I’m trying to decide between the two as well. Color choice is killing me, it’s so hard!!

Not sure if this will help. I'm finding that if the samples have boards that are all one color that spread out over a large area, the floors looks more fake. I don't like a lot of variation in color but after looking at various floors, the boards that have a little variation to them look more natural when installed.

Wondering if any of you made the decision between Coretec and Provenza - i am caught between the two still. Would love to hear which choice you made and see pictures if possible.

We went with Provenza. So far I love it but it’s only been a few weeks. We picked it because we thought it was more realistic looking for the look we wanted. However I think both are good choices and from my research both are excellent companies.

Color is First Crush

This is the sample

@clubnev how are your floors holding up? Making my decision soon between First Crush and Finally Mine. My biggest concern is footprints. Our living area is South facing.

I have Coretec. No problem with footprints.

Thanks so much! It's always a relief to hear from people who are actually living with it and loving it!

@eld6161 What color are your Cortec floors. They're beautiful too!

Cynthia, they are Hayes Oak.

And, this house is also in a high moisture area. Took me a while for DH to come on board, but now he is a convert.

I agree with club on all the points she made about these floors, easy and mindless.

My floors look very similar to eld6161's from her pic. In my pic, the pattern is accentuated from the phone camera - they aren't quite as busy looking in real life. But busy enough where it hides everything. Let us know what you decided on. I think you'll be happy with Coretec or Provencia. Our floor supplier told me those are the two best companies in the LVP industry.

@clubnev It's been a couple of years. Are you still happy with your Provenza floors? I'm seeing very, very angry people with LVP due to smudge marks on the low sheen. Of course, I like the low sheen. How has it been for you with the Provenza? TIA

So far no problems. I still love it. I’d say maybe the sheen has dulled a little but I haven’t noticed any smudge marks. We are getting ready to install some more of the same flooring from the same lot (it’s been sitting in climate controlled storage) in the second half of the house. When that happens it will be interesting to see what the difference will be.

THANK YOU!

I’ll post the difference in the floors when they’re installed. It’s going to be a few months.