The Trend for Transition Flooring

In simpler times, you might have had one type of flooring throughout your house. People would find a carpet that they liked and was reasonably priced and they would carpet their home with it. Some British households even carpeted their bathrooms. Gradually it sank into the public consciousness that different types of flooring were suitable for different rooms. Tiling in the bathroom. Vinyl in the kitchen. Plush carpet in the bedroom and a cheaper hardier carpet in the hallway. Now interior designers want us to go a step further and embrace transition flooring. Here’s what all the fuss is about. 

Two or more Materials

Something is said to be in transition when it is moving from one state to another. Transition flooring is using two flooring materials in the same room. A large bathroom might have a carpeted area at the entrance and then tiling around the features that are likely to cause splashing. A kitchen might be similarly divided between tiling where you cook and floorboards where you eat. In the lounge, a hardwearing seagrass flooring by the patio doors might give way to a softer carpet where the kids like to play.

Zoning in Multifunctional Spaces

The great thing about transition flooring is that it enables you to employ ‘zoning’ to divide up large spaces. This is probably most obvious in a kitchen-diner where the two properties of one room are frequently designated by their flooring. But you could apply the same principle to any multifunctional room. A conservatory, for instance, may house a home office at one end, but be used for dining when you have a large group of guests – the separate zones don’t need to be walled off, but they can be delineated by transitional flooring.

To find out more about our ranges of products and to get you thinking about how best they would fit into the layout of your home, why not arrange a visit from a member of our sales team? Call our office on 01603 879359 or email sales@reformflooring.co.uk and we’ll get a meeting set up.

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