This is the kind of floor that takes a little more work, but it has way more character than the usual wide-plank stuff everybody is putting in right now. The pattern changes depending on where you’re standing and how the light hits it.
Would you put parquet in your house, or is it too busy for you?
Hello all!!
About us: first time home buyers, we have an 8 month old kiddo and a 50 pound dog (11 years old).
Current flooring: ~700 square feet pale/blonde carpet throughout downstairs office, stairs and all of upstairs (except bathrooms), ~700 square feet 5/8” maple (mostly in good shape and can be refinished) downstairs, ~300 square feet beige tile in bathrooms
Original plan: replace all flooring except bathrooms with LVP. My wife wants the carpet pulled as she does not like how it shows dog hair and feels dirty to her.
Conundrum: it feels somewhat heartbreaking to pull a nice hardwood floor in lieu of vinyl, though the vinyl may ultimately be lower maintenance and better for having a young kiddo and dog
Question: what do you recommend we do with flooring given our scenario?? We have considered adding maple flooring in downstairs office, stairs and upstairs hallway while keeping carpet in bedrooms and tile in bathrooms. But would we just destroy the wood floors and ruin their value? I would love to know what you all recommend!
Thanks!!
i usually wipe with a micro fibre clot but something in me told me the dirty grooves needed scrubbed today. Big mistake.
What can i do to fix the parts where it looks like the wood is chipped?
Thankfully i only did a few sections instead of the whole floor and i did test it in a corner, except I didn’t scrub that corner so that was pointless