9 Patterned Vinyl Flooring Designs for Stylish Geometry Lovers
Modern Pattern Vinyl Flooring Designs To Knock Your Socks Off!
Ok, we all need a spot of the bright, bold and beautiful in our lives. Our homes can become filled with pastels and pales but for that one accent piece to add depth and texture to the space……Go wild!
Colourful, patterned vinyl flooring is just the ticket when being the wallflower is not an option and in this post, we look at some of our boldest and brightest.
Our vinyl flooring is designed to spruce up an otherwise neutral room. It’s simple to fit (just like a standard plain or patterned lino) and guaranteed to put you firmly into your room!
This post is all about the vivid and the audacious. If you’re looking for a more classic feel in the home. we’ve got another post on the blog covering our new range of black and white flooring.
For ideas on how to use bright and bold patterns to make the most of a small kitchen, bathroom or utility, scroll down for our 5 tips.
Links to buy all flooring designs below each image – when you’re ready, shop your room’s new look.
Geometrics here we come…
For the geometri-philes out there who hold a candle for a bit of the angular, geometric or retro style flooring patterns could be the perfect way to satisfy those angular cravings.
For too long floor covering options have been about the beige and the plain. Rise up and claim back the ground! Bring on the angles! Be brave with your colour!
Your home is unique, don’t forget to show it.
We’re big fans of dramatic shapes and vibrant floor colours here at For the Floor & More – always adding, tweaking and searching for geometric designs and patterns to add to our home décor ranges.
These super dramatic motifs look great on glass as a large printed wall tile or a coloured kitchen splashback, equally stunning as a large scale made to measure wallpaper mural, but we couldn’t hold back there – we had to share some angular sugar with the floor!
Honeycomb geometric patterns
Just a quirky angled polka dot? Perhaps, but we think the honeycomb deserves its place on the podium of geometry Olympics just for versatility alone. It can create an aura of a time gone by – Moroccan patterned vinyl floor tiles – or with colour and depth look futuristic whilst still feeling organic.
Use a range of colours within the design and it looks busy and attractive, keep to one shade and it appears minimalist.
Design-led and quirky vinyl flooring but not just for the queen bee!
Herringbone parquet style geometric patterns
Herringbone geometric designs create a sense of serenity and calmness. Interlocking pieces like Tetris floor tiles reaching out across the floor or wall. A criss-cross puzzle explaining itself through colour and shape.
With modern digital printing, we can play with its pattern origin and transform it into a more modern style whilst still retaining its splendour and definition. Retro patterns complete with a contemporary upbeat twist.
Our herringbone vinyl flooring looks like separate parquet floor tiles.
But when it’s supplied on a roll with panels made to measure, your fitter will love you and you’ll love the finished job!
Where to use Pattern Vinyl Flooring?
We are a little biased I know and would say everywhere, but a dash of contemporary coloured vinyl really brings out the best when used in the more neutral toned rooms of your home.
Bathrooms, kitchen and utilities are all spaces where a spot of colour and pattern can make a big difference.
Mentioned in this blog post about the patterned flooring used in George Clarke’s Old House New Home, a classic monochrome bathroom was totally transformed with the installation of a bright geometric flooring. The more uncomplicated the room’s decor, the more impact a bright and bold flooring will create.
As George Clarke himself said, vinyl is back!
If a room has a predominant single colour theme – pastel green in your bathroom perhaps or yellow in the kitchen – your choice of design can either complement or contrast this shade.
Pick a tone that contrasts for maximum impact: go for pale yellow walls and couple with a vinyl pattern that includes a dash of purple or deep blue. It doesn’t have to be the whole pattern, just a coloured shape within the design will do the trick super effectively.
Otherwise to complement, go for a differing shade of the main theme. A deep blue pattern flooring design would look stunning against other lighter shades of blue for walls, curtains or cushions. Layer up and think of textures.
For advice on how to use colours effectively within home decor, check this helpful guide on interior colour schemes.
For more kitchen and bathroom flooring vinyl ideas and our tips on making a small room look bigger, scroll down the page.
Fish scale designs
Fish scales conjure up the opulence of the art deco era or Japanese illustration and elegantly create a sense of visual motion across the floor or wall.
Their availability as individual ceramic tiles has opened up some real design possibilities and with options of being printed behind glass for the kitchen and bathroom, they are a softer and delicate way of adding focus and impact.
Rippling softly across the floor, these designs look fantastic when Room Hero colour matched within your room space. A real luxury vinyl flooring pattern and all the hassle of installation removed when your design is laid out on a roll.
Abstract geometric design
With the Mort & Hex geometric flooring designs, we’re adding in bold lines to fuse drama with impact and focus. Colourful and punchy, somewhere between the Memphis cool and 80s retro vibe, we’re loving the trend these new designs set.
And with more additions to come throughout the seasons, there’s bound to be a funky vinyl flooring idea that your compliments your space.
Multicoloured vinyl flooring for the most stylish!
Houndstooth designs
Houndstooth originated way back in the 1800s for keeping-warm farming jackets but sprinkle in a little colour, let it put on its Kate Spade’s and step forward to the 2010s!
Like many of the geometric motifs, even when given a totally different look, it’s still recognisable under all the make-up. It may have a sense of vintage floors deep within its patterned roots but the arrow tiles convey a sense every bit as modern as some of our other designs.
Sophisticated, elegant and, in subtle shades, even a hint of the scandi. Whoever said colourful vinyl flooring needs to stay out of the spotlight?!
Not stopping with the floors? Mix, match and shop for colour and shape inspiration on the High Street:
9 new and exclusive flooring ideas using bold geometric lines, angles and colours. I’m sure they’ve ignited a spark of inspiration for your next project.
