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traditional styled, narrow width “wood” LVP

5 years ago

Hello, and thank you in advance for your help. We are replacing our home’s main floor flooring. While I swoon over true wood flooring, we are hoping to find a floating LVP that will suffice in this season of life (with several young children) that we are in. I feel like I have brought home all of the samples, from all of the local flooring stores, only to be left feeling *very* dishearted. Large width, barn wood inspired planks are simply not my bag, despite being so on trend. I much prefer a traditional look, more classic wood floor width, ideally mid-toned, appearance. Any recommendations?

Comments (6)

  • 5 years ago

    I don’t know what part of the country you are. I used a place called lumber liquidators. They had a large selection of LVP and were the only ones to give planks out to sample. I used a flooring guy to put it in.

  • 5 years ago

    We live in the midwest in a century old story and a half farmhouse.

  • 5 years ago

    Hubby and I installed in our family room a handhewn look hickory LVP from Shaw 12 years ago and love it. It has stood up to twin grandsons (now 15], dogs, cats, furniture being dragged over it - typical busy family stuff. I cannot speak to their current offerings but at the time they had a broad range of styles (modern, traditional, country) along with widths and colors. The handhewn is a slight variation to emulate a casual hardwood look but it isn't trendy, country or boring. We brought home several samples until we found the one best suited to coordinate with a solid cherry wall sized Ethan Allen entertainment center.

    There are literally dozens of foreign manufacturers and a handful of U.S. Factories. Shaw states that their products are U.S. made. Hubby worked in the vinyl building products industry for years so we had a bit of insight into manufacturers. Home Depot is not known for superior quality products. That doesn't mean you can't get a good flooring from them but it does increase the odds that you won't get what you think you are buying. Companies outsource to China primarily to save money not to produce a better product.

    FYI - do not put plastic or man-made latex backed rugs on vinyl flooring. This can discolor your floor. And be sure to comply with the factory recommended start/finish spacing to allow for the natural expansion and contraction of vinyl. It's a good idea to have good all-weather rugs by entry doors to keep dirt, grit and debris from your floor.

    Hope this helps.

    P.S. We chose a floating system for ease of installation (yep we spent 3 days sorting planks for just the right repeat) and ease of replacement of damaged planks. We bought an extra box which we kept for repairs. So far it's still sealed.

  • 5 years ago

    I know what you mean about wanting the traditional look. I live in a 1951 house with narrow boards. I just had my floors refinished for the first time in 70 years this week. It's a little darker than I wanted but I had spent all my time researching stains on red oak and at the last minute discovered it was white oak. It's more formal than the casual look I was going for but it is a rich beautiful chestnut.

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