If you are seeking a truly open feel to the floor plan you have shared, then using one material in the mail living area is the best approach to making this space feel truly open. Using a variety of materials on flooring chops up the space and decreases the visual footprint. I would suggest using wood, tile, or if you are on a tight budget laminated flooring for the living/dining/kitchen. Then use carpet in the more intimate spaces; bedrooms and possibly hallway. Save the tile for the bathrooms.

Not keen on tiles ... prefer a smooth surface with no grout lines to try and keep clean

House in process of build. Dilemma about what to use instead of tiling walls. Came across a thread which suggested running the floor tiles up the vanity wall to create a feature. However I am not having a tiled floor but laminate planks with the label claiming100% waterproof flooring. Has anyone done this with flooring? I definitely do not want tiled walls. A number of queries..... 1. would the flooring still be affixed on the wall as the floor? 2. Would I take it to the ceiling...... so below and above wall hung vanity and above mirror? 3. Since I would not use this to feature the bath in the same room. What do you suggest I put here? The bath is a 1700 long btw/corner. I have never seen baths without some form of splash back? But I don’t want tiles.

hello were in the process of choosing our kitchen colours for our new build, we've chosen prime stone honed Pukekawa stone as the benchtop, Warm oak timber laminate flooring & black handles & silver chalice carpet (for adjacent dining room) We will be doing all the Cabnitry the same colour. we narrowed down to these 6 colours - anybody got any picks / thought / comments?? L-R - Best wood Feather white embossed - Melteca Gentle beige naturale - Prime Melamine 1/4 Thorndon Cream - Prime melamine white embossed - Best wood melamine Artic white embossed - Melteca Malibu naturale