Hi Jen,

I can undertsand your dilema. I know I have some installed and it is great il love it. I have children and pets and I have found that the floors have held up very well.

However, the reality of hardwood flooring is that yes, it can dent or scratch. we go make sure that the pets nails are well trimmed, we have installed felts under furniture which is always helpful. I was informed by my dealer that it is a probability. But they also mentionned that depending on what you put down some woods can be more resistant to these situations. The thing we were explained about Appalachain Flooring was that they have a top coating that helps add to the resistance against this in their signature series. They had also mentionned going with a brushed material in their alta moda series which dents and scatches show less.

In the end we decided to install it and we love it,! When the time comes to redo our upstairs we have already discussed it and we will be adding more :)

I do hope this information was helpful!