No one wants their flooring to look boring. Either you go for a playful and vibrant outlook or a decent and traditional design; vinyl flooring has got you covered.

Vinyl flooring currently leads the flooring market with its numerous designs. Let it be the traditional hardwood look, graceful stone or tile flooring, patterns, shades, or colors, vinyl flooring offers the largest collection in every realm. Marble and ceramic tile flooring offer many different variations too, but they are way more costly than vinyl.

So, if you want to get flooring that is water resistant, requires low maintenance, lasts long, saves you a lot of money, and offers the biggest design and aesthetic options, vinyl flooring is your best bet.

Let’s check out different options in vinyl flooring vis-à-vis design and patterns.

Wood Look Vinyl Flooring

Hardwood floors are known for their decent and elegant look, but they are extremely costly and have poor water resistance. No one wants to spend thousands of Dirhams on their flooring and end up with damaged flooring in case of spills. This is where vinyl flooring comes to the scene.

Vinyl flooring, a synthetic flooring option, is made to mimic the patterns and designs of hardwood flooring. It is like a jumbo offer; you get all the elegance and comfort of hardwood floors, water resistance, durability, and cost-effectiveness of vinyl flooring. The wood-like vinyl flooring offers the best of both worlds.

The wood-like patterns commonly available in vinyl flooring are oak, maple, pine, walnut, hickory, cherry, mahogany, reclaimed wood, parquet, and wide plank. These are some of the famous options. Honestly speaking, there is hardly any hardwood floor design that is not available in vinyl.

Stone Look Vinyl Flooring 

We all know the elegance stone flooring comes with. However, this elegance comes at a certain price. Not everyone can afford it, and when you can’t afford it, what do you do? You go to the next best thing: vinyl floors.

Stone or ceramic tile floors are 100% waterproof, and they are extremely durable. However, vinyl is also great in these departments. Factor in the savings, and you’ll definitely want to go with vinyl floors.

The common stone-like patterns available in vinyl flooring are marble, slate, travertine, limestone, ceramic tile, granite, terrazzo, and sandstone.

Vinyl Flooring with Patterns

Apart from the look options explained above, vinyl flooring (tiles and planks) comes in different patterns. Each of the patterns discussed below brings a unique effect to your flooring. Many homeowners go for different patterns in different areas of home to create a more lively and vibrant look. Let’s check out what different options you have in this realm.

Grid

It is one of the most common patterns being used for homes and businesses where you want to get a sober and perfectly aligned look. Also known as stack bond, the pattern consists of all vertical and horizontal points aligned with each other without any breaks. The grid pattern is commonly available in planks and tiles (square and rectangular).

Stagger

If you want to go for two to three color variations in your floor, go for a stagger flooring pattern. The pattern is a sophisticated arrangement of tiles or planks on alternate sides of a central line in the room. The layout is usually used in places where you want a playful outlook, making it an excellent option for kids’ rooms and indoor playing areas.

Offset

It is another commonly used vinyl flooring pattern. Also known as running bond, the pattern is offset by half the width of the plank above. The pattern makes it appear like two planks or tiles combine in the center of the plank below. It is usually made with vinyl tiles, but many people now opt for this pattern with planks.

Diagonal

A variation of the offset pattern, set at an angle of 45 degrees. The pattern has no limitations and can be achieved with tiles and planks. The 45-degree angle adds a contemporary look and dimensions to your flooring. It is often used when homeowners want to create a perception of a large space in a small area.

Herringbone

It is another traditional vinyl flooring pattern and imparts a sophisticated and unique look to the floor. The pattern resembles fish scales. It gives the best results with luxury vinyl tiles and planks. Many homeowners confuse this design with a chevron pattern. A chevron pattern is totally different from herringbone and requires special flooring cuts.

Weave

The weave pattern is great if you want to have a floating look for your floors. The variation is best suited for rectangular tiles and creates a movement effect within an enclosed space. Please note that you can have this pattern in square tiles too, but it won’t give the desired results.

Corridor

A corridor is an interesting variation of the universal grid pattern. The grid pattern is offset by vertical intervening rows, usually after 1-2 rows to create a unique look. As the name implies, the pattern is typically made in high-traffic areas.

Soldier

A vertical grid or stack created with rectangular tiles or planks. There is no fixed style in this pattern; you can create variations by alternating the direction of the tiles or planks.

Quarter-Turn

A unique pattern specifically used for luxury vinyl tiles, it adds an elegant look to your flooring. The first tile in this pattern is placed in the direction of your choice, but the next tile is quarter-turned and placed at an angle of 90 degrees. The pattern is great for liner designs. When completed, the flooring looks different but decent.

Flemish Bond

Just like stagger, this pattern is also best when going for color variations. It is created by mixing rectangular and square tiles. The pattern gives best results when the square and rectangular tiles have a width difference of at least 12 inches.

Random

Often used in spaces like laundry or terraces where you don’t have to worry about the visual appeal, the pattern can be made from waste tiles. It is best for using extra vinyl planks or tiles. The look creates a fun outlook and can be used when dealing with tiles or planks of different colors.

Final Words

We hope that by far you have decided which type of vinyl flooring look and pattern you want for your home or office. With vinyl, your flooring project can’t go wrong as there are so many options to select from.

Visit Dubai Flooring Company, DFC and find out more about vinyl flooring. We are one of the best flooring dealers in Dubai and offer a big range of vinyl flooring. Drop us a message and one of our representatives will get back to you.