Would you have second thoughts about buying this house?
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Comments (14)Thanks for all your responses! I'm really torn both ways. I'm tired of the upkeep of wood, along with having to be so many precautions to prevent scratching. I recall having to put cushions under all the sofas to ensure no gouges, along with making sure the felt tips were on all my chairs. Then there is the thing about asking that everyone remove their shoes, lest another scratch shows up. That said, their is an undeniable beauty of wood flooring. It's mostly just my DH and I (son finishing college) and a very small dog, so the daily wear and tear isn't much. We do have a lot of family get togethers though. Another issue for the hardwood is the hardness in the living room. In the house with the hardwood in the family, no one hardly ever sat on the floor (even with the padded area rug). The previous house to that and now this house which had/have carpet, I am often on the floor/carpet. I think if I were to go hardwood in the main areas, I would omit the living room for this reason alone. I LOVE getting down on the floor with the grandkids. Plus with the hardwood, I had to lay a protector under the rug, to protect the hardwood, still had problems though with fading. With tile though, I'm not sure I could use enough padding to make it as comfortable as I like (though I wouldn't have to worry about protecting the darn wood floors). The case against tile, is the cold factor. I saw where it costs about $10/sq foot for heated floors. Too pricey for me. I love some of the light color marble looking porcelain tiles. Bright, pretty and elegant. Tile goes so far away from what is mainstream in this area though scares me. Perhaps, I should get a box of tiles and spread them out and see it that way. I need new flooring so bad (crappy carpeting is pulling away at the seams even), so I shouldn't put this decision off too long....See MoreI'm having second thoughts about the kitchen/living room design
Comments (46)Marti- I vote for the half wall, messy kitchen or not! If you leave the solid wall, you still can't see the fireplace and you're walking over to the doorway, to talk to anyone in that room. Yes, you will be open to the dining area...but you already have a long, narrow space there (no peninsula, right?) so the half wall would open up the kitchen to the fireplace room, making that space feel wider and larger. What's opposite the open area, on the other side of the kitchen? That's all you'd see, as you walk in. Maybe you could change a few of the uppers, on that wall. All you have to do is get new doors, or even cut out areas, in the existing doors and add glass, chicken wire, fabric, a combination of both, etc. It might be nice and it would give you a little color or sparkle, in the kitchen area. Just a thought :)...See MoreHaving Second Thoughts About Getting French Armoire
Comments (1)Look at Hooker Furniture - they hav a large variety of cabinets that will work with your plasma including ones in which the tv is contained within the cabinet and via remote control lifted up for viewing - very cool. Here is just a few of the pieces they have available. Here is a link that might be useful: Hooker Furniture...See MoreHaving second thoughts about the barnyard gray-blue cabinets I bought
Comments (10)Thanks! I am going to look at more granite--at the House of Granite. I'm in the Chicago area. I don't know how much to trust those sort of outfits. They have decent reviews and will do the install. They want 28 a sq ft, installed, and we are currently paying 76 a sq ft. If anyone has any granite pics they'd recommend, that would be great. We were looking at darker stuff with some blue swirls in it, but it was 100 bucks a sq ft. Thanks again! I've been on this site before, but this is the first time I'm remodeling my own home....See Morelittlebug zone 5 Missouri
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