Today I wanted to talk about a type of flooring that is on the rise called LVT or luxury vinyl tile.
As you probably already know the trend, which appears to not be a trend but here to stay, is knocking down walls to have a more open feel to a home. Well the thing with knocking down walls, especially in a kitchen, is that leaves the floor that connects everything together open to be redone as well.
If you look at your own home you will see the hallway that connects to the kitchen, that connects to the bathroom on the same floor or even the laundry room is all connected in some way. In the past many rooms that were on the same level of the home had different floors that butted up to each other. The tile floor of a bathroom, was up to the wood floor of the hallway, which led to the tile or linoleum floor of the kitchen or carpet of a living room.
So what we are finding is the beauty of the flow of the floor throughout the level of the home. As we are tearing down walls and extending the space, you have a new opportunity to upgrade all your floors at once. More often than not…now, we are are designing homes where all the flooring is the same material which makes your space seem even larger and less broken up by so many different floor types. (although some people still love tile floors in main level bathrooms) LVT or hardwood floors look amazing in these situations. It all depends on each individual home layout.
With crippling allergies on the rise the idea of all LVT, hardwood floors…or less or no carpet leaves the door open for so many beautiful and functional choices for flooring!! The new LVT (Luxury Vinyl Tile) is a wonderful product that everyone loves for many reasons. It is very durable, great for animals and children for that matter haha!
