I prefer the no-bevels one - the second one in the "vote" pics. Coretec I think.

They both look good. The one with variance blends better with your cabinets but not as well with the stone. The stone looks great with Coretec Harrison Oak.

Either will work. I think it boils down to whether you like the variance, or not. The gunsmoke planks have a little of everything -- warmth, coolness, greys, golds, browns. If you like the variance I don't think you'll be sorry with that choice.

Both are quality LVP -- you can't go wrong. I can't wait to see the after pictures!!

Thanks to everyone for voting! We have decided on Supercore's Oak Gunstock, which arrives next Tuesday. Then the real work begins!

That's great!! Please show us what it looks like completed. I think you made a good choice!! Also, the variance is very in according to the flooring salespeople I have spoken too.

You know your living room will feel/appear smaller, correct? It may be cozier, too, but eliminating the white flooring will take away some of the space. Are you going to have any color? Dusty Orange to spice up those golds and browns? Orange Tie Dye pillows on the couch? Pink and Green leopard rug? Where do you want to draw the eye--the accent piece of the room? (You can think of the guy in the chair snoring as the accent piece, but that's a different kind of attention. That's what I see in my living room--no judgment on yours!) You're classy--we can see that. You have good taste, great style. Now zip it up a little.

You made a good choice, more versatile with everything in your house. Post pics when done!

I will definitely post pictures once the flooring is down. We will be putting in lighter colored patterned rugs under all the furniture, and I am hoping that will brighten things up. After that we'll be painting the walls in a lighter color as well.

One other decision - which direction to run the flooring? Parallel to the longest wall, or perpendicular? I've heard that you should go parallel to the longest wall, and I've also heard that you should lay flooring perpendicular to the floor joints, which are across the width of the room so that would also seem to indicate to go parallel with the longest wall. My only concern is that the room is pretty long already and I worry that will make it appear even longer or more narrow. Thoughts?

With LVP the direction is up to you - whatever looks best to YOU.

The flooring has arrived!

We have only removed the carpet from the dining room so far, and had just started on the living room when the flooring arrived and we stopped to take delivery. We haven't started on the linoleum yet, but once we removed the carpet we can see the linoleum has an underlayment of some sort. Still deciding on which direction to run the flooring, parallel to the long wall or perpendicular. Here's the floorplan:

We pulled up the entryway linoleum and discovered that the linoleum in our house has a particleboard underlayment (Enstron). Rather than pull that up, we are thinking we might just add it to the living room and dining room (the rooms that had carpet and no underlayment) to make all the rooms at the same level. I assume that having a particleboard underlayment under the LVP flooring is ok? The underlayment also has a pretty thick coating of glue or thinset on it, that I think we'll have to remove somehow?
Here are some photos of the underlayment:

Here are some photos showing some of the planks running in each direction:

If anyone has any advice about any of this (putting down underlayment, removing the glue, etc), we are novice DIYers and all ears!

I would reach out to @WeShipFloors, I’m sure Alan and his team would be able to provide helpful info for your DIY. Good luck and congrats on your choice, Oak Gunstock is such a pretty floor!

I like 2 myself

I like 1. Front to back

@Liya you may want to go to one of the websites where you can upload photos of your rooms and “see” the flooring in your space. Pick a color close to what you have and then you can change the direction, to see what you like best. I found this one really helpful. https://www.flooret.com/kingswood-72-click/

Thanks Alan. And here are some unsolicited thoughts about the process so far:

Zoe has been awesome. We had many questions and she answered them all, including making a stair tread guide specific to supercore products for us. When we expressed concern about the samples we had ordered not being representative of the full color variance for oak gunstock, she sent us four 8" samples she selected that did show the variance, at no charge to boot.

When we received the product and it was unloaded from the freight truck, it weighed about 3000 pounds. Our driveway has a bit of a pitch to it at the street level, and we had some problems in getting the pallet jack up the incline. I offered to just leave it at the end of the driveway and my husband and I would carry them, box by box, up to the garage. The driver said let's keep trying, and through trial and error with different techniques, we eventually did get it up the driveway and in to the garage, which saved us a ton of work from having to haul the heavy boxes individually up the driveway. The boxes on the pallet had corner protectors, a sheet of plywood on top, and were completely wrapped in plastic, all to protect our investment during shipping. No damage anywhere, truly a stellar packaging job.

We laid out a couple of boxes in various places around the floor to see how it looked live and in full size, and we just couldn't be happier with our purchase. We're anxious to get it down and start enjoying our new floor.

And now, here is Alan personally reaching out to answer our questions. The customer service level is just top, top shelf. Kudos to Alan and his staff, from the packers at the warehouse to the sales support to the installation advice. Just can't say enough good things.

This photo is of some of the planks in the living room, running both directions:

And these are from the flooret site (different product, but showing the room with planks running in each direction).

Decisions, decisions.

I like #2 - running the longest length.

I agree with Chessie. Usually I prefer the planks to go in the direction of the eye, but in your space I prefer the opposite, seems to open it up. Makes me rethink how I want to run mine! Both directions look great, just go with what you like the best, I’m sure you’ll be happy either way. :)

We've hit a bit of a snag. It seems the particle board underlayment that was under the linoleum is not available anywhere in town and won't be for a few weeks. Apparently there was a fire at the factory and all local inventory has been depleted. That means we either wait for an indefinite period while we wait for the inventory to return, even though we've already begun the demo, or we go with what the builder is saying is a substitute - BC sanded plywood. We're concerned this might feel or sound different as you walk between the rooms. Anyone have any experience with this? We have decided to run the flooring down the length of the room, so thanks to everyone who offered an opinion on this.

You will never know the difference. Run with it.

Alan

Our next question is how to transition the LVP around the fireplace flat stones. Some videos suggest to undercut, but the underlayment level is too high for that. Another video suggested just caulking the transition, but I'm not sure how I like the look of that. We have the same question for how to transition along the slider. Anybody have any advice?

Liya,

You can use a Endcap/Threshold in both situations.

Alan

Thanks Alan, we had come to the same conclusion after talking with several local installers.

Here is our progress so far. It took us 2 days to get the underlayment down, then one day of prep, and this is the result 3 days of flooring installation:

Thanks for all your advice so far Alan, it has been invaluable!

Liya,

How does the Gunstock look against that beautiful fireplace?

It looks gorgeous!

Looks great!

Looking good!