Our living room is quite small so we have bought a hang on the wall tv, hang on the wall fire, removed fireplace an are painting walls a light grey, with white doors, frames, ceiling and skirtings. Fire, tv and leather suite are black, rest of furniture is silver and glass. should I go for solid flooring or carpet to keep with a modern theme?
Wood or carpet in living room
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No, carpet
Wood of course! 
A nice minimalistic look like Oak nature wide-board (light colour, not many colour differences) full-plank, pre-oiled wood-engineered (4mm solid top layer)
Makes the room look larger too.
A nice minimalistic look like Oak nature wide-board (light colour, not many colour differences) full-plank, pre-oiled wood-engineered (4mm solid top layer)
Makes the room look larger too.
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Thanx WoodYouLike
Thought your answer would be biased (re occupation) but after checking out oak flooring I have found a Blushed Oak at B&Q which looks ideal. I have seen plenty cheap & nasty styles in friends and relatives homes which never seem to match their decor and this is what was putting me off wood/laminate flooring. I am checking out Floors 2 Go today for more inspiration, and I am now converted to wood flooring.
Thought your answer would be biased (re occupation) but after checking out oak flooring I have found a Blushed Oak at B&Q which looks ideal. I have seen plenty cheap & nasty styles in friends and relatives homes which never seem to match their decor and this is what was putting me off wood/laminate flooring. I am checking out Floors 2 Go today for more inspiration, and I am now converted to wood flooring.
ru32cme said:
I apologize for my immature post's, but then you did ask a question for which the answer is PURELY DOWN TO PERSONAL CHOICE! When someone asks you why chose wood, will you reveal that someone on a forum who happens to prefer wood told you to do it?
Karndean.
I'd have carpet. It's much more homely and to be honest wood flooring has had it's day.
ru32cme said:
A decent wooden floor will look good and take a lot less maintenance than carpet (even the best carpets can't shrug off a glass of red wine or a blob of spilt curry) and it's that's why it's popular. But there are other reasons for choosing wood. A big spread in today's Times highlighted the increase in moths, and there's nothing moths like more than a nice wool carpet. Well, there is - your woollen clothes, but the carpet will make it a lot more difficult to eradicate these pests. Then, there are dustmites . . .
You don't have to give up carpet to have wood, though. There are some great rugs around and, unlike a fitted carpet, you can take them outside and give them a good shake.
You really make me smile DuluxDulux said:
Glad I can be of serviceWoodYouLike said:You really make me smile DuluxDulux said:
What I was trying to say that wood flooring is everywhere you look nowadays and personally I tend to get a bit bored with it. It is also incredibly noisy which grates after a while.
Dulux said:Glad I can be of service
Of course it's everywhere!
It's easier to clean, it's healthier, more anti-allergic and even can upgrade the value of your home.As for incredible noisy: use the proper underlayment and that problem doesn't occur.
But in the end it's all down to personal taste of course Dulux. I LIKE wood
Obviously this doesn't apply to floorboards. I used to like wood until we had our floorboards stripped, bluddy noisy. Looks nice and maybe it's cleaner but totally unforgiving for little ones. Carpet for me i'm afraid.
But then so can a good quality fitted carpet surely?
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