Should You Have the Same Flooring in Kitchen and Living Room?

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Should You Have the Same Flooring in Kitchen and Living Room?

If you have integrated living room and kitchen, before choosing the flooring, you should decide whether you want the same material for both areas or two different ones.

It doesn’t matter if living room and kitchen are fully integrated or separated by a countertop or sliding doors. We’ll see examples with a single flooring material and with different ones for both situations.

If the house isn’t so large and you don’t have an interesting existing flooring in either room, it’s a good idea to use a single flooring material for everything. So you reinforce the visual integration and make the space feel larger.

Fully integrated kitchen with living room with hardwood flooring in the whole area — **Fully integrated** kitchen with living room with hardwood flooring in the whole area. Project by Casa 100

Kitchen separated from living room by an island countertop. Porcelain tiles in both environments. — **Kitchen separated from living room** by an island countertop. Porcelain tiles in both environments. Project by BC Arquitetos

If you want any type of wood flooring in the living area and don’t like wood in the kitchen, for example, you can perfectly have two different materials.

This solution is also recommended in case you already have a nice flooring in one of the areas and don’t want the same material for the other one. If you have wood in the living room already and prefer to choose a tile for the kitchen, for example, or vice versa.

Kitchen separated from living room by island countertop and sliding doors. Tiles on the kitchen floor and hardwood flooring in the living room room. — *Kitchen separated from living room by **island countertop and sliding doors**. Tiles on the kitchen floor and hardwood flooring in the living room room. Project by* *Triptyque* Architecture

Fully integrated kitchen and living room. Tiles in the kitchen and dining area and hardwood flooring in the living room. — **Fully integrated** kitchen and living room. Tiles in the kitchen and dining area and hardwood flooring in the living room. Project by Iná Arquitetura

Note in the examples above that if there are two different floorings, you don’t need any element between them, they just touch each other.

But beware of the thickness of both materials. You’ll probably have to provide a small step on the sub floor, at the border between the two floorings, so that, once placed, they’re on the same level.

So, do you know yet if you prefer one single flooring or two different materials for kitchen and living room? These are some tips and examples to help you decide, but as the photos show, both ways can look great.

Once you decide this, you can get more information about different possibilities of kitchen and living room floorings, so you can choose your favorite and plan all details.

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