How to choose a floor covering for a bedroom?

What to consider when choosing?

Before purchasing flooring material for the bedroom, you should decide on the main selection criteria:

• Style. Classic, for example, involves laying parquet made of valuable wood. And modern can easily put up with imitation in the form of laminate or linoleum.
• Environmental friendliness. In a bedroom, this parameter is more relevant than in a kitchen or living room.
• Tactility. Stepping barefoot on cold tiles in the morning is not just unpleasant, but dangerous to health.
• Ease of maintenance. You should think in advance about whether the floor covering will be easy to clean and whether it will accumulate dust between cleanings.
• Installation method. Some coverings do not require ideal surface preparation; you can even install them yourself. Others have special requirements for rough finishing and need a professional approach, which increases the cost of repairs.

Such indicators as water, moisture, and wear resistance are not important in the bedroom: the traffic in this room is lower than in the others, and there are no wet areas in principle. Exception: a shower room attached to the room, from which water gets into the bedroom one way or another.

The best types of floor coverings

There are many suitable options: let’s look at how they differ, what are the features, advantages and disadvantages of each.

Carpet

Perhaps the bedroom is one of the few rooms where you shouldn’t immediately dismiss carpet. On the contrary, a pile covering would be quite appropriate here.

Pros

Cons

The photo shows light carpet in the bedroom

Cork floor

When choosing a floor for the bedroom, you should not limit yourself to the classic options, which we will consider below. Take a closer look at the unusual cork floor: especially since the advantages speak for themselves.

Pros

Cons

Laminate

One of the classic floor coverings for the bedroom is laminate. The popularity of this material is not accidental.

Pros

Cons

Parquet

Classic parquet board is an exquisite choice for the floor in the bedroom, emphasizing the taste and status of the owners.

Advantages

Disadvantages

The photo shows parquet flooring “herringbone”

Linoleum

Anyone can handle the technology of laying rolled flooring in the bedroom. What other advantages of this option can be highlighted?

Advantages

Disadvantages

Wooden floor

Ordinary board will cost less than parquet, although it looks accordingly: however, it will not be difficult to fit it into a modern interior (especially boho, scandi, Provence, country).

Pros

Cons

The photo shows a painted wooden floor

Tiles

Cold ceramics are a great choice for places like a bathroom or hallway, but what about the bedroom?

Advantages

Disadvantages

Self-leveling floor

This interesting solution is recommended for those who want a floor for many years and are willing to pay for it.

Self-leveling floor is strong, durable. Easy to maintain (due to the lack of seams), wear-resistant. Manufacturers have a large selection of self-leveling floors that differ in composition, color, and service life.

The only drawback of this option is the complexity of installing the finishing coating and the need for careful preparation. This results in a rather high cost per square meter and difficult searches for contractors.

How to choose a floor color?

To prevent the floor from looking out of place, the shade should match the rest of the decoration and objects in the room. There are 3 universal options:

• Light. White, sand, gray – on the one hand, it looks light and casual. On the other hand, it gets dirty quickly and is not suitable for all interior styles.

The photo shows a white glossy finish

• Medium. The classic solution is medium-saturated wood. This floor is not easily soiled and looks good with walls that are a few shades lighter.

• Dark. An impractical but effective way to decorate the floor. Not the best option for apartments with pets. Looks appropriate in a monochrome interior.

Advice! The finish looks more harmonious when the floor is the darkest surface.

Can I use underfloor heating?

Underfloor heating can completely replace heating in an apartment or house, but the features of using this system should be taken into account:

• heavy furniture (bed, wardrobe) should not be placed on underfloor heating;
• it is not advisable to lay carpet or natural wood flooring on top of the heating system.

The advantages of underfloor heating are obvious: savings on heating, the ability to regulate the temperature in the bedroom, uniform heating.

The disadvantages include high cost (electric films, panels are more expensive) water), complexity of installation and further repair (especially concerns floors in screed), impossibility of rearranging furniture in the room (furniture plan should be set initially so as not to put pressure on the heating system).

Important! Be sure to lay the heated floor under the “cold” materials: tiles, self-leveling, porcelain stoneware, concrete – conduct well, maintain temperature.

Beautiful design ideas

The first advice concerns the installation: in narrow bedrooms, the pattern is laid across, this technique visually expands the space. In squares, you can get an original effect by placing parquet or laminate slats diagonally.

The photo shows diagonal flooring in the bedroom

The second thing you shouldn’t forget is the carpet. Rugs make the atmosphere more cozy and homely, while surpassing carpeting in terms of practicality.

Advice! To prevent the carpet from looking too short, choose one that can accommodate the bed and bedside tables.

And the last option is to accent the floor. A carpet with a bright pattern or an unusual paint job on a wooden floor will help to attract attention – the main thing is that the technique looks harmonious in the interior.

When decorating a bedroom, remember: the flooring material should first of all be pleasant to the touch, and only then wear-resistant, durable and practical.