I'm ready to start my first flooring project but I'm a bit stumped on the best location to actually start. Attached is a scaled floor plan, I'll be putting down a floating floor made of laminate planks 6 1/8" by 47 1/4". The planks will be orientated parallel with the right wall. I would like to have this entire floor continuous without any T molding, but I'm a bit concerned about the pinch points at the wall openings and at the end of the kitchen peninsula. what do you guys think? Will I be alright without T molding at the pinch points? Where would you start laying the flooring and which direction would you go?

I need to install laminate flooring near a slanted floor (currently an empty 2' x 3' plywood board) that goes over a stair case ceiling space. There are a couple design questions I've got: [list=1] [*]How should I end the floor? My gut instinct is to use a reducer, but that might look silly if there's just a curved edge that goes up against it. [*]What other options do I have to do with this space that can be easily integrated with laminate flooring? A few ideas I have are: [/list] [list] [*]Don't even treat it as flooring, put in some drywall, and add shelves. But then how would we transition it... do slanted baseboards exist? [*]Add carpeting and use a reducer (the previous owner had carpeting everywhere, but we're trying to avoid it because cleaning up carpets after pets isn't fun) [*]Stick another piece of plywood on top, add Velcro to the top and add cat scratching pads (the litter box is also planned to go into this room). In this option we would also use a reducer, I think but there might be a noticeable sharp edge between the second plywood and the reducer... maybe sand down the corner. [/list] Either way we can't move on with the installation until we figure this out, because the laminate piece needs to be cut to fit the option that we choose.