produced not only of different colors, but there are differences in structure, texture, strength. Also, this coating is waterproof, which allows it to be used in wet rooms, in the kitchen and even in the bathroom.
Laminate can be made with a pattern that mimics:
- tree;
- a rock;
- ceramic tiles.
The cases in which laminate
Due to the widest choice of this floor covering You can realize all the ideas for the design of the apartment. Consider some of the most common and loved by many, combinations of flooring:
- If the repair is carried out in the studio apartment, the floor covering, for example the kitchen area, can be ennobled with tiles that smoothly pass into the recreation area where the floor will be laid out with a beautiful laminate, it looks like the photo.
- If you make an accomplishment of the hallway, which gradually turns into the living room, it is also possible to combine the color solution and structure.
- If you need to zoning the room, this is done by selecting each zone its own color.
- If you want to create a picture on the floor, using the alternation of different color bands.
When combining a laminate, it is worth remembering that the material should be of one firm, for a comfortable and correct alignment when stacking.
Using different colors of the coating
When you have to combine different colors, you need to make a plan of the room with a future floor design, where it will be indicated how and by what sequence the strips of the laminate will be laid. After this, you can safely go to purchase the necessary building materials.
The combined laminate is very original idea for design. But you need to remember the rules for combining different colors.
The rules for combining different colors
First of all, when the repair is planned it is necessary to think about how the living rooms will look like. It is necessary to learn a few melts on the selection of colors of materials for laying on the floor, namely:
- For the design of rooms with walls in light colors, it is best to choose the color of the floor, which has reddish hues, due to the floor the room will have an interesting appearance;
- Do not combine laminate in the color solution, which will be the walls or future furniture, conceived in the interior;
- For the kitchen and the hallway is best suitable laminate imitating tile, due to the fact that this is the most passable part of the studio apartment, the color should be chosen practical;
- If the walls of the room have a cool shade, then the solution will be a white or greenish color of the flooring;
- To the walls of warm colors, the colors of dark shades suitably match, so that there is a contrast.
Features of the combined floor
Combined laminate means under itself all sorts of variations in the laying of floor covering. Such design ideas can be seen on the following photos.
Stacking can be done different types of, eg:
- In the form of different geometric shapes;
- Stacking in the form of invented patterns;
- Laminate can be laid out at different angles;
- Combined floor of tile and laminate perfectly zoned room space.
The joints between the seams of the plates of the material used are often made in contrast, in order to achieve maximum visibility of zonal division. When combining with the tile, it is necessary to use the sills. If the materials that connect are on different levels, then a curvilinear docking should be used.
Mounting plates can be a herringbone, while you can use several shades at once. In a checkerboard pattern beautifully blended light and darker laminate dies.
Combining laminate and tiles is a very laborious process, but there are no special difficulties, such a job can not be handled by a particularly experienced person.
What is needed to combine gender
When the design decision is made and the materials are purchased, it is necessary to start the construction process.
First of all, preparatory work. The surface is leveled, cleaned and the substrate is laid. In a room with high humidity, a medium-thick polyethylene film should be used for greater moisture protection. The laminate is laid on a hard surface, so that in subsequent use the flooring is not deformed.
Plates are fixed due to locks that are located on the ends. Do not use self-tapping screws, adhesive or other fastening materials. To the walls of the repaired premises should not be laid back, there must be a gap, in case of increasing humidity in residential and not only premises. Since the materials from which the material is made have a response to moisture.
For a beautiful and original appearance of the rooms, you can combine the laminate in the photo that you see. You can choose many different options.
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It is difficult to name a newer material for finishing the floor than a laminate. It immediately became one of the most often used for self-decoration of the floor when renovating apartments. He fell in love with the fact that its installation is simplified by the fact that the lock spike-groove helps create a monolithic coating without gaps and differences in height.
The color spectrum of the laminate floor is quite wide - from white to dark brown and black.
The first types of laminate had one significant drawback - they were afraid of moisture, from direct contact even with a small amount of water, the appearance of the PVC coating lost its appeal. Now you can cover the floor with this wood material in almost all the premises of the apartment. Increased resistance of individual types of laminate to water is achieved by special selection of resins in the panel and for coating the laminate layer.
Most often on sale you can find panels with a pattern that imitates natural wood, both in appearance and texture. A rough surface reduces the possibility of falling on a wet floor. The picture of the tree gives the room warmth and comfort. However, it is not always possible to choose the ideal color of the floor covering for the decoration of the room because of the mixing of colors and styles in the interior of its overall design.
Due to the many shades of the laminate and the same dimensions of the panels, it becomes possible to create a combined coating.
Tips for selecting a laminate for a combined floor
The creation of a floor covering in the living room and bedroom of two shades of wood must comply with several rules.
- It is better to use one shade from the cold color range, and the other from warm. Such a selection of colors in the coating will not only favorably emphasize the current interior of the room. With the next cosmetic repair, the choice of wall color will no longer depend on the chosen color of the laminate.