Still not sure if the vinyl revival is for you, maybe we can tempt you with one of this season’s must-have trends – terracotta style vinyl flooring.
Every one of our vinyl flooring designs is printed on our direct print NuVifloor vinyl floor covering. Durable, anti-slip, and supplied on a made to measure roll at panels up to 2.9m wide to make it easier to fit.
It’s available by the square metre and made to measure for your room. It’s a little bit different than others’ patterned lino flooring – ask for a sample and we’ll post out a square.
Keep your eyes peeled on the site as we move into the new season. We’re adding fresh collections of patterned vinyl flooring and additions to existing ranges.
We’re going wild on cool and retro flooring designs with such vintage delights as Jolo seen below.
Jolo, how low can you go! Under your feet, as it happens… : )
5 Tips To Make A Small Room Bigger With Coloured & Patterned Vinyl Flooring
Simple styling tweaks can make for dramatic changes in your home.
If the size of your room is small, ask us to rotate the pattern 45 degrees before printing to make the design diagonal. This technique, sometimes called ‘on point’, makes the room look bigger by making the pattern appear larger. Nifty trick and its a simple change for us prior to producing your flooring.
Installing your flooring with the pattern (if applicable) parallel to the longest wall helps make the room look much more spacious. Pick a design that flows along from one end to the other and it’ll look like your room runs on forever.
Large-scale designs will make your space appear more expansive than a smaller design with many repeats. It’s how the eye takes it all in and bigger and bolder is a neat visual trick for making a small room look much grander in size.
Go for one of our retro vinyl patterned floorings and expect king-sized results!
To make a room feel airier and defined, couple a darker flooring design with lighter walls. Cool colours recede so by picking a fresh tone for the walls and ceiling and a deeper shade for the flooring, the space will seem much larger than with all the same shades or the other way round. Warm and deeper colours can bring the walls closer in so stay away if using in a small room.
If you are looking to match the walls with your new flooring, pick an accent colour in one of them and pair with that. A touch of similar colours gives a uniformity that adds a dash of sophistication but too much blurs the overall feel.
Supply & Fitting Your Flooring
Finally, when it comes to supplying your flooring, we can cover most room sizes in one panel.
Our machinery maxes out at just under 3m in width by whatever length you need. Most kitchens, bathrooms and utilities come within these dimensions and if yours is a touch larger, we can size the panels to make them simpler to match together.
It can make the job so much easier when its all in one strip and there aren’t any seams to patch together. The less chance of any movement between sections the better and woe betide the print doesn’t quite fit across the join… Not going to happen here with our tech.
As far as fitting your new flooring, it’s no different than standard lino. Be careful and treat it with some respect but a sharp new blade, a long ruler, floor adhesive or double-sided floor tape is pretty much all that’s required.
Make sure the area is clean and dry and check its all level before starting.
We do get asked ‘Do you need underlay for vinyl flooring?’ and to be honest it all depends.
Our flooring is 2.8mm thick so can be used without an underlay but if your subfloor is in any way uneven, then an underlay will not only smooth it out but also add some insulation to the space. This levelling out also works if you are looking to lay vinyl over tiles or floorboards.
Some of our customers have laid out fresh plywood over the floorboards prior to installing. Great if it’s a major bathroom project but it can be difficult with door to floor gaps etc if your patterned vinyl flooring is the only new addition.
With all things DIY, preparation beforehand usually leads to a much better final job and there’s nothing quite like standing back and admiring your new flooring thinking ‘I did that!‘
Alternatively, give Bill the fitter a call from the ad in the free paper. You can still stand back and say, ‘I picked that.’ It’s almost the same!
If you do need it, click on the link here for a complete vinyl flooring installation guide.
If you have any specific questions and need to get in touch, head over to the contact page and send us a message. We’ll get back to you the same day and answer any query honestly and objectively. Sometimes we all need a little advice before we take the plunge.
The options for pattern and design in vinyl flooring have been so beige, so taupe, for so long, it’s not that surprising you need a push to let the colour back onto our floors.
Is Vinyl The Same As Lino?
In a word, no.
I know the two names get bandied about (even by us sometimes) in the same sentence but they are really two completely different products.
Linoleum is manufactured from natural products. Linseed oil, cork and wood can all be found in lino.
Vinyl, however, is totally synthetic. The vinyl name comes from polyvinyl chloride (PVC for short) and is made from artificial elements such as chlorine and ethylene.
It does mean that vinyl is more cost effective to produce and for us, it enables us to print directly onto it with our durable digital ink. It also means that we have been able to source it at 2.9m wide rolls to keep your seams and joins to an absolute minimum.
Custom Options
Like what you see in shape but not in colour? How about love the colour but want in a different design?
Talk to us, we can tweak most designs and will always send out proofs for you to check before we move over to production. Trust us, there have been some weird and wonderful designs manufactured to order. If you’re looking for something totally unique to you, we’re all ears and up for a challenge.
Flooring produced on behalf of Divine Savages
So, when it comes down to a new patterned bathroom vinyl flooring or something decidedly different for the kitchen, get in touch when you feel the bug and we’ll help scratch that interiors itch.
If you’re still hankering for more floor covering patterns to mull over, we’ve got this post on modern vinyl flooring ideas which may just get the old creative juices flowing.
Another new blog post on the bang-on-trend Italian style of Terrazzo is dived into here with a whole page of ideas for Terrazzo vinyl flooring.
Well, hope you liked them all. I’ll sprinkle in more patterned vinyl flooring designs to this post as we add more to the site. Check back and let me know what you think on social media.
Thanks for stopping by!
Louisa, For the Floor & More.
PS. We’re compiling a lookbook for interior inspiration (it includes wallpapers, splashbacks as well as more trendy vinyl flooring) and we know you’ll fall in love with it!
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