Anyone install City Expressions wood floors by Medallion
Dana
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jerlinh
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Has anyone 'installed the cheap stuff' then demo'd?
Comments (12)Seems to me like the less stuff you have to "tear out" prior to replacing it with something you like, the better. For floor tile, if you have a concrete slab, can't you just tell them to skip tiling the floor entirely and just leave you with a bare concrete floor? There are enough concrete floors out there that getting a certificate of occupation with concrete floors shouldn't be a problem. Sure, most people who have concrete floors have them stained and polished but I doubt the city is going to care if YOUR concrete floor are "ugly" when they're inspecting for you CO. Then, when you're ready to put in the good tile that you like, you won't have anything to clean up first. And, if your builder says he won't give you a credit for the tile flooring that he won't be installing, INSIST that he has to deliver the tile that he would have used to you b/c, even tho you have decided against installing it, you HAVE paid for it and you have another use for it. (You can always sell it on Craigslist.) Or, if you're tiling your shower and tub surrounds, offer to let him NOT deliver the floor tile to you in exchange for a credit for the value of those tiles that you can apply to upgraded tiles for the shower and tub surrounds. (You pretty much have to go ahead and tile your showers and tub surrounds and pulling that stuff out and redoing it would be a major expense. Ditto with kitchen backsplashes. Why put in ANY backsplash at all just to have to tear it out later? You can live without a backsplash - I know b/c I still haven't picked something out for my kitchen backsplash even tho we've now been in the house for two years! - and getting the CO shouldn't require you to have one. So, just tell the builder to skip installing a back splash at all and slap a coat of paint on the wall there. That way you don't have to worry that you'll tear up the wall board trying to get the unwanted tile backsplash down....See Moreis anyone else tired of wood flooring?
Comments (61)Most people who don't like wood floors seem to object to dings and dents that occur in wood over time. They also fade, the finish eventually wears off and they have to be refinished. I like the dings and dents, and don't mind when the floors under the chairs look more worn than the rest of the floor. All that does is prove that the house is lived in by humans, dogs, cats and other living things, not ghosts :-) I would worry that a floor that looks "brand new" 20 years after installation would look completely fake in the same way that upholstery covered in plastic slipcovers does. That said, we have considered a wood laminate for our basement and I have put it off for seven years now. It would be an improvement over carpet (in DH's opinion, he hates carpet) but I just cannot talk myself into it. I guess I'm too firmlly in the wood floor camp....See MoreHot mess express needs direction for small townhouse living room
Comments (84)@everdebz thank you! Yes, they are new lamps :) I could remove the martini glasses from above the cabinets; they’re those Lolita hand painted glasses that I’ve collected and have been given as gifts over the years and I’m just not sure where else to go with them?...See MoreExperience with Medallion Flooring (City Expressions and Savannah)
Comments (3)Thank you so much for responding. Yes, I am in Northern California (Bay Area, south of SF). I'd love to stay under $8-9 sq/ft (everything costs more here), but if I found a quality floor that works with my paint, I'd be willing to go higher. I've been pretty picky because almost all of the samples I've tried appear pink or yellow as the light changes. Do you have any non-private label brands you could recommend? Thank you in advance!...See Morevalcondoremodel
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6 years agoHere they are! I uncovered them recently. We have not moved back yet so I can't speak for any gotchas. There is tons of variation on each plank. We love how they look so far.
i ordered extra boxes to ensure we maximized the long planks in the open areas. I was bummed they were only 5' planks with smaller bits vs 6'-7' planks of the more expensive brand.
All in all The color is what we wanted - these are the mission coral
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