- For a room with dark furniture the best option The use of laminate is muted, but not very light tones. For example, the gray color of the poplar is in perfect harmony with the beige tint. When using ocher gray shade is better to replace with brown.
- A nice gray shade in the floor covering is combined with a lighter, almost white tone. But here the color of the floor dictates some limitations in the choice of the color of furniture and wallpaper for the walls.
- The presence of one of the two elements of the floor is dark brown with the correct selection of the second shade is a perfect complement to the interior in any color scheme. When using a combination of this floor color in a white bedroom, the second color should match the interior of the room. If the main elements of the decoration are lacquered gloss or gloss, it is better to choose a pure white material. The bedroom in matt colors will seem warmer if the second floor element will have a hint of cream, ivory or melted milk.
- The use of two contrasting tones in a floor covering is an exception, not a rule. The domino effect on the floor requires a certain selection of tones in the interior, which it is difficult to do without the designer's invitation. In the selection of two colors of laminate it is better to take as a standard the design of a wooden chessboard.
If you do not think about the next repair, then you can use for the floor covering and other types of laminate - green, blue, bright yellow.
Selection of laminate tones for bathroom, kitchen, corridor
Choosing a floor covering for a hallway, a sanitary unit and an eating room, the first requirement to it is the increased moisture resistance of the laminating layer. In places where water can get to the coating, it is necessary to use moisture resistant laminate. The choice of it is not less wide, besides you can choose the necessary coloring to any tone of walls and ceiling.
The walls, paneled with PVC, are easily in harmony with most shades of wood, but for smaller rooms it is also possible to use brighter colors.
To the turquoise walls the rich blue color of the floor is suitable. You can also use the alternation of yellow and blue panels in a checkerboard pattern. So a small bathroom will look sunny - very light. The black floor will perfectly shade the white walls, but in a square bathroom this variant of the floor will visually further narrow the space.
For the kitchen, the choice of light laminate tones is not very appropriate because of the fact that on the floor during cooking can something spill or fall. The ingress of fruit or vegetable juice can, even with immediate cleaning, paint the surface of the light laminate. To cover the cooking area and dining area, you can use a laminate of two different colors.
Directly near the stove and cutting table it is better to use a dark cherry, rich brown laminate, the floor of the food zone can be laid out lightly or darker than the dining set for several tones.
Laminate flooring for the corridor
Not only does the theater begin with a hanger. The first impression is given to guests by crossing the threshold of an unfamiliar house. Hence, the hallway should be exemplary, not only in order, but also in registration. Quite often you can find in the design of panels that imitate the look of natural wood, brick, natural stone. It is quite inappropriate for such a design of the walls to leave an oil-covered floor or to cover a linoleum with a carpet pattern.
To choose a laminate in the tone of the walls is not difficult, but it will create the effect of a closed space reminiscent of an elevator. People who suffer from claustrophobia in such an interior will be extremely uncomfortable.
For walls covered with panels from floor to ceiling, it is necessary to choose a floor covering slightly darker than the walls themselves, and laminate laying from the wall where the entrance door is located.
In a small square room of the hallway, it is better to avoid clear lines on the floor. There are two options to avoid this: use a laminate with a pattern for a natural stone or make a two-tone floor with the panels shifted in adjacent rows to 1/3 of the panel.
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Today, laminate flooring is quite popular material. Its popularity is achieved not only thanks to excellent performance characteristics. A huge range of colors and textures makes it possible to realize the most intricate design ideas.
Application of different colors of laminated panels in one room
Combination of a laminate of different colors in one room makes it possible to get a beautiful floor covering with a unique pattern. This task is not easy, but the result is worth the effort.
The approach of the combination of material, is able to revitalize even the most modest interior. To achieve the desired effect, you must strictly adhere to certain rules regarding color.
- Calm, light colors such as Acacia laminate, light oak, honey birch, suitable for a light beige interior.
- The floor of the red shade is perfectly combined with the interior of beige, white or warm tones. If the door is also held in red, the result will be simply stunning.
- It is not necessary to apply material for a floor of one tone with walls and furniture. Otherwise, the space will merge, and this will negatively affect a person's mental state. It is advisable to take a cover of a darker color. If the walls are bright, then the floor can be made warm light shades.
- Be wary of the bright color of the laminate, so as not to dim the rest of the interior. If the floor will have the color of at least one decorative element - the result will be chic.
- If the walls are finished in a cool color scheme, then the floor should be made white or greenish.
Conducting laying of laminate of different colors follows only according to a pre-planned plan. There are no special restrictions in this respect, just make sure that the material has the same system of locks, the thickness of the panels and the manufacturer. Then problems with the laying of a coating of different colors will not be exact.
Ways to lay laminate in different colors in the same room
There are a variety of options for combination coatings, the most popular ones:
- stacking in the form of different shapes of geometry;
- creation of original patterns;
- division of space into functional zones, visually helps to increase space.
The latter is especially true for small apartments with minimalist interiors. The room with the floor covering can be favorably divided into a zone for rest, eating, watching films, a corner for sports and so on.
Applying this approach, try to make the joint of the panels contrast. Then the separation will be more spectacular.