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How you can leverage your flooring to make your home look larger
Flooring is a great way to make a big impact on any home. As a Northern Virginia Realtor I see biggest return of investment when sellers update the out dated and worn out flooring.
Flooring can have a big impact on how large your home looks and feels. Your flooring is like the 5th wall of your home and it's amazing how much of an impact it can make on the beauty and perceived space of your home.
 
1. Use the same type of flooring material and the same color across rooms. Whenever possible, continue that same surface across rooms. Here in Westchester NY, hardwood flooring is the preferred flooring, and this is one of the many reasons we are seeing the trend to add hardwood to the kitchen - by continuing the same surface, even in the kitchen, you connect the space and it just looks larger.
 
2. Use lighter colors. Lighter makes the space look larger. Same holds true for walls.
 
3. Use wider planks. Wider makes the space look larger. Same goes for tile - larger tiles make the space look larger. (On the flip side, parquet flooring makes the space look smaller, so stay away ... more

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