we've had similar discussion very recently..maybe you'll find some helpful opinions

http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/4881432/carpet-nocarpet-in-the-bedrooms#20799133

We live in an old house. We have our original wood floors. We have a small rug at the foot of the bed more for "decor" than anything else. I like seeing the wood floors but I like the "finished" look some sort of rug has in a room (sort of like curtains). Our house is old. Was insulated (not by us) in the first energy crisis era so I'm not sure how effective it is. I don't find our floors "cold" and we keep our home fairly cool in the winter at night (I'm also in the midwest) but perhaps I'm not overly sensitive. I would NEVER have carpet ANYWHERE in a house (remember in the 70s and 80s when we carpeted bathrooms -- OMG the germs that lived in those carpets around the stool) But that is me! We did have carpet when we moved here and we took that out. Interesting, the part that showed wear was the path around the bed -- a big huge hunk UNDER the bed was pristine and like new and areas in the corners were as well. If you do put down an area rug, you can move it around so all parts get equal wear. Oh, and I don't wear slippers when I get ready for bed nor do I put them on when I get up in the night and I'm fine.

I'm in Maine, if that gives you an idea of our weather. I have hardwood in my bedroom, and I have a wool Karastan rug that was previously in my living room on it. My rug is approx 8 x 10, but I could have used something much smaller, as I only want rugs on either side of the bed, and at the foot of it where I have a loveseat.

Hardwood would be a nice upgrade if you sell later, and as noted above by Walnutcreek, you don't need a large rug to put your feet on as you get in and out of bed. I leave my heat off until late October as a rule, as I much prefer cool weather than hot.

I love the look of hardwood and it's so much easier to clean than carpet. We have small runners on either side of our bed, mostly for our dog to get up and down from the bed easier but i've never really found it to to be too cold or anything. I hate carpet with a passion though and one of the reasons we bought our house was because it was a hardwood throughout.

What is LVT which is referenced in the linked thread? I think we are going with Pergo. I posted about this recently too. I would be fine with (and I think prefer) Carpet but DH says it really bothers him and he is not sleeping well since we moved to a house with carpets.

DH and I had this discussion when we had our house built. I made my case for hardwood throughout, but lost that battle. Mostly because DH had never lived in a home with hardwood in a bedroom before and had the same concern you do that it would be too cold on his feet during the chillier months. We've been in our home for 12 years now, and after just a few years he admitted he wished we'd gone with hardwood throughout (not just on the main floor).

Hardwood and area rugs are MUCH easier to keep clean than carpet is, and if our feet are cold we put on socks or slippers anyway (so the cooler floor temperature isn't really an issue). Someday we plan to replace the carpet upstairs with hardwood, but I sure wish we had done it from the start because it would have been a lot less hassle and work that way.

In addition to being easier to clean (though maybe that's not a bis issue for you if you don't have kids or pets in your home), I also think hardwood and area rugs look 1,000 times better than carpet. I do love the look of one huge rug that goes under the bed, but as others have pointed out there are other area rug options that will look and function great as well.

Carpet for me. Live in the Midwest and grew up with hardwood floors in my bedroom. I hated the freezing floors. I agree about why pay for hardwood and then more to put rugs down. You don't know for sure that any future buyer will prefer hardwood in their bedroom or how trends will change. I would go with what you will like especially if you plan to stay there for some time. As far as cleaning for carpeting - just simple vacuuming. We aren't wearing shoes in the bedroom.

During a reno. we got rid of the hardwood in our bedrooms. I wanted carpet for the snowy upstate NY winters. It just feels better on my feet, and makes the entire bedroom feel cozier during the winter months.

We have hardwood throughout our home, including the master bedroom. We live in New England yet our floors do not feel cold to walk on at all. We have an oriental runner at the foot of the bed and two oriental area rugs on both sides of the bed. Cleaning is a breeze. I can't imagine the dust that would build up on carpeting under a bed!

Why would dust build up? You vacuum it. No different than washing the floor under the bed as that gathers dust as well.

We have a very low profile platform bed that sits completely on the floor. So there's no room under the bed at all.

I prefer the option of hardwood throughout the house. But do put a nice rug in the room for softness and warmth, especially at night. It's really not a one-or-the-other thing.

Well, I think we have decided to bite the bullet and put hardwoods in the bedroom also. It will give us a more cohesive look on the first floor.

Boop-LVT luxury vinyl tile or plank. I think the wood look looks more realistic than laminate. We have LVT in a bathroom and really like the upkeep and appearance of it.

When I bought a previous house, there was wall to wall throughout. It was a little worn, and faded in some places, but didn't look really dirty. We pulled it all out and had the hardwood floors refinished before moving in. What was under the carpet? The most unbelievable layer of gross filth. EWWW. I still shudder when I think about it.

I'll second Indigo Rose's comment. Those of you that love carpet, have you ever seen wall to wall carpet when it is being pulled up? Quite a bit of dirt and usually someone else's dirt when you bought an existing house! The dirt just gets in there and will not come out even with regular vacuuming ... that is just the reality of wall to wall carpet.

Our first 2 houses were all hardwood and our current house had carpet upstairs that we replaced with hardwood before moving in.

You can't go wrong with hardwood.

I agree about carpet getting dirty and hiding dirt, and I prefer , wood, particularly in shared living spaces. But remember, the dirt you see under carpet is also worn carpet padding so it's not ALL dirt, much of it is ground padding.

Carpet person here as well. We have hardwood throughout the first level, but carpet upstairs. I think both options have benefits to them and it's more a matter of personal preference. Personally, I love the frieze we put in, it's 11 years old and still looks fairly new. I Iove the way it feels when I walk on it, especially in colder weather. For some reason it also seems to make our rooms look more warm and homey to me.

I regret pulling up my carpet. And I expected it to be dirty when pulled up from all that I had heard but it was not. In fact the installers complimented me how nice it was and saved some to bind into a rug for themselves. Now YMMV if you have 15 kids and dogs and lots of visitors . . . . Allergist swore it would improve my symptoms, it did nothing.

Jij, Maybe sometimes, but I know I don't always pull up my scatter rugs to clean underneath as often as I should, and often find grit underneath. It's interesting as I don't have pads under any, and never ever are shoes worn in the house. I appreciate that I can throughly clean under my rugs.

Also, I've had both and now I like only hard surfaces under beds because too much dust can accumulate very quickly. After vacuuming and or dust mopping hard surfaces, I can see that it is clean if I want to look. Editing to add: I don't want to give the impression that I rarely move and clean under my few small rugs and that I find piles of crap under them, LOL!

We have hardwoods throughout. When we moved in, there was wall to wall carpet in the master, with hardwoods underneath. We chose to recarpet since we either would do that or refinish the hardwoods and put an area rug that would cover a majority of the floors. We like the warmth of the carpeting and are glad we went that route.