https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 15 Nov 2026 12:16:47 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hardwood-floors#post-1324346 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 08:15:13 +0000 Mamaof2 1324346@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have carpet in the kids bedroom - ours is hardwood.</p> <p>Downstairs we have tile and hardwood. Playroom is carpet and I want to pull it out!</p> <p>Stairs are carpet - was nice when kids were little (easy to climb and no slipping on hardwood) but now that they are older I want hardwood there too!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hardwood-floors#post-1324301 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 07:17:32 +0000 lamariniere 1324301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our entire apartment is hardwood except for the kitchen and bathroom. Carpet is gross and will have to be replaced. The wood should last for years to come. If we owned a home, I would also insist on wood everywhere. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hardwood-floors#post-1324188 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 00:52:14 +0000 Elderberrygin 1324188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a rental with hardwood floors in all of the apartment except the bedrooms (carpet) and the bathrooms (tile). When we buy we'll have hardwood throughout except for the bathroom and laundry as my husband and daughter both have dust mite allergies. </p> <p>I love hardwood floors with a LO in terms of cleaning. The only downside has been during the crawling and cruising (and no doubt learning to walk) phases - she faceplants all. the. time. on the floorboards. *sigh* </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hardwood-floors#post-1324104 Mon, 06 Jan 2014 23:23:33 +0000 Ginabean3 1324104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have hardwood everywhere except for on the stairs and landing and I love it!! Feels and looks so much cleaner than carpet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hardwood-floors#post-1324014 Mon, 06 Jan 2014 22:34:30 +0000 ALV91711 1324014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have hardwood on the main floor and I love it. DS learned to crawl on it no problem and it isn't slowing him down. We have carpet on the stairs and upstairs in the bedrooms. </p> <p>I like carpet in the bedrooms as it is warmer on the toes in the morning. I don't like hardwood on stairs as it makes it so easy to fall, which is scary when you are carrying a LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hardwood-floors#post-1323978 Mon, 06 Jan 2014 22:17:40 +0000 artsyfartsy 1323978@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All hardwood everywhere and I love it. It cleans better and I can use the same cleaning procedure on all the floors and don't have to switch cleaners or anything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hardwood-floors#post-1323967 Mon, 06 Jan 2014 22:13:07 +0000 silver1 1323967@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is putting hardwood on the 2nd floor and carpet an option? I would do that and remove carpet when LOs gets older. For kitchen I love the look of hardwood floor but then I would go tile because of potential for messes with LOs. You can get a very thin grout line with rectified edge. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hardwood-floors#post-1323963 Mon, 06 Jan 2014 22:09:52 +0000 Mrs. Sketchbook 1323963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have HW and tile in all rooms except bedroom and I now hate carpet! So much easier to clean up spills, dog hair, etc. plus it costs more now, but no replacing after five years of kids, etc. our son seems ok with the hard floors. He was a late walker and a late crawler but I don't know if our floor contributed! We do have a rug in the living room but honestly he isn't on it all that much. He is going through a phase of toppling and falling a lot....I'll get back to you in a month and let you know how he is doing with it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hardwood-floors#post-1323959 Mon, 06 Jan 2014 22:08:55 +0000 avivoca 1323959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I puffy heart the hardwood in our kitchen. It's so much warmer and nicer than the tile we had in other places. Eventually we will be putting hardwood in our living room and hallway. We might be leaving the carpet in the bedrooms, but in a perfect world it would all be hardwood. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hardwood-floors#post-1323958 Mon, 06 Jan 2014 22:07:57 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 1323958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't have kids yet (until March!) but we only have carpet in two bedrooms. It's a nice carpet that we upgraded.. but I don't like it. It gets so dirty with dogs! We have hardwood every where else and then tile in the kitchen and I much prefer that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hardwood-floors#post-1323956 Mon, 06 Jan 2014 22:06:24 +0000 CottonCandy 1323956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hardwood in the main living area...stairs and hallway as well. we only have carpet in the bedrooms. We LOVE the set up </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hardwood-floors#post-1323954 Mon, 06 Jan 2014 22:05:09 +0000 Myicitygirl 1323954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks everyone. Any concerns about noise with hardwood in the bedrooms and hallways? Creaking of hardwoods, heavy footed husbands? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hardwood-floors#post-1323947 Mon, 06 Jan 2014 22:01:33 +0000 immabeetoo 1323947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>hardwood X1000. kids are dirty, carpet is gross.</p> <p>ETA my LO has had zero issues crawling or walking on hardwoods -- I wish it slowed him down! I do put robeez on him in the house to prevent slips. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hardwood-floors#post-1323944 Mon, 06 Jan 2014 22:00:52 +0000 Torchwood 1323944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I plan to eventually have zero carpeting in our house. It just grosses me out with how filthy they get, and I get really bothered by things that off gas a lot. That being said, it is tougher with LO's learning to walk. <a href="http://www.1earth1design.com/design/information/carpet" rel="nofollow">http://www.1earth1design.com/design/information/carpet</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hardwood-floors#post-1323942 Mon, 06 Jan 2014 22:00:26 +0000 Mrs. Taco 1323942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have all tile currently but based on past and current experience: 1. I loved hardwood in the kitchen, didn't have to worry about grout 2: I would still have some carpet...right now my LO is trying to crawl and what I would give to have carpet in our bedrooms &amp; family room, you can only have so many rugs!</p> <p>Gahh..I'm kind of jealous. Good luck moving! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hardwood-floors#post-1323933 Mon, 06 Jan 2014 21:56:06 +0000 Myicitygirl 1323933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So we are trying to decide on new flooring for our house. Currently it is carpeted upstairs, and has travertine tile and carpet downstairs. We are looking into hardwood, and need to decide whether to (1) do hardwood or tile in the kitchen and (2) carpet the stairs and second floor, or do hardwood there as well.</p> <p>Right now the house is empty so it makes sense to do all the floors now before we move in. We would hate to redo floors later down the line when we will be living there.</p> <p>We have a 2 yo and another on the way. What do you have, and do you love it or hate it? </p>