7 Apartments with the Most Beautiful Floors

Flooring is something you cannot afford to skimp on during renovation. A good and quality floor is the key to comfort for many years. However, the decorative aspect in this matter is equally important: an impressive floor setting determines the mood for the entire interior.

We have selected the 'hot seven' apartments where the floor is particularly eye-catching. Together with OBI experts, we explain how to replicate this effect.

Tiles: Expressive Pattern

In this apartment, architect Karina Zadvina chose tiles for the kitchen, bathroom, and hallway floor - one of the most popular options. The widespread recognition of this material is understandable: it is practical, withstands frequent cleaning, and offers a great variety of colors, sizes, and patterns.

Tiles with geometric patterns, as in this project, are at the peak of popularity: they provide wide design opportunities, make the space more interesting and voluminous, and allow easily adding a unique touch to the decor without resorting to flashy accents.

Design: Porte Rouge

How to Replicate?

Modern manufacturers offer a wide range of tiles with geometric patterns. For floor covering, choose material with slip-resistant and fade-resistant coating.

Outdoor Tile Brixton, OBI

Outdoor Tile Henley Ice, OBI

Outdoor Tile Thornbury Dvomo Timeless, OBI

Outdoor Tile Checker Dvomo Timeless, OBI

Parquet: At the Junction of Classic and Modern

Ariana Ahmad and Tatiana Karyakina created a luxurious interior in this Moscow apartment, combining classical atmosphere and modern ergonomics. The choice of floor covering played one of the key roles: parquet was laid on the floor.

Wooden floors have a number of undeniable advantages: they are warm to the touch, do not electrify, and do not attract dust, improve sound quality in a room, and regulate the microclimate. Additionally, wood is a durable, wear-resistant material that never goes out of style. Modern parquet also plays well with underfloor heating systems and impresses with its richness of shades and expressive textures.

Design: Ariana Ahmad, Tatiana Karyakina

How to Replicate?

Choose flooring with the most pronounced texture (often achieved through brushing) - this is a current trend. If an apartment often lacks natural light, it makes sense to opt for lighter wood tones.

Want to enhance the classic atmosphere? Choose traditional parquet laying: for example, in this interior it was laid in a classic 'French fir' pattern.

Three-strip Parquet Board 'Cream Oak', Tarkett Samba, OBI

Single-strip Parquet Board 'Stil Oak', Barlinek, OBI

Three-strip Parquet Board 'Arctic Oak', Tarkett Samba, OBI

Single-strip Parquet Board 'Alaska Oak', Barlinek, OBI

Ceramic Stone: Universal Choice

Sergey Makhov chose ceramic stone for the floor in the hallway and 'wet' zones of this apartment. When moisture resistance, strength, and a reasonable price-to-quality ratio are needed, this material is undoubtedly the best. A pleasant bonus: ceramic stone has low absorption and is easy to maintain - stains do not penetrate but remain on the surface.

Ceramic stone floor is eco-friendly, crack-free, scratch-resistant, and does not wear even under intensive use, preserving its attractive appearance for many years.

Design: Sergey Makhov

How to Replicate?

The material excellently imitates various textures, including natural stone. Pay attention to how effectively the kitchen backsplash harmonizes with the floor in this project - a worthy technique for replication.

Ceramic Stone Cersanit Marbles, OBI

Ceramic Stone Impero Tiber, OBI

Ceramic Stone Atlas Concorde SUPERNOVA MARBLE Floor, OBI

Ceramic Stone Cersanit Versa, OBI

Engineered Board: Rich Texture

For this modern interior, designer Julia Kishkovich chose engineered board. This flooring with rich texture and interesting tone balances the cool stone in the hallway and kitchen area, giving the entire space an elegant luxury.

Design: Julia Kishkovich

How to Replicate?

Unfortunately, engineered board is not a budget-friendly material. But there's good news: similar attractive texture and the effect of an expensive interior can also be achieved using other floor coverings.

For example, consider PVC tiles. This flooring is durable, wear-resistant, moisture-proof, and environmentally safe. It excellently imitates the texture of wood, combines the main advantages of linoleum and laminate, offers easy installation and simple maintenance, and is suitable even for high-traffic areas.

