Doing hardwoods upstairs, any regrets?

[Anonymous]

Our carpet is in really poor condition. It’s about 5 years old but with kids and large dogs you can imagine. I think I’m on board to replace with hardwoods. We would match with the downstairs and stairs which was done 5 years ago when we moved in. It’s a white oak wide plank. Anyone regret hardwoods upstairs? Anything I need to know? Do we have to remove all furniture? Will they just put new baseboards done? Ours don’t look great from wear and tear so I wouldn’t want to reuse them.

[Anonymous]

No regrets, but when we went from 50% hard surfaces to almost 100% throughout the house I developed foot pain. Easily fixed with the right house shoes, but it took a few months of trial and error before finding the right ones. No more thin slippers for me.

[Anonymous]

I refuse carpets. We had fleas once with a cat years ago and I have a dog who is a super shedder (husky mix). Upstairs and down.

My SIL has white carpet in the room with the patio doors to the aboveground pool, hot tub, etc etc. Pale carpet elsewhere. But no kids and their dog is restricted to the kitchen and sun room almost exclusively. And she keeps cans of spot remover in every room. She has raw edged pieces of leftover carpet in her laundry room.

[Anonymous]

Absolutely no regrets. You'll want rugs for the bedrooms imo. Some are normal wool area rugs and some I had cut and bound by the carpet store because the room is a weird shape. I send them to be washed every 2 years or so.

It's so much better. The only downside is cost. But it's so much cleaner than carpet (we will always have a dog so I will never have carpet).

[Anonymous]

When we moved into our house, the whole downstairs was gorgeous hardwood and the bedrooms were carpeted. We ripped that right up and never looked back. Love them. We have rugs in the kids’ rooms but not ours. I guess we’re just used to it.

[Anonymous]

No regrets. The main thing is you will need to get rugs for all the rooms. We kept our baseboards, but I am sure you can replace.

[Anonymous]

I love the look. On the main level it looks nice with accent rugs in the family room and piano room and a small runner in the foyer. Upstairs it works well in the master and guest room.

I do wish we had just kept carpet in the kids rooms. A sizable rug costs $1000+ and we are on our second one in 4 years for one for my son. My daughters wheeled desk Chair has scratched the floor before we realized it, and her nightstand slides around. Also the dogs nails need to be constantly cut because he slides around. We are all a lot more careful now but each person has slid down the stairs at least once, and my kids have to warn/watch guest kids when they come over and want to run in docks. Also the dust!!!

[Anonymous]

^^*Kids friends run in socks, not socks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love the look. On the main level it looks nice with accent rugs in the family room and piano room and a small runner in the foyer. Upstairs it works well in the master and guest room.

I do wish we had just kept carpet in the kids rooms. A sizable rug costs $1000+ and we are on our second one in 4 years for one for my son. My daughters wheeled desk Chair has scratched the floor before we realized it, and her nightstand slides around. Also the dogs nails need to be constantly cut because he slides around. We are all a lot more careful now but each person has slid down the stairs at least once, and my kids have to warn/watch guest kids when they come over and want to run in docks. Also the dust!!!

Sizable rugs can be bought for 300 bucks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love the look. On the main level it looks nice with accent rugs in the family room and piano room and a small runner in the foyer. Upstairs it works well in the master and guest room.

I do wish we had just kept carpet in the kids rooms. A sizable rug costs $1000+ and we are on our second one in 4 years for one for my son. My daughters wheeled desk Chair has scratched the floor before we realized it, and her nightstand slides around. Also the dogs nails need to be constantly cut because he slides around. We are all a lot more careful now but each person has slid down the stairs at least once, and my kids have to warn/watch guest kids when they come over and want to run in docks. Also the dust!!!

Sizable rugs can be bought for 300 bucks.

Yup, especially kids rugs. We got a huge rag rug for our daughter's bedroom. It looks great, is impossible to stain (multicolor so it just blends in), and cost us maybe $200? Plus it's mostly natural fiber (it's made with a bunch of different fabrics and some are probably polyester, but the base of the rug is a durable cotton. When she's older we'll upgrade to something nicer which I am sure will cost more, but we'll expect it to last longer, too.

I know people who buy high quality, expensive wool rugs for kids rooms, but I think it's a mistake. One friend had to get rid of their pricy rug when their kid developed an allergy to dust mites. It's just not worth it. You can get attractive, durable things for your kids rooms without breaking the bank, and then acquire nicer things as they age and start to have their own opinions.

[Anonymous]

No regrets (and we did refinished hardwood upstairs and no regrets about that either)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No regrets (and we did refinished hardwood upstairs and no regrets about that either)

sorry, that is one typo I will correct, PREfinished hardwood

[Anonymous]

Did faux wood upstairs. No regrets.

[Anonymous]

My kids have had hardwood floors in both our houses and never had rugs. There’s no reason you have to get them.

[Anonymous]

Our white oak hardwood floors are beautiful and easy to clean, but they creak in spots. You cannot walk around at night silently, if you are a light sleeper it may bother you. That being said our floors are older, they are ways to better prevent that now (a good installer will allow the wood to acclimate rather than install immediately).