Carlisle Wide Plank Floors

A “Q” we get often: Can I put wide plank floors in a small room?

Here’s a question we often get when potential customers first call us: “I have a small room that needs new floors. Do I need to use narrow planks?”

Our answer—and the answer of many interior design experts—is an unequivocal, “No!”

Wide plank floors create a seamless, uncluttered look reminiscent of the clean, simple lines of Early American design. That’s one reason they work so well in small rooms, despite what you might think. Smaller widths in a very small room actually have the effect of making the room look too busy or cluttered. You might like that look, but to go for uncluttered and clean, wider may be better, even in the smallest of rooms.

Here’s the basic idea. Your floor serves as the backdrop to showcase other essential design elements in a room—a fabulous view, a fireplace and a gorgeous painting, for example. A floor shouldn’t distract from whatever other beautiful objects you have there.

Let’s look at one example: A 10-foot by 10-foot room that might be a good space for an office or den would require 27 pieces of narrow floor boards in 4.5 inch widths, and each board will come in 2-feet to 8-feet lengths. Those boards will create a lot of seams and butt joints which, when all combined in a small space, create a very busy look. A wide plank floor to fit a 10 × 10 room, however, would require only 7 planks of wood and would probably be done with boards that are 13 to 20 inches wide, and having an average length of 16 feet. That amounts to four times fewer planks! The result is a much more seamless look that can showcase everything else in the room besides the floor.

Posted on January 12, 2010 at 10:56 AM in Home Decor • (0) Comments

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