Alternatively, one can opt for a fundamentally new type of floor covering based on calcium stone - such a finish looks like natural wooden planks and is completely harmless, eco-friendly. Bonus: the floor is easy to install and will be 100% water-resistant, with material thickness of only 4.5 mm!

PVC Tile Class 32 'Antique Oak', DECORSTEP, OBI

Linoleum IVC Greenline Chapar, OBI

Single-strip Parquet Board 'Brown Oak', Barlinek, OBI

PVC Tile New Age Enigma, Tarkett, OBI

Travertine + Oak Plank: Elegant Duet

In this apartment, Lidia Bolshakova chose an impressive duet as floor covering: oak planks of unusual finish combine with travertine in various shades. As a result, the floor is not only elegant but also practical, durable, and easy to maintain. The interior looks refined and attractive.

Design: Lidia Bolshakova

How to Replicate?

Combine two or more textured materials in a room serving multiple functions: this works well for spatial zoning. Additionally, an abundance of textures is a current trend.

By the way, for floor decoration you can use not only natural stone but also its quality imitations. For example, ceramic stone with the appropriate design.

Natural Travertine Tile Provance, OBI

Single-strip Parquet Board 'Baron Oak', Tarkett Step XL& L, OBI

Ceramic Stone 'Travertine Brandy', Lasselsberger Ceramics, OBI

Single-strip Parquet Board 'Terracotta Oak', Barlinek, OBI

Australian Board: Subtle Luxury

The project's architect, Ariana Ahmad, paid much attention to the flooring in this interior. The solid Australian board was toned multiple times, persistently achieving the desired warm tone of gray oak. In the end, a tone was achieved that perfectly accentuates the texture and understated, refined luxury of such finishing. The traditional 'French fir' laying subtly alludes to classicism.

Design: Ariana Ahmad

How to Replicate?

Let's be honest: only a few people choose solid Australian board as floor covering. Undoubtedly, it is incredibly beautiful, but the price of such finishing is accordingly high. However, there is a positive aspect: the market offers materials that can serve as a worthy substitute for such flooring.

For example, PVC tiles can be laid just as effectively in a 'French fir' pattern or any other way. Choose tiles with a four-sided chamfer: this makes the similarity to wooden floors more complete. Bonus: the coating is textured, resistant to deformation, easy to install and maintain, and completely safe.

Another worthy alternative to solid boards is linoleum. Don't laugh skeptically - modern linoleum is a textured, practical option for any space. It excellently imitates the color and texture of wood, is easy to install and maintain, resists water, and has high wear resistance. Unjustly forgotten for a time, this flooring has confidently returned to the top of the most popular floor finishing materials in recent seasons and firmly established itself there.

PVC Tile Classen One Nature Stave Pine, OBI

Linoleum Tarkett Idylle Nova Cascad, OBI

PVC Tile Interlocking Vivo Denver, OBI

Linoleum IVC Greenline Chapar, OBI

Laminate: Proven Solution

Yura Lauri, Sergey Lauri, and Maxim Demchenko from Lauri Brothers chose one of the most popular materials for floor covering in this refined interior - laminate. It is no wonder that the material has been popular for many years: it suits floor finishing in apartments and houses, in high-traffic rooms, and some classes of laminate are even suitable for 'wet' zones. Additionally, it withstands wet cleaning well, is not too complicated to install, its surface has anti-slip properties, and the texture adequately imitates natural wood.

The designers' find is laying laminate in a 'French fir' pattern. This adds solemnity to the setting and introduces classical notes.

Design: Lauri Brothers

How to Replicate?

Pay attention: the beveled edge increases similarity to natural oak planks. Wide floorboards with expressive cracks look particularly expensive and effective. Planning a DIY installation? Choose laminate with interlocking joints.

Need flooring for a space with intensive operational load? Consider laminate with an A-class wear resistance rating. Need increased moisture resistance? Look for MUF resins in the boards' composition. There is also laminate with antibacterial film with silver ions: it protects the floor from harmful microorganisms.

Laminate 'Santiago Glass Oak', Classen Trip 4V, OBI

Laminate 'Montana Oak', Classen Rancho, OBI

Laminate 'White Montfort Oak', EGGER, OBI

Laminate 'Greenland Oak', Kronospan Expert Choice, OBI

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Cover Photo: Ariana Ahmad Design Project