(Ignoring the leak issue for the present...)
My plan was to do solid bamboo flooring on as many of the floors as possible. Until I talked to my potential installer last night and remembered I will have a slab home... it's difficult to do non-floating (i.e., solid) wood floors on a concrete floor. Blast.
So now I have to seriously consider engineered flooring or, worse yet, laminate, which I normally hate. I browsed the Lumber Liquidators site for some options, and found some good ones--some of the laminates even look pretty nice! Without having seen them in person, here they are, in approximate order (likingest to least likingest):
1. DUDE. The price is right. And, with the exception of a few bitter people, this flooring is reviewed overwhelmingly positively. I could do all of the areas I was hoping to do AND the "fun room" at this price!!!
2. I have no specific comments yet.
3. This one neither.
4. ::Whistle...::
5. Ahem. I will be editing these.
6. See the reviews for better pictures than the site provides.
7. See the reviews for better pictures than the site provides.
8. I kinda like the color, which obviously is darker than the rest I've chosen, but not so much the wider plank.... Looks fake-y, non?
Thoughts?
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I seriously think the laminate is a good option. It is so durable, and can really look nice. I actually kinda like the wider plank look, but my tastes take me to a darker wood than what you are looking at. But, that's purely a taste thing. :) It is really hard to tell from the website what some of the differences are and whatnot, I would have to see in person to give you a full opinion. I just need to come down and go everywhere with you. LOL. I really do love this stuff and had such a good time doing my own home, despite the overly lazy ex-husband. ;)
Yea, I think I have to focus on laminate, if only because of price. Laminate everywhere would be better than solid bamboo in a few places and that $hitty (literally!) carpet in the rest.
Now that I examine the specs more closely, the inexpensive laminate (#1) is actually wider than the one I said was wider! It's also only half as thick. Sigh. So many decisions! Maybe I need to jazz up my spreadsheet...
I *am* a little worried that the light woods/laminates I'm looking at will be too light. But everything else I see just looks so red... and in my mind's eye, the stuff that I think of as cheap-looking laminate is always darker. I don't know!
I'm planning to visit the teeny showroom this weekend. I wish you could go everywhere with me, too!!
Hi Jane! I am getting ready to sell my current house and start a similar process too, so I'm enjoying reading your blog.
i really like the wider plank too, more contemporary... but like the lighter color you've been looking at, otherwise going to a darker color, like walnut or similar (but agree that is just my taste).
Thanks, Melissa! Welcome to my teeny tiny blog. And good luck with your home selling & buying process!
The more I look at the pictures, the more the thinner planks seem to be kinda... I don't know... cabin-y? So I think it's good, especially in a (fake) wood like pine, to go wider and avoid the 80s-ish cabin-in-the-woods-get-away feel.
I've thought about doing a darker wood in the living room, where there's a fireplace with darker bricks. Don't know if that would look funny with a light wood hallway running down beside it, or if it would look beautiful. I'm guessing laziness will push me towards a uniform color.... :)
do not go with Bamboo, it's a nightmare I put it in on one room of my house, not durable, dogs claws scratched it up and it sucks up humidity it has warped i several places. It wasn't until afterward I was advised not to put it done on a concrete floor!
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