The Kitchen Flooring Property Brothers' Jonathan Scott Uses For A More Spacious Look

If you're looking for ways to make your kitchen feel bigger, you might consider turning to HGTV for tricks and inspiration. As one half of the Property Brothers, Jonathan Scott is a mainstay of the network. His work as a contractor and interior decorator means that he understands how to make even the smallest space appear large and open. In the first season of "Property Brothers: Forever Home," one remodel Scott worked on included redoing kitchen floors, which originally featured black and white tiles in a checkered pattern. To make the space feel both larger and brighter, he installed light gray engineered hardwood floors from the kitchen into the dining room, adding cohesion to the space. With the use of this engineered hardwood throughout, it gave the space a more unified look in the kitchen and dining room, making them naturally feel larger. Discussing the decision to go with the light gray flooring, Scott shared that "the light tone helps bounce the light around" (via HGTV).

While a darker floor might make a space feel smaller and more enclosed, a lighter shade of flooring can work to make a kitchen feel more spacious because as light enters the room it reflects off the wood and brightens the space. This also works if you have darker cabinets in the room and need to find an alternative to help brighten your space, as the lighter flooring allows for more contrast against the dark tones. Plus, this flooring choice can make a home feel more modernized, as the lighter floors can completely change the way a room feels by bringing balance to the rest of the space.

Even if you aren't a fan of gray flooring for your own kitchen, it is possible to keep Jonathan Scott's choice of lighter-colored flooring in mind when picking something for your own kitchen. As long as the color is on the lighter side to allow the light to bounce around the room, it will work to make the space feel larger. For the best flooring options for your kitchen, consider whether to install tile, hardwood, or vinyl, as that will give you more options when it comes to actual color choices. Having a lighter color on the floor also draws attention to the space itself, without the focus being on the floor.

While you can choose more natural colors that give you a neutral feel, with hardwood and even laminate flooring, there are a number of lighter shades that would work to make a kitchen feel spacious, including a whitewashed wood, white oak, or ash. If you want even more color options for your kitchen floor, then tile is the best choice. It gives you a variety of color options, including neutral shades of beige and cream, as well as more whimsical colors such as light greens, blues, and even pale pinks. Another flooring option that would make your space feel large would be a lighter-color marble, such as a white with light gray veins or even a light green vein running throughout. It is a classic and elegant marble kitchen idea that delivers on Scott's room-enlargening trick.