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Flooring Design Dilemma living room

A lot of wood already - flooring?

Terrie Carrozzella

last year

Hi! My home is rustic. We are replacing the flooring from disgusting carpet to luxury vinyl and I am trying to figure out what to choose. The entire interior is wood. The walls, ceiling, and beams are wood.

Initially, I thought going with a wood floor would make us feel like we are living in a box. But while looking through photos, I do see that people do wooden flooring with wooden interiors.

I have flooring picked out right now that is the same color as the carpet we are getting rid of. But now I am questioning myself. We will have small rugs down, so that could break up the wood if we choose that option.

The walls are the same color, it's the way the light is hitting them. The wall with the picture is accurate. And obviously, it's

not always this bright inside.

Help! And thanks in advance.

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chispa

last year

LS Design, suggesting someone use carpet in a main living area with a wood stove is a terrible idea! Since the OP thinks their current flooring is "disgusting carpet", I hope they do not listen to this suggestion.

Terrie, if you are going to use LVP, then I would not do a faux-wood-look with all that real wood in the room. A stone-look would be a better choice. Do something neutral with very little pattern and you can then layer some nice area rugs on top of the floor.

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BeverlyFLADeziner
last year
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If you select vinyl it CANNOT be yet another wood finish.

Something like this below is more appropriate
Lyn Nielson
last year
I'd go with the light of the carpet color in a large format. that 2nd example Beverly shows is nice.

Is the whole home a cabin feel, as in casual? or are you trying to change it up?

Different Lighting and window treatments could help brighten it up.
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Hello -

It looks like you may live somewhere cold, and that would make us hesitant to advise on more hard surface flooring. Usually we love wood, LVP, limestone and other hard surfaces, but in this case, taking into consideration the lighting and space, we suggest a high-performance, low-pile carpet. It would be a nice contrast and complement to the rustic, heavy wood finishes. A neutral carpet as a solid foundation will soften and temper the many lines of the planks and beams as well as literally retain some warmth and insulation as will drapes which would be another soft surface to add your design to create balance and harmony. Area rugs with pattern can be used to designate separate living and leisure zones, while a charcoal slate or honed limestone can be more functional when used at the entry area, kitchen and bathroom areas where water and dirt are prevalent factors to consider. Good luck!
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I'm going to make what might be an unpopular suggestion: paint the walls and get wood flooring. normally I like wood paneling when it's beautiful, but not knotty pine. tile might be too cold in that climate. carpet can get dirty. painting the walls will solve many conundrums. an added bonus is that the horizontal boards of the walls will add interest.

if you decide to paint, be sure to look into ways to prep it properly, or otherwise the knots could show through.
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Thank you all!

ps: we live in California. Shoud have added that.

i really appreciate the feedback!
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Our customer shared this photo a few years ago. Hope this will give you an idea what it is like to install wood floor(9 Mile Creek Acacia Sand Dune) in your space.

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