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Posted by aaaaaaaa (My Page) on Mon, Nov 2, 09 at 11:33
Hi,
I am planning to get solid hardwood flooring installed in my living room by either lowe’s or by Home Depot. Although I hate it, I have Natural Oak kitchen cabinets, oak fire place mantle, oak stairs railing. Now, when I am shopping for floors, wood that attracts me is
1. Maple Cinnamon—Bruce—but only a width of 2 1/4 inch. Thick 3/4 in.—is this too small a width for living room?
2. Santos Mahogany-Exotic collection. Pre finished –Red Cabreuva—Famam company—width 3in, thick 3/4in, but it is very dark, very heavy in weight, and absolutely does not match with oak. However, my whole family—mostly men love Mahogany.
Along with this I am planning to get entry foyer tiled. According to sales person, porcelain is best for heavy traffic. Now again I am not sure of the color. Right now I have wall to wall carpet in living, dining and the entry foyer.
I am confused. Can anyone suggest any other color, company, any suggestions is welcome.
Thanks in advance.
Anna |
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| I remember when I first started to look at hardwood flooring I didn't know what I wanted. At first we thought we wanted Maple or Hickory (which is still beautiful), then we switched from 2 1/4 in to 3" to 4", because laying down 4" is less tedious than laying down 2 1/4". Then I realized I would like the look of longer planks rather than shorter planks. Then of course cost. A lot of companies mark up products they don't even manufacture. I decided I wouldn't spend more than $6.50 a sq.foot based on what I found. Now my husband is set on Brazilian Cherry, when before he really liked Amendoim. All of these "realizations" brought us to one source of the product we want. Keep researching, and you'll figure out what you want most. |
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| there is a design element involved. Normally smaller width floors evoke a more formal look and wider planks evoke a more casual style. Its personal preference as well. Also don't forget to check avg board length. People get all caught up on the width but never inquire about avg length. |
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| I will make one suggestion. Get your own certified flooring installer and don't use big box subs. You really have no recourse with them (the subs) if they mess it up. We used a Lowe's sub-contractor to install a new electric water heater and he dumped water all over the basement floor when he attempted to drain an old water heater that had sediment into a basement floor drain (BAD IDEA). Of course, the floor drain quickly clogged. In midstream, he then quickly moved to the sump pump well and water was everywhere. He borrowed our towels to clean it up and forgot to return them. I was not home at the time and my wife was busy with our son and it all happened very quickly (high speed is due to low rate paid by the big box store). The only thing Lowe's apologized for and returned was our towels. We were left with drying out the laundry room with fans and a dehumidifier. Never again. |
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| GoodByeKitty - who are you going with? |
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| We decided to go with Brazilian Direct in about 4 or 5 months. I like the board lengths they offer and our sample pieces are really nice. I really really love the hand scraped look, but wow, that is way over my budget. We were going to install ourselves, but I think I'd rather pay someone to do it. We're not spring chickens anymore. It would take us several weekends to do that and I'd rather just stay in a motel for a couple of days instead and let someone else do the work. |
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| I have samples of Brazilian Cherry and Brazilian Teak from Brazilian Direct. BEAUTIFUL stuff! Everything I get now just doesn’t compare. :-( Unfortunately, I can’t go with solid because I am installing on concrete and I do not want to add a sub floor. Have fun! |
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