Choosing Home Office Flooring
Everyone can appreciate having a workspace in the home to break up the monotony of office life and take advantage of hybrid work models. If you are new to the work-at-home experience, it may be time to craft a personal office space in the household to mirror your professional setting. Whether you have an entire home, a nook, or a basement, you can easily create a chic home office to accomplish your tasks!
As with any room in the home, the right flooring will help support your office functions and allow you to focus on the work at hand. Depending on the kids, pets, activity level, and lifestyle in your home, it may help to create a space that can be repurposed later down the line. In addition to selecting the furniture, décor, accessories, electronics, and paint colors that meet your personal tastes, here are some of our best tips for choosing home office flooring:
Matching Office Flooring to Your Home
If you home already has a distinct design aesthetic, it’s wise to match your office surfaces to the rest of the floor plan. Should your office be in a completely separate wing or room in the home, you have more opportunity to craft a confined visual that appeals to your preferences. If your office space is visible within a more open floor plan, you definitely want to match the design appeal to the greater scheme of the household.
No matter where your office is in the home, you will always want to consider the amount of natural light that the area receives when making flooring choices. Brighter colored flooring choices will help open a room, while medium and darker flooring choices can prevent a well-lit space from feeling washed-out. We can help you find flooring samples to take home and compare to ensure you find the ideal product!
Durable Office Flooring Options
Most of your common office furniture pieces are heavier than regular furniture and this can include sofas, desks, hutches, file cabinets, storage pieces, and office chairs. To make sure your floors can take the impact, the wheels of an office chair, and other sources of wear and tear, we recommend starting your office flooring search with durable options including hardwood, laminate, luxury vinyl, and vinyl. Carpet can get crushed easily over time, and the grout work of tile can potentially cause problems.
Easy to clean hard surfaces will always pay off in a major way since laminate and vinyl flooring offer tremendous protection from moisture and potential coffee spills! Both innovative options will provide durability and cleanability to keep the space tidy from scratches and scuffs, while also offering greater sound absorption from underlayment underneath. You can then add attractive area rugs for extra softness, color, and personality in your office, as well as valuable protection for the floors underneath.
Office Flooring Trends
Which design style do you love for your home office? You can easily set the ideal mood and create a modern office, a contemporary office, a farmhouse rustic office, or even a Bohemian office space for supreme creativity. Make sure to explore cool, darker wood tones for a calming, focused space, or check out a brighter, airy flooring shade to bring energy and spirit to the room. Grey, greige, and soothing neutrals can suit a variety of design styles and keep a consistent, versatile vibe.
If it’s personality that you’re after, make sure to explore office flooring installations such as chevron, herringbone, and parquet to keep things interesting. Area rugs are the perfect way to add a trending color, seasonal motif, or eye-catching design that fun and active. Find accessories to add the right color pops including yellow for vibrancy, red for energy, blues for calming, and greens for focus. Have fun and make the office design your own!
Basement Office Flooring Options
In many cases, the basement might be the best location in the home to create an office. Always make sure to explore flooring products with below-grade installation suitability, and these will generally be luxury vinyl, laminate, and waterproof options. Since vinyl is an inherently waterproof material and ideal for high-moisture conditions, we always recommend exploring this category to start for basements! Again, always verify that that product you love is suitable for basement conditions, and our experts can help you with just that.
When you are ready to explore new flooring for a home office, make sure to give us a call! Visit Mid-Michigan Floor Coverings in person and we will be happy to show you all our available products to complete this exciting project.
