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Look! Colorful Flooring
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041309-floor01.jpgGiven our druthers we prefer a wood floor over carpet, linoleum or painted floors. But whether you go dark or light, wood flooring tends to come in a range of wood, i.e. brown tones, and the excitement comes from what goes on top of it, from rug to furniture. Or so we thought, until we saw these floors...

 
 

041309-floor02.jpgRenovated by Swedish architects Tham & Videgard Hansson, these floors in the Humlegarden Apartment, challenge that idea with a playful puzzle of undulating colour. The herringbone pattern of the floor highlights the appeal; the apartment is furnished with stark white furniture to keep the emphasis on the witty floors. We're tempted to let our inner paintbox loose on our own floors. For more information click here.

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I would find it really hard to decorate adjoining rooms cohesively with all the multi floor color/design. It really IS eye catching and different....but would be a difficult task for most people.

posted by baileyb on April 13th 2009 at 2:32pm
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Horrific.

posted by LilyC on April 13th 2009 at 2:51pm
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Tacky.

posted by PRU on April 13th 2009 at 2:58pm
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Holy moly.

posted by gagabrielle on April 13th 2009 at 2:59pm
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wow!!! am i the only one that absolutely LOVES THIS? so cool!

posted by grphcgurl on April 13th 2009 at 3:08pm
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Not loving the way it's done, climbing up the walls, nor the colors chosen, nor the herringbone pattern which is rather dizzying. That being said, I like the idea of mixing colors of stain in non-traditional colors and allowing the planks of wood to guide the color breaks.
I'm imagining it with a lot of white, blending to pastels on a traditionally laid floor off, say, a nursery.

posted by teeze on April 13th 2009 at 3:10pm
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The dynamic duo at Design Crisis produce thought-provoking features every day. Definitely check them out!

posted by raina on April 13th 2009 at 3:22pm
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I love how it travels up the walls up to the chair rail. Very different look.

Can we have some self-censorship in the comments here? Please? It's gotten soooooooooooooo boring reading the comments with all of your childish retorts of disgust.

I remember the good ole days of actual intelligent discussion, even when disapproving of the feature.

posted by olga on April 13th 2009 at 3:31pm
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Looks pretty cool. I think if I had a room like this I would opt for all white furniture so that it wouldn't clash with the colors on the floor.

posted by suzy8track on April 13th 2009 at 3:38pm
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V ** E ** R ** T ** I ** G ** O ** !

posted by JoanneM on April 13th 2009 at 3:52pm
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Love it. Love it, love it, love it!

posted by KidMoe on April 13th 2009 at 3:54pm
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This is fantastic.

I love the colors chosen (I'm obsessed with bright, rich pink).

It does make me wonder what it would like without going up the chair rail. And I think black as the wall color would really make the floors pop and allow you to do more. That pink?white? is unsettling and distracts the eye.

posted by birdablaze on April 13th 2009 at 4:12pm
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Oh, and this would be sooo amazing for a dance club and lounge bar. If the wood went up the walls in that amazing design. Or black walls. Ahhh, I love it.

posted by birdablaze on April 13th 2009 at 4:14pm
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Right now, the colors and patterns in the rooms give me the feeling that I'm stuck in an arcade game. I'm thinking something along the lines of Galaga or Space Invaders.

I'd like to see what the rooms might look like with some furniture and decor. I think it would help soften the impact of the floor/wall design.

posted by designiphile on April 13th 2009 at 5:06pm
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Dizzying, unnatural, and uncomfortable, as well as severely limiting in terms of furniture, art and other decorative elements. I think it's the high-contrast colors and the fact that the design is climbing up the walls. It seems too high-energy for a home. Maybe it would be better for a public space like a hotel lobby or a gallery? (I can see the floors being an interesting background for sculpture). Of course, there are probably some who like very vivid, 'noisy' homes.

posted by slowdown on April 13th 2009 at 5:22pm
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This makes my eyes bleed. It's horrific.

posted by austinpeahen on April 13th 2009 at 7:57pm
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Yikes! I guess relaxation is a no-no in the designers' minds?

posted by ebrown on April 13th 2009 at 8:55pm
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I think if you look at the floors taking on the role of pattern and color on the floor instead of a rug then you can appreciate it much more. i think it's a very dynamic design and i like how there is a lot of movement in the pattern. it's like the floor draws you from room to room.

posted by pollyp on April 13th 2009 at 11:39pm
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Looking at this on a daily basis will either drive me crazy.
I would frantically search for the eraser tool.

posted by umeboshi on April 14th 2009 at 12:05am
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I like the concept of a wood floor in ONE strong colour, and indeed am trying to convince my fiance of the merit of something out of the range of natural wood, that still shows the grain.

...He would use these pics as an argument against, though.

I think one colourway without going up the walls would be a still-vibrant, much easier sell.

posted by JosieDaisy on April 15th 2009 at 4:15pm
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