New kitchen, help choosing floor colour

silvercar

Having a new kitchen. Size is 7m x 5m, so quite big. Glossy units in off white and grey. Can’t decide on floor colour. It’s going to be Amtico and choosing between wood in a pale oak colour laid in a herringbone pattern or concrete style squares. 

greenbee

Take the light into consideration. I've just moved into a house with grey Amtico on the kitchen floor and grey units. And grey walls. In a north-facing room it makes it feel very cold. Even today!

Emmia

We've got a white and mid grey kitchen with dark grey/black slate effect Amtico - easy to clean and I think it looks great.

Doozergirl

I'd choose wood.  

There's only so much grey and room can handle!

tetrarch

Herringbone can look very busy if laid on a large floor. We considered it but are now back to a toss-up between diagonal or straight up-abnd-down in line with the main light source

Also looking at Amtico. We're going to try and get a few sample boards to actually take to the kitchen supplier to make an informed decision

Regards

Tet

gwynlas

Wood is timeless whilst concrete effect might date quite quickly. Similarly Herringbone whilst timeless in a hall or lounge might look out of place in a small kitchen but okay in a large open plan kitchen dining room. A lot depends on the overall style of the house including adjacent spaces both inside and out.

silvercar

gwynlas said:

Wood is timeless whilst concrete effect might date quite quickly. Similarly Herringbone whilst timeless in a hall or lounge might look out of place in a small kitchen but okay in a large open plan kitchen dining room. A lot depends on the overall style of the house including adjacent spaces both inside and out.

Original wood 1930s floorboards, herringbone with straight pieces at the doors, throughout the rest of the downstairs. Patio doors from the dining area to the garden step out onto decking that is also the worse for wear.  

I've seen a grey concrete style in a house now. Not sure I like it. Either the patterns don't link properly from one tile to the next, so it doesn't look like concrete, or the colour is so even that it is going to show every mark and crumb.

Emmia

greenbee said:

Take the light into consideration. I've just moved into a house with grey Amtico on the kitchen floor and grey units. And grey walls. In a north-facing room it makes it feel very cold. Even today!

I'd think about repainting the walls in that situation...

greenbee

Emmia said:

greenbee said:

Take the light into consideration. I've just moved into a house with grey Amtico on the kitchen floor and grey units. And grey walls. In a north-facing room it makes it feel very cold. Even today!

I'd think about repainting the walls in that situation...

Yep. Once various other things are done, there is a lot of painting to keep us busy over the winter!