Types of floors for interior design

Maria de Piña
4 min de lectura

Discover what are the trends of floors for interior design, and how can you use them in the decoration of your home.

There are many factors that can influence at the time of choosing a type of floor and here will be revealed by all ideas, so that you believe innocer, functional and attractive spaces.

Flats for houses: types, designs and material

Wood

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Wooden floor mahogany

The coating with wood is one of the most used, is a classic between the types of floor. Depending on the quality of the wood it can be very resistant.

We can find them in different colors from brown, until black and white. These are a perfect base for classic or modern decorations, since the wood coating never goes out of fashion.

It is usually a material for hallways, rooms and rooms, but not for spaces such as bathrooms or kitchens, this is due to the humidity factor, enemy of this material.

The wooden coatings are materials that must go through a vitrification process, that is, varnished to increase their resistance and brill it.

This makes them perfect for busiest spaces of the home.

Ceramic and porcelain

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Porcelain in light gray

These two materials characterizes it is their wide variety of designs, colors and durability. The ceramic tiles, like porcelain tiles are materials strong before strokes and rackets and its wear is very reduced compared to other materials.

They are easy-to-clean elements for being smooth and polished surfaces, which makes them perfect to coat the entire floor of the house. On the other hand, its composition makes them impermeable, the water slides and dry easily without doing any harm.

The sizes of tiles and shape usually vary according to design.

We can find tile models of these two materials in different colors, however the most attractive are clear as the white, beige or cream.

On the other hand the tiles for floors in black color are a very used element in interior design, because it gives a more elegant image.

Polished concrete floors

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Natural color cement floor

This is a new trend that is being handled for more avant-garde and industrial styles. Polished concrete floors are an option practical and economical, since it is not a coating job, but about working the concrete, being the original floor of the home.

It is usually an option for apartments, in which it is more common and practical to create an industrial decoration style.

The polished concrete is a resistant, medium care surface. It is water resistant, easy to clean and practical for the entire surface of the home if you wish.

Although it is not an element that can be purchased, a professional can achieve collect the concrete, so this idea offers you a varying palette to choose from.

Floating laminate floors

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Floating laminate

Its name is composed of the material and how to install it. A lining with sheets made of a vinyl PVC plastic derivative, and its installation is cataloged as floating, because it does not require another element to adhere to the floor.

This material unlike the tiles and wood is more economical, of course it does not have the same resistance to blows and wear as the previous ones. However, unlike wood, it has more durability because it is water resistant.

This material besides its economic factor, is very searched as a perfect material imitator such as wood, porcelain, and cement. However, you can also get it in different smooth colors.

Its installation floatingly leads you to fit between the other sheets on the floor surface, so no screws are not necessary, nor any type of glue.

Linóleum.

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Linóleum Imitation of wood Color Bubinga

If you want to renew the floor of your home in a practical and fast way, the solution is Linóleum, a material processed with natural components, which makes it biodegradable.

This material achieves imitate the vast majority of the high quality floor coverings, but unlike these, this is adherable.

Its contexture is not firm as that of the other materials, but flexible, for which it is marketed by rolls. Even so, it is still a highly functional and practical material.

Being a wide sheet, it is resistant to water, however not at levels of other materials, so is not recommended for spaces such as kitchen or bath.

Floors are a form of changing the image of a space, and although all these do not have the same quality, each one is designed to meet the durability needs of the different types of households.

It is only necessary to discover what are the levels of resistance you need for you to choose the one that best suits your interior design.

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