First off, let me congratulate you for opting for a plywood flooring installation. There is nothing more majestic, than a wooden flooring in a living room or for that matter, any room in the house. Conventionally, builders and masons had been using wooden pieces for the purpose of creating flooring slabs. The genuine problem with this was that the people had to take a lot of care of wooden flooring, as the wood reacts to the weathers, such as heat in the summers, moisture during the rainy seasons and cold during winters. In addition to that, normal wooden flooring is also expensive to install. Plywood flooring is however another story, as plywood is not exactly natural wood.
Plywood is basically an engineered wood, that is made up natural and artificial layers of wood. Due to this manufacture process, plywood flooring is not only durable and resistant to different natural agents of weathering, but is also cheap and easy to install. The best merit of plywood flooring is thus the look of the flooring. Well, there's only one word that can be used to describe such a flooring, magnificent.
Flooring Ideas and Designs in Plywood
| 1. | People are known to have used wacky ideas while installing plywood flooring. Plywood surface is quite smooth and it is easy to draw, paste and images on it. The plywood surface in the kids' room, for example, can be used to paint excellent cartoons. In addition to that, the paint also tends to stick to the upper surface of the plywood, giving the painting more durability. |
| 2. | Some interior decorators also adopt the policy of using plywood flooring colors of opposing color schemes. For example if your walls are white washed and cabinets and cupboards are also of a lighter color scheme (such as a cream color), then a flooring of a color such as a mahogany or black makes the room appear very impressive. You may also use this idea for all the rooms in the house. The key to get the right get up is to use totally contrasting color schemes. A darker flooring is always preferable as it is easy to maintain and keep clean. |
| 3. | An alternating plywood flooring design is also another idea, that is often used in interior decorations that are inspired by classical and neo classical decoration ideas. The alternating plywood flooring is basically made with the help of plywood planks that are cut in squares and are placed in an alternating manner. In fact, this scheme looks quite attractive and to be more precise, majestic. If you use the black and white color scheme, then your entire room is bound to appear like a giant chess board. If you have a private study in your home, or have a nice long hallway, this design will suit it the best. The only drawback is that for such a type of design, the plywood flooring cost shoots up, drastically. |
| 4. | Being creative is not just about making drawings of cartoons or designs, you can also adopt some plywood flooring ideas from nature itself. For example, one of my friends, who is surfer, has painted and designed his bedroom plywood flooring in such a manner that it resembles an entire beach. The crafting of the sand particles on the plywood was difficult and tedious, but the result was worth the effort. In my own house, I have installed plywood flooring in my study and have polished it to such an extent that it now resembles a ballroom floor. Similarly, you may also try some unique stuff, such as painting the plywood flooring to resembled a world map, or you can also paint it to resemble the underwater view. Another creative way to paint that plywood flooring is to give the appearance of a garden ground or a lawn. |
It is essential to maintain a creative and innovative approach to the project, as a creative idea would add a fresh touch to your plywood floors. You may also find many articles and write ups in magazines and on the Internet, putting up a large number of plans and ideas for you, consider clubbing and combining some of these ideas to make the room more attractive.
