Small Room Flooring

A guide to small room flooring

When you have a room that feels small and confined, choosing the right flooring can add a greater sense of spaciousness. Lighter colored woods or stains will reflect light more effectively and give the illusion of a larger space. Wider, longer planks produce the same effect, delivering a floor with fewer seams that makes any room feel bigger. And choosing a diagonal layout for your small room flooring will also provide a more expansive feeling.

When you want to install the finest small room flooring available, Carlisle Wide Plank Floors is your best source for stunning hardwood surfaces. We offer a broad range of options for living room, kitchen and dining room flooring, including a wide variety of wood species and grades. Your Carlisle wide plank specialist can help you explore the benefits of White Oak vs. French Oak and other hardwoods and walk you through all your options for stain color, floorboard structure, texture, pattern and more. With small room flooring from Carlisle, you’ll have a surface that will continue to amaze you every time you return home.

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A wide range of choices for small room flooring at Carlisle

From living room to game room to yoga flooring, you’ll find a wide range of hardwood and pine options for large and small room flooring at Carlisle.

Ash floors are incredibly dense and feature meandering grain patterns in light blonde to rich, nutty brown hues.
Birch boards have blonde outer edges and warm amber portions with grain patterns that range from highly figured flames to subtle swirls.
Brown Maple boasts hues of rich gold, amber and brown and subtle and consistent grain patterns.
Cherry features burnished auburn colors and subtle but distinctive flowing grain patterns.
Hickory has interesting grain patterns with lighter blonde sapwood and cocoa brown and beige heartwood.
Red Oak offers deep, salmon tones with consistent grain patterns and comes in exceptional widths and lengths.
Walnut is prized for its rich chocolate and mocha hues and complex grain patterns.
White Maple possesses strikingly beautiful grain patterns along with clean and lighter hues for a more neutral finish.
White Oak features light, nutty brown hues and dramatic grain patterns that range from simple and sleek lines to vibrant swirls.
Rift & Quartersawn White Oak floorboards are cut with special techniques that produce very straight parallel lines in the grain.

Frequently Asked Questions

What type of flooring makes a small room look bigger? What color is best for small room flooring? What direction should you run hardwood flooring in a small room? Can you use parquet flooring in a small room?

What type of flooring makes a small room look bigger?

Whether you're installing dining room, bedroom or living room flooring, wider and longer planks can help a small room feel much bigger. Wide plank floors have many fewer seams than standard commercial flooring, creating a less busy and more spacious feel. Wood floors with a light finish or stain will also tend to make a room feel bigger.

What color is best for small room flooring?

Light or medium hardwood floors will tend to make rooms look larger, especially if the walls and ceiling are painted a light color as well.

What direction should you run hardwood flooring in a small room?

To make a small room seem larger, run your hardwood floor parallel to the longest wall. Or consider laying out the floor with a diagonal, which will make the room seem even larger.

Can you use parquet flooring in a small room?

Yes. A simple parquet pattern in small room flooring can add visual interest and make the entire room seem bigger. Your Carlisle wide plank specialist can help you sort out the benefits of a Chevron vs. Herringbone vs. Versailles pattern, or assist with designing a custom pattern for your floor.

Why small room flooring from Carlisle?

Carlisle Wide Plank Floors is your best choice when you want the finest small room flooring available today. For more than 50 years, we have painstakingly handcrafted wide plank floors using the highest quality raw materials available and relying on time-honored processes. Our artisan craftsmen are perfectionists who care about the quality and details of your floor just as much as you do. From the perfect hue of a gray stain to the nuance of a board textured with a wire brush, we obsess over every aspect of your floor to produce a surface that’s created with passion, pride and purpose. Your small room flooring from Carlisle will be the perfect reflection of your individual sense of style and taste, and a stunning one-of-a-kind surface that will become an extraordinary feature of your home.