Flooring comes in all kinds of materials and colours. In this blog, let’s dive into the darkest of all: a black floor. Among other things, you can read why black floors fit well in many interiors. On the right, we give you some tips on how to best combine this colour of floor with the rest of your interior. Vinyl or laminate? Straight or herringbone? With black floors, there is always one that looks good in your home! Get inspired and who knows, you might end up with choosing a black floor.
A black floor brings warmth
Dark colours in an interior bring warmth and atmosphere. Just look at the colours used in interiors as soon as winter approaches. Colours like dark red and dark green are frequently used at this time of year to create atmosphere and warmth. So the same effect can be created with a black floor. So do you want a cosy and attracting interior? Then consider going for a black floor. After, you can choose many directions to decorate the rest of the interior with. Do you go for a completely dark interior or do you like to alternate with some lighter colours?
If you want to alternate the black floor with light colours to create contrast, it is wise to choose the colours carefully. A black floor with a pure white wall can in some cases create a slightly ‘too strong’ contrast. Instead, go for a wall in an off-white or cream shade. This will soften the transition, making the whole look a little calmer. Do you want to reverse the contrast and prefer a white floor instead of black? Then read the Floer blog which explains all about a white floor and how best to style it with the rest of the interior.
Black wooden floor
To make things more atmospheric, you can opt for a black oak wood floor. Wood-look floors add much more atmosphere to an interior than, say, a cast floor. A wood floor with visible grain, for example, is the ideal floor for creating an industrial look. Or go for a floor with a herringbone pattern like the one in the picture above to recreate a Scandinavian interior. Still unsure whether to go for an oak floor or not? Then read 4 reasons to choose oak wood parquet floors. You don’t necessarily have to get a real black wood floor if you like a wood-look floor. In fact, laminate and PVC floors feature lifelike oak designs. So you can choose from a wide range of floors and there is always a perfect floor to suit your needs.
Create a chic look with a black floor
By using a black floor, you unintentionally give your interior a chic look. Be careful about the colour of the furniture you combine it with. Combining too much dark furniture with a black floor can quickly make a room look too dark. Keep things in balance by using furniture and accessories with different textures and colours. Do you prefer everything as dark as possible? Then choose a grey fabric sofa, for example, and combine it with a black steel table to keep variety in the interior. That way it will look less like a hodgepodge of dark colours.
Black herringbone laminate
With a chic interior comes a chic floor, of course! How about a Herringbone Laminate floor in the colour Mocha Black Oak? Herringbone pattern floors have been used as flooring for centuries but have become more popular than ever in recent years. This is because floors are much more accessible today than they were a few centuries ago. A herringbone floor laminate is also the ideal DIY herringbone floor and comes with a whole host of benefits. For example, you can easily lay a herringbone laminate floor yourself. Want to know why you should definitely include this floor in your considerations? Then read the Floer blog which describes exactly why you should choose a herringbone laminate floor.
Black tiled floor
A black tiled floor is very chic, but can quickly feel very cold when using real tiles. The solution? A Tile Vinyl floor! These tile floors feature all the benefits of Vinyl while giving you the look and feel of the real concrete. Many people immediately think of a tile floor in terms of a bathroom or toilet, while you can actually install such floor in any room. Black tiled flooring is often found in interiors of villas in Beverly Hills. Here, the floor is often combined with fairly modern furnishings and large translucent windows. So you don’t necessarily have to move to the other side of the world to live ‘the American dream’. Start with a black Vinyl tile floor and you’ll imagine yourself among the stars of Hollywood in no time 😉 .
Of course, you can always just use a black tileVinyl floor in a bathroom too. After all, they are also the best floors to lay in a room where humidity and chances of water splashing are highest. In fact, Vinyl floors are 100% water-resistant and therefore perfect to install in a bathroom or toilet. You might have already seen it coming, but of course a fantastic blog article was written about this. So are you planning to lay a slab Vinyl floor in a damp room? Then read the Floer blog Vinyl flooring in the bathroom and find out all about it! Among other things, it will answer the question of whether water and steam from the shower can damage a Vinyl floor.
