Needing help choosing Coretec flooring color.
I am in the precess of building our new home and having trouble deciding on flooring choices. We have decided to use LVP and I favor the Coretec brand for it authenticity. Our home is an open floor plan with the kitchen, dining, and living all together and the foyer and "flex" room immediately adjacent. We plan to use LVP for this entire main living space.
We love the Williamson Oak floor but I worry it will show every crumb, piece of lint, and spec of dirt with as dark and consistent as the color is. I am hoping to find something with rich color but maybe more variance to allow for dirt and dust without feeling the need to mop every 5 minutes.
I don't have access to a tremendous range of samples and internet photos seem to vary widely for each given floor. Any advice would be HUGELY appreciated! Thanks!!
Attached should be a photo of is the downstairs that will have the LVP, a kitchen photo as an example of what I am looking for, and lastly a picture of the Williamson Oak.
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chocolatebunny123
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoMy sister in law has wood floors stained a similar color to the Williamson Oak and they do show a lot of dust, especially footprints.
My basement floor has a lot of variation. It is Coretec Alabaster Oak. This may be too much variance for you (there is quite a bit of grey) but I rarely see any dust/dirt, and this is a highly used space by my high school aged kids. My basement has very little natural light and this picture was taken at night. I agree with trying to bring samples into your space.
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Sammy
3 years agoI do not have any experience with this floor, sorry! I tried to post a photo of it (from their website) earlier, but photos weren’t uploading, for some reason. I’ll try it again:
Out of curiosity, have you looked at the CoreTec Wood line?Ven O
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