ᐅ Which type of flooring is best for an entrance hallway? Does anyone have experience or photos to share?

Created on: 16 Aug 2018 00:14
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blaupuma
Hello everyone,
please share photos of your entrance area, especially the flooring.

We want a consistent look and plan to install mainly oak parquet flooring.

Of course, we need tiles as well, but as little as possible.

So, the utility room and bathrooms will have tiles, and probably the entrance area too.
This is the tricky part.

I want the hallway (6.3 m (20.7 ft) long and 1.2 m (3.9 ft) wide) to appear as little like a narrow corridor as possible.

Do you have any tips?

My idea was to tile only half of the entrance area to visually shorten the hallway or to create a visual stop there.

Attached is the floor plan with some markings to highlight the essentials.
(Otherwise it’s a bit overwhelming to look at 🙂 )

2D floor plan of a single-family house with kitchen, living room, bathroom, and bedrooms.
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niri09
16 Aug 2018 13:39
blaupuma schrieb:
We don’t want a door.

Hmm, I think having hardwood flooring in the entrance is annoying.

If you tile the hallway, then you get that awkward transition to the rooms again.

I’m not sure if it looks odd to tile only half of the entrance.

So what should you do then? 🙂 Door is not ideal, hardwood is annoying, tiles look strange—you really have to decide what you want...
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readytorumble
16 Aug 2018 14:03
Have we already talked about changing the floor plan? 😉

A very narrow, long corridor will just remain a very narrow, long corridor.

EDIT: I only just noticed that the entrance door is at the top in the picture, not the door on the left. I don’t find that bad at all. The corridor really only starts after you turn right towards Child 1 and 2.
At the entrance, in my opinion, it won’t feel like a corridor.
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Nordlys
16 Aug 2018 14:04
That was not the question.
blaupuma16 Aug 2018 17:17
Yes, at first it is only 6 meters (20 feet) narrow and tube-like along the 23.3 m (76.4 feet) length of the house. Nevertheless, I would like to optimize this area as well.
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Maria16
16 Aug 2018 17:33
But do you actually want to have tiles in the “hose section” or not?

I’ll refer you again to the laying direction. ;-)
Maybe you can also do something with the color on the wall or lower the ceiling height (I don’t remember exactly how high it was); our guest toilet also feels quite narrow and tall in relation (at 1.4 meters (4.6 feet) deep, 3 meters (9.8 feet) long, and 2.55 meters (8.4 feet) high).
blaupuma16 Aug 2018 17:38
Actually, I would prefer parquet flooring in the hallway.
We have a ceiling height of 2.65 m (8 ft 8 in) everywhere except in the kitchen/living room area, where it is 4.30 m (14 ft 1 in) open up to the ridge.