From a design perspective: Smaller objects in a small room make it look "normal".
Alice in Wonderland effect.
Light colors also make a space/object/walls bigger. Darker walls shrink a room.
Get some paper, draw lines the width of first-choice flooring, and set it on the floor in a pattern.
Then do the same with different flooring widths.
Cross your eyes and look around, and walk back and forth into the space to notice the difference.
Or model it in sketchup.
Trimble SketchUp