Flooring in the living room should be durable, attractive, comfortable and easy to care. Laminate matches all these characteristics. It is similar to the chic, but not everyone affordable because of the high price parquet. A diverse range of colors, species that differ in reliability are made by the laminate of the popular material for finishing the floor in the living room.
Peculiarities
This type of coating as a laminate prefers most of the Russian interior developers due to the fact that a relatively small price is guaranteed high quality material, its reliability, comfort to use and many other positive characteristics.
In the room, the laminate can be like a floor covering in a certain style, and attract attention to a separate accented stain.
In order for the laminate to look at well immediately after laying and subsequently did not be brand, it is better to give her preference to those brands that they have proven themselves in the market space. Low Quality Laminate, except that it is definitely, also contains toxic substances and can cause a serious blow to the health of family members.
If it is necessary to choose between tiles and laminate, to finish the floor in the hall it is better to choose the latter, as the tile is more intended for lays down the floor in the bathroom, it does not deteriorate under the influence of constant humidity.
Advantages and disadvantages
Laminate has its own positive and negative properties. The advantages include:
- high performance;
- good resistance to elevated temperatures and open fire;
- resistance to scratches and chips, stroke resistance;
- environmental Safety;
- ease of care;
- acceptable price.
However, there are some minuses.
- Creak. Almost all consumers complain about it. This deficiency can be easily eliminated if when laying a plug-in cork substrate.
- Remainlessness of excess moisture. Water when entering the laminate does not cause it much harm, and if it falls into the surmise slots, it will adversely affect the properties of the coating. Therefore, when laying a laminate, the space between the seams with special solutions should be treated.
- The appearance of bubbles, which is caused by incorrect laying.
- The coating can only be placed on the smooth floor.
Usually, the coating with an outer layer, creating a similarity of natural materials, for example, piece parquet, tiles, parquet boards, look good in the standard setting.
How to choose?
When choosing a laminate for an apartment, a number of moments must be taken into account.
The choice is determined by the activity of people in a particular room. The living room is the room where family members are harvested most often, therefore, the floor covering should differ and resistant to wear.
From the available 4 laminate groups, the optimal option for the living room is considered to be 32 class, which perfectly withstands daily household loads. But here it is not necessary to miss the trademark of the material, because products belonging to the same group, but of different manufacturers, can vary in the intensity of wear resistance.
For almost 20 years, European trademarks have not made the division of laminate on the home and commercial, now all of it is divided into groups 31, 32, 33, 34. Laminate, belonging to the 31st group, is the most continuing, but it is quite suitable for home.
Flooring can be moisture-resistant, but it is not the main requirement.
Material with a thickness of more than 6 mm, differs not only to durability, but also protects against outsided sounds.
Soviets of designers
Select the coating for the floor design should Based on a number of rules.
- For small rooms, it is better to choose a material for finishing with a light shade. So, visual premises will seem more. Interior with dark coating on the floor will make the room even less.
- If you combine the laminate of two shades in the room, you can correctly divide the living room to the zone. This technique is accounted for by many because of its simplicity, and the emphasis in the process of it is gently arranged.
- Not considered a mandatory combination of laminate with surrounding objects. There is enough common combination here: warm or cold shades of the whole room must set the tone and floor coating.
- When choosing a laminate, you need to pay attention not only to the image, but also approximately, how it will look in the extensive space. Incorrectly selected flooring will spoil the whole design in the room.
Stylistic directions
Laminate has become widespread among people due to its extensive color scheme and texture. The color of the floor covering also depends on the style of the living room. So, the classics are characterized by dark colors, for ethnic and modern styles - bright. The living room decoration is possible to arrange in other stylistic directions.
- Country For the American ranch, the laminate of dark colors is characteristic. His design must resemble a boardwalk.
- Swiss chalet. In order for the situation as closely as possible to the spirit of the style of the chalet, it is necessary to choose the coating in the colors or ash.
- Provence. Rustic style is characterized by simplicity and naturalness. For floor finishing, the material with the effect of the composition is well suited. For example, from a whitewashed oak with the fairy.
- Japanese style. This style implies floors from bamboo or sisal, the analogues of these materials can be easily found in the colors of the laminate.
- Minimalism. The main feature of this style is restraint. Here it will be good to look like a laminate with gray and white shades.
- High tech. This style is perfectly combined with the laminate of black and gray flowers. It is not uncommon is the use of a wenge coloring material.
Options in the interior
Laminate will look perfect if it is properly laid on the surface. Three standard layouts are distinguished: straight, diagonal, christmas tree. There are cases when the right selected floor covering transforms a completely type of room.
It is important to remember that the method of laying is not the last influence.
If a direct method is used, the amount of material should be increased by 10%, diagonal - by 15%.
Large distribution received a direct method of laying, because it is simple, and it can master anyone. Severe two subspecies of this method of laying: Along and across the line of light. The first subspecies makes it more beautifully laying out the flooring. Laying across the light line visually will expand the room.
The diagonal method of laying is more expensive, but at the same time it is chosen much more often. The diagonal orientation of the board allows you to increase the size of the room and gives it a feeling of space. With your own hands, put a coating on the floor with a diagonal way very hard, it is better to consult specialists.
Laying outdoor christmas coating is not available for everyone, because not any material can be laid in this way. Special laminate, which can be used for this method, is much more ordinary.
One of the ways of applying a laminate is to use it for wall design. Usually, experts allocate one wall in order to put a bright accent. The most common place to lay a laminate, this is a wall behind the TV. This puts emphasous in the living room and serves as an excellent television base.
You can learn from the video below how correctly laminate.