Flooring questions

9 years ago

We are trying to update our mid 80's home. Due to costs, we are redoing one room at a time. We have redone the kitchen and the master bath so far. Now we are moving on to the master bedroom, then 2 living areas, then dining room And finally the upstairs bedroom and bathrooms.

Is it bad to have different flooring types in each room? I have dark wood look porcelain

in my kitchen and light gray porcelain

in masterbath. The kitchen and master bath are not adjacent.

Everyone keeps telling me to go hardwood, however it can be expensive and it scratches (we have big dogs), so I'm hesitant to go wth wood. Plus one of my living areas is oak paneling that we are keeping, so I don't want wood in there because that is too much wood. (We are getting rid of carpeting throughout.)

The master bath and master bedroom are adjacent, so whatever floor goes in the bedrm should compliment the bathroom (light gray tile). But the master bedrm is also adjacent to the living rm with the oak paneling...the room with the paneling is also adjacent to the kitchen with the dark wood look porcelain.

At this point I'm trying to compliment/coordinate with a common color(s) (grays and browns), but is it bad to have so many different textiles in use - porcelain; maybe slate tile; maybe wood or laminate?

I guess I've always grown up with the same flooring throughout most of the house.

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
9 years ago
Get a designer to help pull this all together, but your bedroom floor can be different from the main living spaces but I would advise you to get some help and you need to buy enough flooring to do all the spaces so that when the time comes to do them you have enough of one type of flooring.. I have no idea about your house but often tile floor is way more expensive than a good laminate or vinyl plank and both stand up well to dogs and are much easier on your back and feet. BTW we had Collies for 35 yrs they are awesome.This is our house with a laminate that looks and even feels like slate , we have 2 big dogs , the floor has been in for 10 yrs not one scratch.
C M
Original Author
9 years ago
Thanks - yes there are so many choices nowadays. I don't want my house to look like some kind of crazy puzzle with flooring that's not cohesive from room to room. I was trying to avoid the extra expense of a decorator, but I may be wise to invest in one. As you can see, Scout prefers procelain. Jake my other collie prefers marble. Your goldens look like they want to go play in the snow. May I ask the name of the laminate that looks like slate and where it was purchased?
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Christy Reves
9 years ago
If you are looking to ever put your home on the market it will not move well looking like a patchwork quilt. Yes, I would suggest going with the same flooring throughout with the exception of perhaps a different work surface like bathrooms or kitchen. In that case I might suggest incorporating something in a totally different shape, color to introduce enough contrast that it doesn't look like you are trying to match it but missed. Porcelain is durable and comes in a huge variety of options. Hope this helps. Good luck.
C M
Original Author
9 years ago
Thanks! Yes you're right - I don't want "patchwork" flooring. We aren't selling anytime soon, we'd like to stay another 10-15 yrs. However we will sell at some point and I know flooring is so expensive, I don't want to take a hit on our profit. I want to keep floors classic, neutral. Sadly I'm leaning away from hardwood (and that would be probably best classic and neutral) because of expense and we have big dogs.