help: wide plank wood laminate in all rooms or carpet in bedrooms?

[Anonymous]

where can I find a laminate or wood floor that looks like this one

https://www.redfin.com/VA/Centreville/13933-Big-Yankee-Ln-20121/home/9671274#photoSlideShow

Should I put carpet in all the bedrooms? I really would prefer wood though.

[Anonymous]

Laminate for sure. I put carpet in about 15 months ago and regret not springing for the laminate to match the public areas.

[Anonymous]

Just moved into a house with beautiful original hardwoods and I miss the carpet in the bedrooms. I just think it's cozier and like that it muffles sounds. I'm probably in the minority.

[Anonymous]

What price range house? Laminate is terrible and I wouldn't do it except maybe if your house is really cheap and hardwood would be an overimprovement. Hate carpet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just moved into a house with beautiful original hardwoods and I miss the carpet in the bedrooms. I just think it's cozier and like that it muffles sounds. I'm probably in the minority.

I'm with you. Carpet is so much cozier.

[Anonymous]

Carpet is disgusting. In our old house we had carpets in the bedrooms. I liked it due to coziness factor. Kids rolled around on carpet, warm on the feet in winter, etc. We moved into a house that has hardwood everywhere but the bathroom (those have tiles). I sweep the bedrooms every third day and I am grossed out how much dirt and dust I pick up. I mop with a very slightly damp mop every week and the mop/water is dirty. No way a vacuum cleaner picks up all the stuff in a carpet.

[Anonymous]

If you remove the carpet yourself and see what is under it (we did), hardwood or laminate is appealing. I like hardwood or laminate and large area rugs.

[Anonymous]

Not carpet

[Anonymous]

I know I am in the major, major minority on this board but we just ripped up our main level carpet and put in laminate. The carpet was so incredibly disgusting (and I do a decent job keeping the house clean). I am still a little she'll shocked at how dirty the carpet was. Laminate was really our only choice due to budget and very large dogs. Installed it ourselves over a weekend and saved several grand. I figure when it's time to sell in many years from now I can have hardwood put in. I don't want hardwood because it will get ruined in my house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just moved into a house with beautiful original hardwoods and I miss the carpet in the bedrooms. I just think it's cozier and like that it muffles sounds. I'm probably in the minority.

I'm with you. Carpet is so much cozier.

+1. We have new carpet in our guest room (nice hardwood underneath, but not going to refinish at this juncture) and it makes it such a cozy room. And I love vacuuming in there. When it's not so new, yeah I can see it being gross, but carpet is pretty inexpensive to install.