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Flooring Design for Modern Homes: Trendy Flooring Styles to Use
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See how hardwood flooring can transform your home into a modern work of art.
When you envision stepping into your dream home, is it filled with polished modernity and ultra-contemporary décor? Modern contemporary home design favors simplicity, openness, and sleek lines. From expansive open spaces to neutral palettes and striking design features, countless elements come together to turn a house into a modern home.
One of the most impactful ways to bring a modern design aesthetic to life is through flooring. We firmly believe that well-executed flooring can truly elevate the experience of being in a space—from the very first step into a room. After all, flooring is the foundation of every room in your house; it can make or break the space and create that open, vibrant modern feel.
If you’re ready to transform your home into a modern work of art, take the first step by learning about three major flooring trends. It’s never been easier to find your dream hardwood floor.
Three Modern Flooring Design Trends
Hardwood floors, bold design, and light colors are everywhere these days, from lookbooks to showrooms and everywhere in between. These elements of modern flooring might be trendy, but they’re timeless, too. After all, great design never goes out of style. Here are three flooring trends to follow for a contemporary home aesthetic.
1. Hardwood Flooring
Modern design often includes elements of minimalism for a sleek, clean look and feel. When it comes to building a unique and beautiful modern home, there’s rarely a better choice than hardwood floors. Hardwood floors can be custom tailored to fit your design needs in addition to being a sustainable, natural, and durable material. If you’re looking for a flooring option that is both modern and high-quality, you can’t go wrong with hardwood floors. By choosing specific wood grades, like Carlisle’s heirloom grade, you can minimize variation from plank to plank for a consistent, smooth look across your hardwood floor.
2. Bold Shapes and Designs
Today’s modern flooring trends emphasize daring and artistic floor designs that blend elegance with understated beauty. Using wide plank flooring can help set your floors apart with their sophisticated and stunning style. Wider boards are becoming more and more popular for the clean and modern feel they create. Wider and longer planks create fewer seams—by 50 to 80 percent, compared to more common flooring dimensions—which dramatically simplifies the look and allows the beauty of the wood to stand out. Focus on the grain and character of the floor, not the seams. More beauty with fewer lines—the epitome of contemporary flooring and fine simplicity.
3. Light and Airy Colors
Modernism often draws inspiration from Japandi and Scandinavian design, rooted in light, airy colors that evoke feelings of sunshine and comfort. While any neutral flooring finish can work in a modern home, we love light to medium neutrals that minimize the underlying color variation of the wood and are sure to look good for generations to come. Bright and refreshing tones like the natural Picture Frame or vanilla-hued Aquila reflect simplicity and minimalism for a beautifully contemporary look and feel. Looking for a modern color that’s off the beaten path? Create your perfect neutral tone with a custom floor that’s crafted to meet any specifications you can imagine.
Endless Inspiration for the Floor of Your Dreams
GET DESIGN BOOKModern Flooring Design Collections from Carlisle
Picking out your hardwood floor can be exciting, exhilarating—and a little overwhelming. That’s why we’ve selected our top three flooring Collections for modern homes. Collections are some of our most popular tried-and-true finishes, guaranteed to impress.
Casual Collection. Looking for your modern home to feel welcoming, relaxing, and laid-back? Meet Carlisle’s Casual Collection. Gentle white oak grain patterns offer delicate distinction while staying true to modern design with a consistent, minimalist overall appearance. The Casual Collection includes heirloom grade planks, which are graded for fewer knots and less variation plank-to-plank. The result: a streamlined, modern effect with no visual interruption.
Earthen Collection. Modern contemporary design should feel clean and fresh—but that doesn’t mean it has to feel sterile. A floor from Carlisle’s Earthen Collection can help infuse your home with subtle organic inspiration. Ultra-subtle variation in these hickory planks offers nuance without distraction. By picking a lighter tone with wide planks—up to 10” wide—for a seamless finish, you can ground your home with a nature-inspired foundation for contemporary home design.
Studio Collection. If trendy, avant-garde design is what sparks joy and delight for you, Carlisle’s Studio Collection will bring your modern flooring dreams to life. White oak hardwood floors offer a polished canvas for your home’s artistry. Bastille and Notting Hill are particularly good choices for a modern contemporary home, with a light and neutral finish that’s both in vogue and timeless. With an heirloom grade, you can expect luxurious refinement in every plank.
Choosing Your Dream Hardwood Floor
Feeling inspired to transform your home into a modern sanctuary? If you want more floor options and customization recommendations for a contemporary floor design that will take your breath away, head over to our Flooring Quiz. Refreshing minimalism and top-of-the-line trends are just a click away. Finding your perfect hardwood floor—the one that will bring you joy and inspiration for decades to come—just got a whole lot easier. Take our Flooring Quiz today.
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