I need home decor help

[skwcm80]

I want to have new flooring installed in the kitchen, dining room, laundry room, & bathrooms. I've got a quote, but I keep getting overwhelmed because I don't really do home decor. Does some want show me their floors? At least then I'd have a starting point. 

I'd like something fairly neutral because I don't want to replace the flooring again if we put house on the market. 

[muppetinma]

What color are your cabinets and counter tops? That would be the biggest limiter in my mind.

[skwcm80]

Sept 17, 2014 19:35:25 GMT -5 muppetinma said:

What color are your cabinets and counter tops? That would be the biggest limiter in my mind.

Cabinets are light colored wood, counters are cream. I'll eventually change them, but all this needs to be done a bit at a time since it's going to be paid for in cash. 

[dojo]

Sept 17, 2014 19:29:34 GMT -5 skwcm80 said:

I want to have new flooring installed in the kitchen, dining room, laundry room, & bathrooms. I've got a quote, but I keep getting overwhelmed because I don't really do home decor. Does some want show me their floors? At least then I'd have a starting point. 

I'd like something fairly neutral because I don't want to replace the flooring again if we put house on the market. 

Mid-tone woods are not what I would call trendy, but they are certainly classic in a "I notice they are wood but now my eyes are moving on to more interesting design elements."  If your house is more traditional, it's a total fail safe.  If you want them to look more current, use wider planks.  If you want them to look more dressy, get your installer to put in a boarder of lighter or darker wood 



The other upside to mid-tones is that they hide scratches better than dark woods and they don't show light dust /light pet hair as much.  

[skwcm80]

dojo I do like mid tone wood, and I think I'd like to go that route. Think that would work with an espresso colored dining set?

[artgal84]

We had solid wood floors put in (medium tone) We picked wider planks. We got the prefinished boards by Bruce. We have a dark almost cherry colored table and buffet and our cabinates are slightly darker than the floors. We love them!

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Here is the pro picture of our kitchen; we have these dark walnut stain floors throughout the house. Laundry and bathrooms are all different tile. (We had just moved in like 2 days before these pictures which is why they are so naked. I swear my house isn't this barren and we have window treatments, lol). The dark stain does show more, but unless you have a really modern house I don't mind seeing the "life" in wood floors. I think darker typically reads a bit more updated since you are thinking resell value.

[breezy8407]

Our house has the original oak in a warm true to the '50's era color.


Are you open to painting? What are your baseboards and existing doors?



My friend has a house from the mid '90's and has dark large plank flooring throughout her main floor. Her cabinets are still classic 90's honey oak, but the back splash and granite counter pull it all together.





There are some really nice wood ceramic tiles - maybe not for resale but I am looking forward to my next place for these:

[breezy8407]

@veronicasawyer I want your house. kthxbai

[skwcm80]

Sept 17, 2014 20:39:38 GMT -5 breezy8407 said:

@veronicasawyer I want your house. kthxbai

Ditto!
or can I move in @veronicasawyer?

I don't want to paint the baseboards and cabinets now, but I'd be open to it in the future. I do intend to have to kitchen, living room, and dining room painted. 

[charlielove]

We are doing engineered hardwood floors in our living room, kitchen and hallways (and bedrooms if I can convince H.) I like walnut, but am a little weary of going that dark. I'll attach some of my pins from Pinterest.

[lolaburns]

Do you want the same floor throughout those rooms?

We just had out kitchen retiled. E was one week old. I DO NOT recommend that. LOL

[sunshineluv]

We got new floors when Annabelle was born, while I was in the hospital! (Flooding) anyway, we went with a med tone engineered hardwood. I wanted darker, but picked the medium one so dust wouldn't show up as much and for resale. I love my new floors.

[Beener]

Please don't judge the dirtiness of my floors- maids are coming today to clean!

Here's our kitchen with midtone cabinets and travertine floors. That flooring takes up almost my entire first floor. I love the large squares. That goes right into our living room, which is the only first level area with hardwood.

We get sooo many compliments on the gray engineered wood floors we put in our basement near the bar, so I included that pic, too.

[dojo]

Sept 17, 2014 20:06:46 GMT -5 skwcm80 said:

dojo I do like mid tone wood, and I think I'd like to go that route. Think that would work with an espresso colored dining set?

Put a rug underneath your dining room set and you can pair different toned woods.  I have mid tone woods with an espresso topped kitchen set.  I like a mix'n'match style though.  I'll try to pnp tonight when the lighting is better.

[claralou]

I actually love the look of contrasting woods (midtone floors, dark furniture), so think that will look great. I think I'd do tile in the bathrooms though. Shoot for porcelain tiles vs ceramic (they're better for "wet" rooms and last longer) and the box stores actually have really pretty options.

[kcsp910]

We have this on most of our first floor. Its not hardwood though, it's hand scraped laminate.



We also have it upstairs in our bedroom a more gray color.

[skwcm80]

Thanks ladies!!

claralou lolaburns - I want tile in the bathrooms and laundry rooms.

Now if I eventually end up with darker cabinets my fear is that it would make an already small space looks smaller, but I don't really care for light cabinets (and I don't want to do white cabinets).

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Sept 17, 2014 21:17:06 GMT -5 skwcm80 said:

Sept 17, 2014 20:39:38 GMT -5 breezy8407 said:

@veronicasawyer I want your house. kthxbai

Ditto!
or can I move in @veronicasawyer?

Totally! Roomies!!!