Flooring Contractor Before and After Photo Generator

Judging floor tones where rooms meet, not on a paperback-sized sample

A floor runs under everything, so photograph the view where it matters most: a doorway that shows two rooms at once, or the stretch where the hallway meets the kitchen. Shoot from standing height with the camera tilted slightly down so plenty of floor is visible, and leave the furniture where it lives, because a new floor has to work with your sofa and cabinets.

Paint the floor area with Refine area manually and keep rugs, legs and baseboards out of the selection. Then ask for one material at a time: 'wide light oak planks running toward the window', 'large matte gray porcelain tiles', 'mid-brown vinyl plank'. Board direction and width change how big a room feels, so try both directions on a narrow room before deciding.

Look at the edges in every result. Thresholds, stair nosings and the gap under doors are where a concept tends to smudge, and they are also where real installations need transition strips the image will not show. When a tone looks right, compare it against your current floor, then test the same tone in another room so the whole run of floor works together.