Entry stair landing flooring ideas
I am thinking of removing carpet from living areas and stairs and installing hardwood. My dilemma is what to do with the entries in the house. They are exactly on the stair landing, so it would make sense to install hardwood. But considering you are coming from outside, especially in the winter with the snow and all, hardwood might get damaged. Here is a picture of the entries, first one is entry directly from outside, second one the entry form the garage.
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6 years agoInitially we wanted to install solid hardwood, but it seems because of our subfloor we can only go with an engineered floating floor. And since engineered hardwood with a thick wear layer is kind of expensive we will probably go with one that can be sanded 2 or 3 times max, which means I can't install it on the entry where the risk of getting damaged is higher.
Now the question is will it look good if I install gray slate tile on the entry and the stair will be walnut on the treads and banister and white the rest? Stairs painted something like this and with the slate tile at the bottom:
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