If you’re passionate about postwar mid-century modern architecture and style, the right flooring choice is essential for pulling off a well-executed redesign.  A floor does more than complete a room’s decor, it gives it personality. Here are some ideas consistent with mid-century motifs to guide your selection when redoing the floors in one room or many.

A Guide to Mid-Century Modernist Floors

1. Richly Toned Hardwood

Clean lines, simplicity, and open-plan living spaces characterized home interiors in the 1950s and 60s. Designs that invite the outdoors inside are also key to the aesthetic. Hardwood surfaces in teak and walnut were especially popular in mid-century American homes. Designers loved the contrast between dark-toned walnuts and the bright hues they favored in wall art and throw pillows.

To regain a period-appropriate look in your home, consider any dark-stained hardwood, or choose teak. It matches the color of Scandinavian-produced furniture in vogue at the time.  

2. Luxury Vinyl Planks

Because luxury vinyl planks (LVPs) mimic the style of hardwood but are water-resistant, they’re safe to install in any room of the home, including the kitchen. If you want seamless transitions between all the rooms on the ground floor of your home—a hallmark of modernist dwellings—LVPs will give you unity of design with color options that perfectly blend in with hardwood door frames, moldings, and trims.

3. High-Shine Vinyl Composite Tile

Scuff- and stain-resistant vinyl composite tile (VCT), engineered to provide lasting beauty in high-traffic zones, is available in different patterns that imitate organic materials, including neutral-toned marble and speckled granites. With a high-gloss surface, VCT enhances the light inside the home and adds much-needed texture to rooms furnished with sleek modernist sofas and chairs, whether vintage finds or store-bought reproductions.

4. Vividly Colored Carpeting

To make clean-lined furnishings in ivory fabrics or leathers stand out in modernist settings, choose a boldly colored carpet. Flooring in a fiery red, burnt orange, or magenta, for example, would quickly and easily warm up a room, transforming it into an unconventionally stylish space for relaxing and entertaining.

For flooring sales and installations to complete the look of your mid-century modern home, contact the seasoned professionals at Thieman’s Carpet Company in Wentzville, MO. They’re locally owned and have been the area’s go-to design specialists for more than 40 years, offering quality, selection, and affordability. Visit them online to view a list of their products and services, or call (636) 327-8813 to discuss custom orders and special pricing.