How to Incorporate Pantone’s 2019 Color of the Year

The Pantone Color Institute is highly regarded as the king of influence for color trends and all aspects of color design.  Since 1963, the Pantone Color System provides designers and consumers with fresh ideas of trending new colors and color matching.  Each December, we await with excitement to learn the Pantone Color of the Year, which influences marketing and interior design color choices. 

The Pantone 2019 color of the year is Pantone 16-1546, Living Coral.  The coral hue was chosen as a life-affirming, energizing hue with golden undertones to represent warmth, comfort and buoyancy.  In this modern, digital age, people are seeking immersive experiences with authenticity.  The desire for real connections has never been greater.  The 16-1546 Living Coral hue provides a vibrant yet mellow hue which symbolizes joyful and lighthearted connectivity.

Implementing Living Coral in Furnishings and Interior Design

To embrace this energizing coral color with new flooring, you might consider blonde hardwood flooring with a splash of coral tones throughout the room.  This effervescent coral hue would go well with blue carpeting, like real coral in the ocean, mesmerizing like the natural coral reefs.  You might consider a mosaic tile design which incorporates Pantone’s coral color of 2019, on either laid flooring tile or a custom backsplash.  

To add this lively, playful and comforting coral hue without new installations, you might consider lush upholsteries or cozy blankets strewn about the room.  Adding some shag carpets or throw rugs would also provide the playful and nurturing color to your existing décor.  Incorporating Pantone’s Living Coral provides a dramatic yet comforting pop of color to any room, whether in flooring, furnishings or accessories. 

For more ideas, consult with the flooring specialists at Great Western Flooring for complimentary design ideas.  Great Western Flooring offers more than 35 years of experience in matching colors, textures and designs for strikingly beautiful and comforting home décor.  We provide the ideas, skill and quality products which give you the home of your dreams, at a price you can afford. 

Great Western Flooring is a leading flooring and tile design company, providing quality products and installation in and around the Chicago area.  We offer complimentary design consultations from skilled designers and experienced installations in even the most complicated architectural designs.  Contact us today to learn more about trending designs, colors, patterns and products and more tips on how to incorporate Pantone’s 2019 color of the year. 

This article originally published at https://www.greatwesternflooring.com/flooring-blog/how-to-incorporate-pantones-2019-color-of-the-year/

Laminate Flooring Trends in 2019

Updating your floor is a great way to keep your entire home up to date and stylish.  Laminate flooring is trending in 2019 as a popular choice with more options than ever before. Laminate is the flooring for a wood look alternative, with tremendous advancements in flooring technology providing such a realistic hardwood look it’s nearly impossible to tell the difference.  Laminate flooring has always been a go-to staple for flooring and is booming in 2019.

Homeowners are realizing that laminate flooring provides an affordable way to have the hardwood looking floor they’ve dreamed about.  When laminate first arrived on the scene and started becoming popular in the 1980’s, the planks were not very realistic to real wood and sounded hollow, with few designs to choose from.  Modern laminate flooring now provides a realistic wood look even compared to reclaimed or scraped wood. 

Unlike hardwood floors, however, laminate is easy to install, easy to care for and will last for many years.  Some popular laminate flooring trends for 2019 are:

●       Lighter colors

●       Styles that mimic a rustic wood texture

●       Wider planks

 

Lighter Colors of Laminate Flooring

Laminate flooring is now available in lighter colors that still convincingly replicate the look of real hardwood.  Brighten up your room with hardwood in grays and light neutral colors for a modern, classy look.

Rustic Wood Looks

Rustic looking laminate planks that mimic textured hardwood are very popular.  Not only do they look like textured wood they have grooves and depth which make it difficult to tell the difference.  Wire brushed and hand scraped are a couple of the more popular textured laminate options which lend a realistic wood look.

Wider Planks

The most popular choice in laminate flooring planks are 6” to 8” wide and 24” to 48” long.  Depending on the pattern of installation, wide planks are trending and easy to install.

Patterns and Designs

Installing your laminate flooring in a pattern such as diagonal, Herringbone or a Chevron pattern is becoming quite popular.  It’s a great way to add flair and style to your floor which accents the entire room.  To learn more about the most recent laminate flooring trends for 2019, speak with an experienced flooring specialist. 

Great Western Flooring offers more than 35 years of experience pleasing customers with quality laminate flooring, carpet and tile.  We offer complimentary design consultations from one of our convenient locations in Naperville, Oswego or St. Charles.  Contact us today for the latest in 2019 laminate flooring trends.

This article was originally published at https://www.greatwesternflooring.com/flooring-blog/laminate-flooring-trends-in-2019/

2019 Bathroom Flooring Trends

Bathroom flooring sets the tone for the entire room, whether in a small powder room or a large master bathroom.  While your bathroom floor needs to be practical and easy to clean, you also want it to be stylish and pretty.  Choosing the right floor for your bathroom is an important choice as most of us do not upgrade the bathroom floor very often.

Let’s review some of the more popular choices for bathroom flooring in 2019.

1) Wood replica tiles.  One of the biggest trends in 2019 is to use tiles that look like hardwood, even in the bathroom.  Planks that look like real hardwood are a very popular choice in many rooms, with modern flooring technology providing some great choices that work well in bathrooms.  Water resistant and waterproof vinyl flooring is manufactured to look just like real wood with such convincing wood grain and color characteristics it is difficult to tell the difference.  Don’t rule out a wood looking floor in your bathroom until you’ve reviewed all your options.

2) Black and white stenciled tiles.  Black and white stenciled tiles provide a crisp, clean vintage look, retro design and work well in farmhouse style décor.  Black and white tiles are super chic and never go out of style.  Combining black and white or gray and white stenciled tiles in various patterns can be mesmerizing and work well with various wall paneling like shiplap, wainscoting and white bead board.

3) Mosaics.  Mosaics are always classy and bring a flair of your own style through with beautiful pieces of art.  White marbled patterns are trending, although mosaics are meant to show off your style and are available in many patterns such as small squares, hexagons, chevron, herringbone, Moroccan tile and even basket weave tile.

4) Cool tones, light shades.  Light neutrals, grays and whites are popular in all rooms including bathrooms.  Light shades work well in bathrooms as most bathrooms are small rooms and the light colors tend to make a room look larger.  Yellowish beiges have become dated while a more neutral, grayish beige, or greige, are becoming a top choice.

To learn more about trending colors, shades and textures for bathroom flooring, contact the flooring specialists at Great Western Flooring.

Great Western Flooring has more than 35 years of experience pleasing customers in and around the Chicago area with quality flooring, tile and installation.  We offer complimentary design consultations from one of our convenient design centers in Naperville, Oswego or St. Charles.  Contact us today to learn more about 2019 bathroom flooring trends. 

 This article was originally published at https://www.greatwesternflooring.com/flooring-blog/2019-bathroom-flooring-trends/