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Living Room Flooring Ideas (our top picks)
Updated: Oct 10, 2022
Living Room Flooring Ideas (our top picks)
Some people call it a "living room," while others call it a "family room." Either way, we are talking about that room in your house where everyone gathers. That comfortable space that everyone kicks up their feet to watch television or to sit around the fireplace.
This room needs to fit your style. You want this room to be warm, cozy and comfortable for your family. What kind of household do you have? Do you have little kids running around that will need floor space to play? What about pets? You might need to find that perfect floor to handle the occasional ball toss game or tug-of-war. It could be the kids are out of the house, and you just need a comfortable space that is both relaxing and easy to clean. No matter what sort of lifestyle you have going on in your home, we have some great living room flooring ideas.
Living Room Flooring Ideas (our top picks)
If you're tired of looking at that ugly living room floor, and you desperately need to upgrade the flooring in your home, you have come to the right place. This article is all about giving you some great ideas on picking out that perfect floor for your living room space.
Living Room Flooring Ideas - With Little Kids In The Home
Mohawk SmartStrand Carpet
If you have little kids running around the house, and are looking for a durable carpet that will hold up to spills, dirty shoes and playtime messes, Mohawk SmartStrand Carpet might be your perfect option.
When it comes to finding a carpet that can handle that occasional drink or food spill, it's hard to find a better suited carpet than Mohawk SmartStrand. We have a great article, "Reviews of SmartStrand Carpet," that dives into what SmartStrand Carpet is all about.
Mohawk SmartStrand comes in a variety of different styles, colors and price points. If you're looking for new living room carpet, you will be able to find any style and color you want within the SmartStrand product line.
Karndean Flooring Luxury Vinyl Tile & Plank
If carpet is not your desire, and you're looking for a durable hard surface floor, you might consider looking at Karndean Design Flooring. Karndean has a wonderful line of both luxury vinyl tile (LVT), and luxury vinyl plank (LVP) flooring.
Unlike some of the other LVT/LVP floors, you get what you pay for with Karndean. Their product line is absolutely stunning. Wide and long boards that give your room a fabulous look, wonderful styles that are crisp and clear, as well as offering a large product line that is very easy to maintain.
Karndean Flooring has a lifetime warranty, their products are scratch resistant, waterproof, easy to clean, and stain resistant. For more information on their family friendly warranty, you can visit their website at: Karndean Flooring
Lauzon Hardwood - Pure Genius Smart Floor
If you're a hardwood floor person, Lauzon Flooring has a very nice line of products. Their Pure Genius Smart Floor would be a great product for a busy living room floor.
What is Pure Genius Smart Floor? In simple terms, the system works as an air-purifier floor. Lauzon has a system built-in the product finish, that is light activated. Once activated, your hardwood floor will help purify the air in your home.
According to the Lauzon Flooring Website, "Pure Genius works constantly, without any loss of performance over time for as long as the finish lasts. Pure Genius improves the indoor air quality of your home without compromising the quality and appearance of your hardwood flooring. It makes the air in your home up to 85% purer. It’s pure genius!"
Pure Genius EXPLAINED on The Weather Channel - Lauzon Flooring
Living Room Flooring Ideas - With A Household Of Pets
Shaw Carpet - R2X Stain & Soil Resistance System
When you have that occasional pet "accident," you need to have a carpet that will perform. The patented Shaw R2X system is one of the best carpet fiber protection systems in the marketplace.
Shaw Flooring offers this protection system on a variety of products. You won't have any problem finding the right style, color or price point when it comes to shopping for your perfect R2X carpet.
According to Shaw Floors:
"Pick a carpet offering R2X Stain and Soil Resistance treatment. It’s Shaw’s patented and proven system that shields your carpet well below the surface—because the entire fiber is protected, from base to tip, against stains. There is simply no better stain and soil protection in the flooring industry."
You can learn more about this wonderful carpet protection system here: The Shaw R2X Stain & Soil Resistance System.
Armstrong Empower Rigid Core Flooring with Diamond 10 Technology
We love the designs and colors of the Armstrong Empower Rigid Core Flooring Product Line. The products come with extra-long length boards, they have both wide and mixed width planks, and they have several unique planks per box, which takes away from board repeats during the installation process.
The product line is scratch resistant and waterproof. A perfect floor to handle pet spills and the occasional horse-play behavior that always seems to happen when a home has a young pup around the house. Armstrong Flooring
Armstrong has 12 Empower Products that will give you a huge selection to choose from when picking out your living room flooring. Each product is waterproof, stain proof and very easy to clean.
What is the Diamond 10 Technology? According to Armstrong:
"Diamond 10 Technology is a revolutionary, patented innovation that uses cultured diamonds — with all the properties of real diamonds — to provide the ultimate in scratch, stain, and scuff resistance."
Mannington Adura Vinyl Plank
Another luxury vinyl plank product that we love is Mannington Adura. Similar to Armstrong, Mannington Adura is pet & kid friendly product, it is scratch resistant, waterproof, and very easy to clean.
Mannington Adura carries a 20 year residential limited warranty against wear, fade, stain, and delamination. It also has a 5 year limited light commercial warranty.
Mannington Adura is a product that has several colors, styles and price points. Mannington Adura has a wonderful track record of positive reviews. We believe this is a great product for a household that has pets.
Living Room Flooring Ideas - For The Empty Nesters
You've spent years raising your family, and now they are all grown up and have moved out of the house. Now it's time to remodel the home with some of those products you've always wanted to purchase.
Anderson Tuftex Carpet
An upper-end carpet line with a large collection of various styles and colors. Everything from soft solid colors, to pattern carpet to loop styles are included in the Anderson Tuftex product line.
From the Anderson Tuftex Website:
"All Anderson Tuftex styles are thoughtfully designed from hours of research, and every product is meant to be enduring and timeless on the floor.”
The Anderson Tuftex has a wonderful selection of pattern carpets that you won't find in most carpet displays. Customers love the patterns for living room spaces in their home.
Bella Cera Engineered Hardwood Flooring
When it comes to hardwood flooring, Bella Cera Hardwood Flooring has a line of products that is vastly different than your typical bargain store or box store brands.
For example, Bella Cera's hand-scraped product line is actually hand-scraped. Each board is a one-of-a-kind piece, making it distinctly different than your typical machine-scraped products.
Bella Cera states:
"There are no machines, no assembly lines, no large quantities being pushed through quickly to save time and money. Each flooring plank is individually inspected for its unique patterns, grain and colorations, and hand-carved and scraped to complement its beautiful marks of individuality. No two floor boards are the same!"
Bella Cera is a unique line of engineered hardwood that will show off your home in a classy and distinct fashion. We love this floor for the empty nest homeowner that is looking for that beautiful hardwood floor they have always wanted.
Masland Broadloom Carpet
Similar to Anderson Tuftex, Masland Carpets is an upper-end broadloom carpet line that is perfect for the household that is looking for pattern carpets, or for carpet that has unique designs and colors.
One of the best features of the Masland line is their uniqueness of styles and colors. Customers love their designs for living rooms and family rooms.