Anonymous wrote:I can't stand my hard wood floor and put carpet over it. The hard wood was coming apart at the seams and it was much much cheaper to put carpet over it and than to have it redone.

You do know that it is a natural feature of the wood to expand and contract? I personally dont consider 100 year old dirt in the gaps charming, but believe it or not, many people do.

OP you are determined to have wall to wall so get it. It does diminish the value of your home as it defaces there hardwood but it’s your house. So many of these arguments seem crazy to me ... so cold, so uninviting, so modern, so ... dorky. I would suggest an interior designer as it seems the whole room bothers you but likely the designer would say the same things. After all you are taking design advice from the guys at Home Depot. Not exactly design for most people.

Anonymous wrote:Depending on where you are located go someplace (Carpet Palace in Bethesda is my #1 go to place, Georgetown Carpet #2- NOT Home Depot) and have an area rug made out of nice carpet to your specific size specifications- they can even make a cut out for your fireplace if you want. These two places often have a lot of designer remnants that you can have cut into a rug for about the same price as you'd pay to install cheap carpet. Bound carpet (at least nice quality bound carpet) absolutely does not curl up or catch on people's feet.

This. I had a custom are rug made from high quality carpet and no issue with curling. The binding is expensive but worth it. We had the rug cut to a smaller size when we moved.

I can't stand my hard wood floor and put carpet over it. The hard wood was coming apart at the seams and it was much much cheaper to put carpet over it and than to have it redone.

Anonymous wrote:Not everyone can do area rugs! Elderly person needs carpet so as not to slip on hardwoods

Well, I think OP has probably made a decision over the 7 1/2 years since they posted.

Not everyone can do area rugs! Elderly person needs carpet so as not to slip on hardwoods

Anonymous wrote:Don't listen to these morons. High grade, high end carpet is definitely ok to do in a family room. From Houzz:

This one is made of a linen and wool mixture. Gotta go with taupe! Warm, luxurious and classic…
<div></div><div style='color:#444;'><small>Traditional Bedroom by Minneapolis Interior Designers & Decorators Billy Beson Company</small></div>

This room is beautiful but it seems that it is its sole purpose. Not a place to spend time but a place that looks nice as you walk by. They could have put books on the shelves and a nice deep chair and ottoman with a light for reading. Missed opportunity but it is pretty.

I have lived in very cold climates and very hot climates. The best route for longevity and decorating both is a hard surface floor (hardwood,tile or stone) and natural fiber area rugs (silk, wool or cotton) with good rug pads underneath. Natural fiber rugs can be cleaned whereas synthetics have dirt stick them and age very poorly. Sounds like your room does need rugs. Invest in quality and you won't have to replace them in 3-10yrs. Your hardwoods are a blessing because good hard floors like that are the most expensive piece of the puzzle.

It's called an area rug op.

Also look into runners for the hallway, stairs, etc.

I love hardwoods so we use area rugs in our home; however, OP, it is clear that you have a different preference. So just do what you want to do. It is your house and life is too short to live with elements in your house that you want to change but won't because of public opinion here.

So, I say do what you clearly want to do, which is to get wall-to-wall carpeting.

Yes, there might be some slight damage to the floor from the tacks, but that is easily remedied when the carpet comes up and the floors are refinished. And, frankly, that isn't going to be your problem because it won't be your house anymore. The purchasers likely will be thrilled to know that there are hardwoods under the carpet and they can deal with the refinishing if that is the route they choose.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd never, ever put carpet over hardwoods. Carpet just looks cheap. I'd do an area rug instead.

Ditto.

+1

I love hardwood floors. But for me in the bedroom I must have wall to wall carpet. One it sound proofs. Two, it is softer on the feet and I have bad feet nothing feels more cozy than walking in socks on a softly padded wall to wall carpet in room. A hardwood floor might feel Posh and very clean and wonderful for a lot of reasons. But good clean well padded wall to wall carpeting makes my bedroom feel like a sanctuary. I am going to be buying a house soon and the entire house is Hardwood. Great for the first floor but the bedrooms will be carpeted.

There are alot of imbeciles in this thread

The OP meant cold as not inviting, not cold as in temperature.


I agree with OP. Hardwood floors just dont have that "Home" feeling. Carpet on the other hand feels like how home should feel.


I cant stand all hardwood and all tile homes.

Disagree. I think the wall to wall carpet is important to convey that uniformly light look. But that room would look amazing no matter what's on the floor.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't listen to these morons. High grade, high end carpet is definitely ok to do in a family room. From Houzz:

This one is made of a linen and wool mixture. Gotta go with taupe! Warm, luxurious and classic…
<div></div><div style='color:#444;'><small>Traditional Bedroom by Minneapolis Interior Designers & Decorators Billy Beson Company</small></div>

OP wants carpet so that more people USE the family room. For a room that gets a lot of traffic, that carpet isn't going to stay looking like that for long, unless you get it frequently cleaned, which is not good for the wood flooring underneath.

What makes that room look so amazing is, well, the room itself.

The carpet is the least important piece of the puzzle.

In fact, I think the room would look better if the floors were hardwood and that carpet was just a custom rug.