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How to choose the floors of adjoining rooms

During the renovation or furnishing of a house it may happen that you have to combine floors in adjacent rooms or have to lay stoneware tiles in a single open space, however, composed of several operational areas or even to tear down walls and have to manage the combination of two once separate rooms.
Here are some criteria for choosing and combining the floors of adjacent rooms.

Floors for joining two rooms
When joining two rooms or moving a wall, two situations can arise: floors at the same level or at different levels, with the same or different floors.
In the case of floors at the same level, normally the most frequent case in homes that are not too dated, the floors can be joined by creating a decorative insert with a different installation from the existing one, and, if the two floors are the same, choosing the stoneware decoration with a lighter color that tends to harmonize everything without creating too much contrast.
If the floors are different, however, it is possible to decide to create shades by laying alternating tiles of different colors and different sizes.
In the case of floors at different heights, the intervention is decidedly more complex and the stylistic choice alone may not be sufficient to solve the problem: it will also be necessary to dose the glue gradually in order to obtain a perfect connection as well as create a buffer strip. of at least 40/50 cm between the two floors laid gradually to eliminate the difference in height at least on sight.

These interventions are more complex both in terms of style and installation and therefore our advice is to turn to experts in both interior design and technical fields: the Onetile team embodies these expertise and can become the only interlocutor able to follow from the choice of the material to the installation, contact us!

Open space

Among the interior design trends, the creation of open spaces in residential environments is becoming increasingly popular.
Consequently, the creation of porcelain stoneware floor coverings is spreading which, by mixing and matching different colors and finishes, are able to give the rooms an original and effective design.
The creation of a mixed stoneware floor must comply with both technical and stylistic rules that prevent the generation of chaos and instead contribute to giving harmony to the environments typically, but not only, of the living area or kitchen.
Colors, proportions, shapes and graphic patterns are the elements to consider when choosing and laying different stoneware floors in the same space.

In some cases the choice of the mixed stoneware floor is dictated by practical needs, in other cases by stylistic needs or by both.
In the case of an open space shared between the living room and the kitchen, the need may depend on the desire to keep the original coverings: in this case it will be useful and design to create a connection in the strip between the two existing floors, managing inserts arranged in a different way.

Neighboring rooms: is it better to have the same or different stoneware floors?

Assuming that to decide whether it is better to use the same or different stoneware floors for neighboring rooms, it is first of all necessary to evaluate your personal tastes, we can identify some trends.
In the past it was more common to have different stoneware floors for each room, with colors and sizes that served to emphasize the transition from one room to another. Today, however, the tendency is to standardize and then give different touches in some particular situations with the aim of giving a sense of continuity and then "amaze" for environments or portions of the environment that want to become the points of character of the house.

The choice of porcelain stoneware floors for adjoining rooms and in general for home environments is very important and depends on the tastes and functions that you want to give to the various environments: our advice is to get help from our experts who can guide you in the choices based on your preferences, contact us!