You can choose from bold and bright colours to classic shades of black, white, grey and beige. Solid colours, light or dark colours, or shades that replicate the beauty of natural materials such as ceramic tile or hardwood floors, are all options. Vinyl is one of the most resilient flooring materials. It's durable, moisture and scratch-resistant , and easy to clean , which makes it a great, low maintenance option for entrances and hallways. And since it's relatively inexpensive compared to a lot of other flooring options, vinyl offers the perfect combination of durability, attractiveness and affordability.
For homeowners wanting a wooden floor for their entrance, but without the practical drawbacks, vinyl is an excellent alternative. Luxury vinyl tiles LVT , in particular, offer a really low maintenance flooring option that is ideal for even the busiest of entrances.
Our Starfloor Click Ultimate range, for example, offers a beautiful range of wood designs that perfectly recreate the look and feel of wood but without any of the drawbacks of wood, such as low water-resistance.
Wet umbrellas, muddy shoes, and snow and sleet are not a problem for vinyl floors. A significant advantage of wood flooring is its natural beauty and its ability to work with any decorating style.
Available in a range of designs, colours, patterns and styles, designing a beautiful entrance floor that matches your personal design preference and home decor is effortless. Plus, perfect if you are trying to stick to a budget. Luxury Vinyl is not only highly water-resistant, low maintenance and easy to look after, but also compatible with underfloor heating so makes an incredibly practical and stylish choice for hallways.
The smooth, sanded wood floor flows from the hallway into the surrounding spaces. Take it up the staircase, into adjoining rooms for a really seamless, minimalist look. And be inspired the rest of this hallway too — a Crittall partition separates what was formerly a dark space from the reception room while allowing light to flood the space.
Trick the eye into thinking you have a larger space by opting for a flooring choice that blends into the walls. A monochrome look like this is perfect for expanding narrow hallways are it really blurs the edges of the room and you can tell where flooring ends and walls start.
This particular flooring is a beautiful limestone, which adds a lovely texture to the minimalist space but you could definitely recreate the look with white painted floorboards or white tiles.
Parquet flooring is a beautiful way to add texture to a hallway without making it too busy as it's all one tone and color. However, you can up the drama by choosing a dark ebony wood rather than the traditional warm wood for a very chic contemporary look. This flooring was actually salvage and shipped from France it does have a lovely rustic texture to it, softening the dark shades.
The traditional pattern for parquet is usually herringbone, which can be the perfect layout for smaller hallways as it draws the eye away from the door.
But in larger, more open spaces you can be more creative with the shapes you choose like this Versailles pattern. This hallway retains a traditional look, with original floorboards that have been painted white. But the flooring quickly changes to a modern poured concrete as it moves from the entryway into the hallway that leads into the kitchen — the perfect balance between style and practicality.
How beautiful are the original Greek-style stone floors in this hallway? They add the perfect amount of pattern to this already very pattern busy hallway. Consider adding a similar setup to just the entrance of your hallway as a small rectangle of pattern before laying down carpet or sticking to bare floorboards in the rest of the space. Bring in some color with your hallway flooring by opting for the ever-popular traditional Victorian tile but choose a modern design with clear, bolder colors.
In this hallway the splashes of blue work perfectly with the cool tones of the grey walls, and then there's that lovely contrast with the cheery red door. Just because hallway flooring has to be practical, doesn't mean you can't have fun with it, as this fabulous space proves. Mix and match patterns by choosing a patterned tile for your flooring and a differing pattern for your hallway runner. Personally, we'd be going with exactly this — chequerboard floor and zebra print. And actually, because the color palette is minimal this doesn't overwhelm the small space.
It's the perfect area to take risks and be daring with your styling. Consider how much traffic these areas of the house will experience and how often you want to be cleaning or replacing the flooring.
It also depends on how much of a hall you have, if you have a huge hall upstairs which is likely to encounter a high footfall then laminate may not be the best choice as it will be very noisy for anyone downstairs. View the BestatFlooring full laminate range here. Solid wood or engineered wooden flooring in your landing and on your hallway stairs is a fantastic way to create a modern and fresh look in your hall, which is a great first impression. View the BestatFlooring solid wood range here and the engineered wooden range here.
It can be a difficult choice picking the right flooring for stairs as they experience such heavy traffic so the material you choose needs to be able to withstand this amount of footfall. It may not matter as much if you live by yourself or just with your partner but it will matter if you live with a big family and have pets.
Carpet is probably the most popular choice when it comes to picking flooring for your stairs, because it reduces noise, feels comfortable and can withstand heavy traffic. Composite wood should be compatible as well. Carpet can also be combined with underfloor heating, however the carpet and underlay needs to conform to the maximum TOG thermal resistance rating specified by the heating manufacturer. Top tip: Whichever hallway flooring you choose always lay a doormat at the entrance to your home to prevent grit from damaging the floor covering and to prolong its life.
Find out everything you need to know about underfloor heating in our comprehensive guide. If your hallway floorboards are looking the worse for wear, or you simply want an update without the huge cost of replacing your entire flooring, have a go at painting floorboards yourself. It's actually quite easy and will improve the resistance of your wooden flooring to the high traffic in this area.
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