Choosing your floors layout pattern is a very important step in planning your renovation/remodel. It has an unknowingly huge impact on how big the space can appear, as well as influencing the overall flow of your home. You may be very surprised at how different a room can look; simply by changing the direction the flooring is laid. Herringbone is a pattern of parquet, created by alternating rows of tile flooring. The center line looks like a zig-zag with the ends of the equal sized pieces overlapping one after the other.
The Herringbone pattern originated all the way back in the Roman Empire, when they discovered the stability benefits of laying their brick roads in this pattern. 50,000 miles of roads were laid in this brick-interlocking pattern starting around 500BC. Although the Herringbone pattern itself, was used both on the exterior and interiors of homes, it wasn’t until the 16th Century that it was used as an interior flooring pattern. Some of the earliest Herringbone tile floors can be dated back to the 16th Century in France, and were for the home of the Royal Family.
The pattern has come a long way from those brick roads leading to Rome; there are so many different design aspects that are possible with this gorgeous parquet flooring pattern. Today, people experiment with alternating different colored planks, even random bursts of a bright bold color somewhere in the mix. With tile floors, the colors are really limitless, and with a pattern as stylish as Herringbone, the possibilities are only limited to the imagination. Herringbone flooring on a small or large scale, brings a magnificent design element; it’s timeless, classic and beautifully chic.