Are you saying the LVP you like also comes in a smaller plank that can be laid in a herringbone design? It will cost more to lay a herringbone pattern.

How much herringbone do you want to do?

It is usually done as an accent in one space or room, like a foyer, dining room or hallway.

These are hardwood floors, but you can see how it is used as an accent, with the rest of the rooms having standard planks.

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I love the herringbone--and yes it is a classic. I would use it in some areas, like a foyer and lliving room and then use the same color in straight planks for the rest of the house.

I will have to do the entire first floor. The herringbone will be 5"

wide x 24" long like the picture. will it be too much in the whole first floor?

This is the Cortec Raveswood Oak. 9x72 plank size

Where is this sample from? Is it LVP?

Where are these samples from? Are they LVP? Are they 5 x 24?

The thing to keep in mind when deciding on herringbone is that it will require about 20% more sq. ft. material and the guys will charge you more to install it.

It's Classic and will never go out of style. You might want to change direction at room thresholds, so make these decisions before installation. You might want to combine it with plank at the room changes.

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IMO a floor needs to be simple and work well with all the other things in the space and to be honest I love LVP (I have 3 huge dogs) but if herringbone is the style you like IMO only in real wood does it make sense with very classic decor in a very classic home otherwise it is very busy

The herringbone is a LVP Dal tile Asher Bend in Hearth color. Price isn't an issue. I will have to do the herringbone throughout the entire house that LVP is. I have ravenswood in my current home and love it but in my new home I saw the herringbone in a very similar color and am leaning towards it.

I would select that DAL tile.

You may want your flooring to go in one direction in the foyer and a different direction for your living room and dining room. You'll require the plank size at the room threshold to make the transition.

See example below. You might want the pattern to rug the same direction in the kitchen, dining room and living room, but have the direction turn in the hallway & laundry room.

Its through a builder that I cant change directions of the planks so the whole house will need to be the same. I wish I could do more custom options but I cant. So if I choose the heringbone lvp it will need to be through the entire first floor and all in one direction.

Have you already asked the builder? The reason I'm asking is because changing directions for certain rooms makes the installation easier for them.

Yes. It can only go one direction through the whole house.

That's not realistic.

But thats the situation and why I am asking opinions. Builders are hard and only allow certain upgrades. I wish I could do more custom upgrades with a fully custom home but this is the options im given.

If your choice is one or the other for the whole house, then I would go with the standard plank.

The herringbone will be a much busier looking pattern, specially for the whole house.

I built a custom home and could choose anything I wanted for my floors, and I would never have chosen that size herringbone for the whole house. My wood floor guy was even willing to install my engineered wood floor in a herringbone pattern in any room I wanted, but I have enough going on with large area rugs, furniture and decor, and I felt I didn't need to add another pattern.

Sorry, but I agree with chispa, the herringbone would be too much throughout the whole first floor or whole house.