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Natural and Neutral LVP Flooring Sample Comparisons

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Hi everyone!

We're redoing the flooring in our house with LVP next week. I wanted something that looked like natural maple, oak, or birch, something neutral, not too warm or grey, and with a low texture and low contrast between planks. I scoured this site for photos of samples and installed floors which were SUPER HELPFUL, so I wanted to pay it forward for anyone looking for samples of these types of floors. Thank you to anyone and everyone who has posted their flooring!

1 – Shaw Floorte PRO 5 Endura in White Sand

2 – SUPERCore Xtreme in Honeycomb

3 – Shaw Floorte PRO 5 Endura in Oceanfront

4 – NuCore Performance in Sugarloaf

5 – Duravana Hybrid Resilient Flooring in Magnolia Bridge Oak

6 – NuCore Performance in Butter Toast

7 – Flooret Modin LVP in Soho

We ended up going with the Shaw in White Sand (#1) so I'll post the installed photos as soon as it's done next week.

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Nicole Futino
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last year

Here’s Shaw Endura White Sand installed! Looks a smidge warmer in person, really love it!

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carrie wallis
last year
So glad you didn't pick supercore. We installed it 3 years ago and are disappointed in how it has held up. Over time the short ends stick up a bit and the chairs get caught on them.
elcieg
last year
Good information and thanks for sharing.

Glad you didn't choose #6...too pink!

Why not come back to this post and post after pictures.
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I think your pics are a good example of the floor. There are some green tones and some reddish tones throughout the 5 design patterns of this floor but it's subtle. A lot of the lighter colored LVP floors show greenish tones. As I'm not a fan of green I am willing to put up with the green tones in this floor.....love it more and more. We have not started construction yet but I'll post a pic when we lay the floor. It was def worth getting a box and laying it down for a few months. There are a few other Instagram accounts I have seen with it too but the one you posted has some good photos of it. I've attached 2 photos that I took offline. They may help you make a decision.
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carrie wallis
last year
Beautiful! enjoy your new floors!
elcieg
last year
Very nice...looks good with the black windows.
Peggy Huckel
last year
Your description is exactly what I'm looking for. I hope I like this when I see a sample in person. Thank you for this post!
Peggy Huckel
last year
Oh, but when I asked for this at a flooring store yesterday, he told me it isn’t recommended for living areas due to a thinner wear layer than the Provenza I saw. How’s yours seem so far?
Nicole Futino
Original Author
last year
@Peggy It’s only been a few months but they look as great as the day they were installed.

I was concerned about the nominally low wear layer as well (compared to other brands) but watched a YouTube video on wear layers and learned the 12 mil layer combined with the ArmorBead finish holds up just fine.

A simple test is the butter knife test. Scratch a sample with a butter knife hard and see what happens. Some of the samples with a higher wear layer actually scratched way more easily than the one we chose.
Peggy Huckel
last year
Thank you so much, Nicole! I’m going to try to get a sample.
centipede0705
8 months ago
Nicole, your floors look great! Thanks for sharing the details and the after pictures! Did you install these yourself or hire it out? How was the stair nose done? Does Shaw sell it or was it custom? I have a couple of areas that would need that and not all brands sell a matching stair nose and I don’t want to custom make them. TIA!
Nicole Futino
Original Author
8 months ago
Thanks @centipede0705 ! We hired out a company for the install. And Shaw has a matching stair nose and threshold for these!
centipede0705
8 months ago
Are the floors still holding up ~6 months later? Any regrets?
Nicole Futino
Original Author
8 months ago
No regrets. They still look amazing!
kndr629
6 months ago
Does the white sand give off a pink tone at all?
Nicole Futino
Original Author
6 months ago
@kndr629 no not at all. I’d say they are solidly neutral, if anything slightly cool-toned. Here they are in natural sunlight next to a red rug, cream rug, and my white socks.
Katherine Roman
6 months ago
Thanks so much!!
Alana Nakano
6 months ago
How was the click system? Did you or your contractor have issues with them breaking during installation? Any scratches/dents, peeling, or bubbling issues so far?
Nicole Futino
Original Author
6 months ago
@Alana No issues during installation, and no scratches, peeling, or bubbling at all. We’re very happy with these floors.
Sydni Manning
17 days ago
last modified: 17 days ago
@Nicole are there any yellowish tones in the flooring

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