How do you extend wood laminate flooring for continuous flow

How recently was the current flooring installed? Do you know the name and manufacturer? If that isn't going to happen, check out samples to bring home from your local flooring store to see what would create a esthetically pleasing transition from one area to the next.

It depends on how long you have had your living room floor down and if you can match the laminate. Also how did you end the living room? With a wood strip? How big is the opening(s)? If you are set up like my house(living room separated by wall with small opening to kitchen and large opening for dining room), I would pull off the wood strip that ends the flooring. I would pull some of the smaller pieces from the original floor to keep that pattern going. I would start a strait edge run from whichever wall you are going to come from, making sure that when you get to your living room opening they should line up. The first piece will be hard to get in. You have to lock it in first, then take a scrap piece of laminate to the end of the piece and carefully tap it into place not to damage the end of the piece. Be patient. You will have to do this all along the line where the old and new meet. Some places you might end up having to run the laminate backwards. It isn't a fun thing to do, but if it is the look you want, that is how you do it. Or you can put wood strips down where they meet and call it a day. I wish you good luck, and don't get aggravated at the laminate it's just a piece of wood lol

You would remove some of the current boards where the flooring ends in the living room; remove them in a random pattern - not straight across; then start the new flooring where you removed those existing boards. This way, you won't have a 'line' between the old & new flooring - the new will 'flow' into the old & it'll look like it was all done at the same time.

An a word of caution, laminate in the kitchen can be problematic if it gets wet and warps you will have to replace boards. So when selecting your laminate look for the newer ones that have a waterproof sealer on the seams to prevent this.

If you have pieces of your old laminate saved, take one with you when you go shopping, and the brand name, model and color.