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carpet or hardwood?

June 19th, 2011 at 08:55 pm

I have a question! If you were having a new house built, would you want carpet or hardwood floors? (or both) My house has hardwood in the kitchen and breakfast room and the rest of the house is carpeted.
The spec house that my husband is finishing, has hardwood in the living room, dining room and kitchen. We were planning on putting carpet in the bedrooms but the buyers asked for hardwood floors thru out. So my husband put down hardwood in the master bedroom and laminate in the downstairs bedrooms. You have to use laminate on concrete floors down in the basement. It is the first time he has used laminate and I think it looks nice.

We are going to start a new house this summer. Maybe we should make the floors all hardwood? What do you think?

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11 Responses to “carpet or hardwood?”

  1. LuckyRobin Says:
    June 19th, 2011 at 09:15 pm 1308518111
    1308518111

    I would prefer hardwood simply because carpets are such allergen attractors.

  2. ktmarvels Says:
    June 19th, 2011 at 09:50 pm 1308520225
    1308520225

    I've personally never had a house that has anything other than carpet in the bedrooms. I wouldn't necessarily be opposed to it, but I enjoy having something soft to walk on when I get out of bed in the morning.

  3. Ima saver Says:
    June 19th, 2011 at 10:12 pm 1308521532
    1308521532

    kt, I agree. I have never had a house without carpet in the bedrooms!

  4. anon-y-mouse Says:
    June 19th, 2011 at 11:00 pm 1308524429
    1308524429

    For the first time in over 20 years I have had carpet in the bedroom. It is nice having something soft and warm to walk on. I still wouldn't want to have it in my living room.

  5. Just a thought Says:
    June 20th, 2011 at 12:01 am 1308528090
    1308528090

    Hardwood! Because of allergies, and because it just looks really nice. You can always put down a nice soft rug in your bedroom. And a rug is easier to replace than carpeting...

  6. creditcardfree Says:
    June 20th, 2011 at 12:02 am 1308528166
    1308528166

    If it were my house, I would put carpet in the bedrooms and hardwood only in the kitchen. I might put the hardwood elsewhere, but it would depend on the layout.

  7. MonkeyMama Says:
    June 20th, 2011 at 12:12 am 1308528722
    1308528722

    I personally prefer carpet, but I think hardwood is far more popular these days.

    But, I'd do carpet.

  8. Jennifer Says:
    June 20th, 2011 at 01:04 am 1308531849
    1308531849

    Hardwood. It's so much easier to maintain, especially with kids. The only thing is that it can't get WET (for very long anyway), so I actually wouldn't use it in the kitchen or bathrooms.

  9. Mozaik Says:
    June 20th, 2011 at 03:06 am 1308539163
    1308539163

    If it ever stops raining, we'll pull up carpeting in this older condo and put in Engineered flooring since hardwood is not recommended for this climate. We had laminate flooring installed in the kitchen 5 yrs ago when we 1st moved in and it has been easy maintenance. The original owner had Sears install quality, wall-to-wall carpet throughout before listing and I love it in the bedrooms. We will do the living rm, dining rm and two halls. I would like to do the stairs but the cost is astronomical. I plan to have the Lv Rm carpet cut and bound to use as an area rug in winter to keep the room from feeling cold.

    Next summer I will likely have the bedroom carpeting replaced.

  10. Will Youth Says:
    June 20th, 2011 at 07:29 am 1308554955
    1308554955

    I'll suggest you choose both. Its very nice to have a carpet in your bedroom because its soft. Well about the dust and the dirt, We can use vacuum cleaner in that matter. Also in the room where you entertain your guests, carpet is very useful. But in the kitchen and dining room, you use hardwood, why of course the stains, it can't be on the carpet right? Smile

  11. patientsaver Says:
    June 20th, 2011 at 11:51 am 1308570702
    1308570702

    Definitely hardwood. I like using area rugs over wood floors, and that's how it is in my home; i have just one room with wall to wall carpeting.

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