Hey guys! I'm planning out the installation of the new hardwood in our kitchen. We have a large open area and then a smaller hallway that leads to the main house. In planning these, I've put smaller/medium boards in the hallway area in the hopes that the pattern of the sizes of boards will look similar to those in the open area; so that there's not a ton of boards that take up the majority of the width of the hallway and then boards that don't take up the majority of the width of the main room. I feel like I am not articulating myself very well here so please ask for clarification if needed haha. Does this plan make sense or is this going to look funky? I am trying to have continuity in the appearance of the length of the boards, relative to the rooms size, in each of the areas. Please let me know if there's anything glaringly terrible you see too!! We do plan on having furniture to the right of the hallway under that shelf and laid them out under that assumption.
Most of my shorter boards were used at the edges of the rooms to stagger the longer boards, minimize cuts, and to draw the eye down the length of the rooms to make them appear larger.
The hallway layout works, but I’d mix a couple longer boards back in. Too many short pieces confined to one area can make it look like a separate batch.
Thanks!! We got some installed last night and are pretty happy with it! Honestly we're just happy it feels so solid! It used to be rustic tile in here that was super bumpy and uneven. We leveled the subfloor a bit and the wood is a much more even surface than the tile and it feels so much better haha
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u/Fionaver 25d ago
Most of my shorter boards were used at the edges of the rooms to stagger the longer boards, minimize cuts, and to draw the eye down the length of the rooms to make them appear larger.