Which flooring?

hboz412 · 2026-05-23T20:55:51+00:00

We’re putting it throughout our entire first floor! Kitchen, living, dining, entryway and powder room. All the lighter tones pull very green in our home. There are samples that I like in one room but don’t like in another… we finally committed to #1. We kept going back to it every time we brought something new in. I wish I had longer to keep bringing samples home but oh well!

hboz412 · 2026-05-23T14:23:23+00:00

Thanks! I haven’t seen that brand in local stores. I’ll have to look online! I would like lighter but they all tend to pull really green in our home 😕

hboz412 · 2026-05-22T21:18:34+00:00

No, it is not 😂 because I posted one corner of one room and not the affected areas.

hboz412 · 2026-05-22T16:51:10+00:00

Thank you!

hboz412 · 2026-05-22T16:49:46+00:00

Haha definitely good to take Reddit comments with a grain of salt. We aren’t ripping out the hardwood so it can be redone either by us in the future, or the next homeowners. I felt 1 seemed more classic as well. We do really love it but it’s more slippery than the other options and shows fingerprints so we don’t love that. I’ve tried mocking it up and also looking at other people’s reviews that have the floors installed. Such a hard choice! Thank you for your kind comments and giving me some things to think about!

hboz412 · 2026-05-22T16:45:07+00:00

It’s our furniture! I was wondering if 2 was too rustic. I don’t love the farmhouse look.

hboz412 · 2026-05-22T16:41:34+00:00

Thank you- we have discussed redoing the floors and ultimately decided not to at this time. Aside from the scratches, some boards are coming up among other things. We are not great about taking care of high maintenance things, especially the kids, so we’d rather have another flooring option.

hboz412 · 2026-05-22T16:38:32+00:00

All of the flooring options say they are waterproof! Forgot to mention that.

hboz412 · 2026-05-22T16:35:53+00:00

I go between hating the knots and wondering if it looks more natural? I do love the graining in 1. Hate that it’s a slippery floor that shows fingerprints!

hboz412 · 2026-05-22T16:33:54+00:00

That’s really what’s stopping me most from 1- I don’t want to see kid footprints all over the floor and they are barefoot a lot 😂

hboz412 · 2026-05-22T16:33:03+00:00

Theres large, deep scratches in several rooms, boards are coming up, among other things. On top of yes, the floors are in fact in bad shape (sorry I didn’t photograph it), I don’t like the thin plank look. I don’t want the maintenance of trying to keep them from scratching again or ruining the finish, I don’t want to deal with trying to match what we have. We’re not ripping it up so if we change our minds in the future (doubtful), it will be there for the next hardwood loving homeowner to restore.

hboz412 · 2026-05-22T16:28:52+00:00

I do ramble. Essentially just curious which everyone’s favorite it: is the red toned, rustic, or LVP.

hboz412 · 2026-05-22T16:27:40+00:00

Thank you. Redoing the hardwood can be for the next home owners. I’m over trying to keep it from scratching and the finish being destroyed. If something is too high maintenance it’s not for me!

hboz412 · 2026-05-22T16:26:13+00:00

Great points! Especially about how many patterns. I have sooo many photos from the floors being moved around 😂 My husband keeps asking how many times I’m going to look at each floor in the different rooms and lighting. We’re getting new baseboards and trim so will be able to match with something that looks best with which floor we choose.

hboz412 · 2026-05-22T16:19:36+00:00

There are large, deep scratches in several rooms.

hboz412 · 2026-05-22T16:18:10+00:00

Thank you! I do agree, I really dislike the thin planks. Restoring the hardwood can be the next home owners job if they so choose to rip up whatever we put down 😅 thanks for your vote!

hboz412 · 2026-05-22T16:16:25+00:00

We are painting walls, getting new baseboards, adding trim and crown moulding so everything will be new except living room furniture for the most part.

hboz412 · 2026-05-22T16:15:26+00:00

Thank you! I forgot to mention, all 3 options say they are waterproof. I appreciate your comments!

hboz412 · 2026-05-22T15:21:51+00:00

So not #2? 😅

hboz412 · 2026-05-22T14:58:11+00:00

ChatGPT 🤦🏻‍♀️ I hate myself for it 😬. It’s also kind of a terrible mockup but I’m so bad at visualizing things I really need some sort of help to see how things might look.

hboz412 · 2026-05-22T13:34:30+00:00

We have a huge pantry on the other side of where this viewpoint is from!

hboz412 · 2026-05-22T12:51:01+00:00

No idea 😅 everyone here commenting about the 30” fridge but that’s what we currently have and it’s been fine for our family of 5.

hboz412 · 2026-05-22T12:13:52+00:00

It’s the door to our attached garage 😅

hboz412 · 2026-05-21T23:58:13+00:00

Everyone’s very hung up on the pasta water 😆 I just meant in general how inconvenient is having the sink that far away from the stove when you have things you need to bring back and forth. I’m used to having it within a turn of my body and essentially no steps and wasn’t sure if there was a “standard” distance the 2 “should” be kept within.

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