https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 05:16:36 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-flooring#post-256308 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 20:05:59 +0000 T.H.O.U. 256308@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Tricycle: that is really pretty laminate! I will see if I can find a picture. We did engineered hardwood and have been happy with it.</p> <p>[attach=1506/12/m8o5sj.448x600.image.jpeg]</p> <p>I love ours because of the various tones and te texture of the hand scraped. We have it everywhere except the bedrooms and the bathrooms. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-flooring#post-256211 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 17:38:42 +0000 MrsTiz 256211@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are getting new floors in the house we close on in a few weeks. All the bedrooms will have a low shag carpet, the bathrooms have time and every other room (living, kitchen, foyer, dining) will be laminate that looks pretty similar to @Mrs. Tricycles . It's individual planks, and dark colored.</p> <p>We didn't want hardwood either because we actually LIVE in our house and have a big dog and I would be pissed to buy new hardwood and have her mess it up like she did my mothers (sorry, Ma.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-flooring#post-256128 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 14:30:48 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 256128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have brand new frise (s/p?) carpet in the living room and bedrooms, and the rest of the house is tiled. We'll be replacing all of the tile in the house in the next year or two, though, because it wasn't put down correctly when it was installed and is coming up everywhere. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-flooring#post-256107 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 13:28:53 +0000 regberadaisy 256107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: That's actually really common with bamboo flooring.</p> <p>In our new house we'll have a warm rich tone of laminate throughout. They're Awesome - thick planks and they're about 6' long! The family room will have carpet and so will the hallway outside the bedrooms. All bathrooms have old penny tiles. When we redo them it'll probably be a ceramic or stone tile.</p> <p>I actually have no desire for hardwood unless they're original to the home </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-flooring#post-256060 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 11:39:32 +0000 photojane 256060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we live in a mid-century bungalow, so there are honey colored oak floors in every room except the kitchen and bathroom. I absolutely love them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-flooring#post-256054 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 11:33:23 +0000 matador84 256054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we live in a rent house-carpet in all rooms, tile in kitchen and bathrooms. would love to have hardwoods one day!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-flooring#post-256049 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 11:28:14 +0000 Boogs 256049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hardwood throughout, except for the bathrooms and kitchen. It's what we dreamed of having and we love it. Way easier for cleaning messes and we don't have to worry about staining carpet or anything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-flooring#post-255981 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 09:55:54 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 255981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have carpet and laminate floors. I can't wait to replace it all with hardwood. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-flooring#post-255921 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 07:55:27 +0000 MrsBrewer 255921@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have carpet right now everywhere except for the kitchen and bathroom. Buuuut we found out a little while ago that under our carpet is beautiful hard wood floor! This fall I think we are ripping the carpets out, </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-flooring#post-255912 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 07:46:15 +0000 Mrs. Pen 255912@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have ugly, stained carpet everywhere except for the tile in the kitchen and bathrooms.</p> <p>I hate all of it. I would looooove hardwood floors. We rent, so beggars can't be choosers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-flooring#post-255909 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 07:39:44 +0000 Mrs. Tricycle 255909@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: I don't think you have a bad batch - from our research, bamboo has a reputation for being super soft, unless you pay a gazillion dollars for strand woven bamboo (okay, maybe not a gazillion dollars, but it's definitely more expensive than other types of bamboo floors). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-flooring#post-255907 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 07:35:10 +0000 Mrs. Tricycle 255907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're in the middle of replacing the carpet downstairs with a high quality laminate. My house is currently a disaster zone! We'd have preferred hardwoods, but couldn't justify the cost as we don't see ourselves in the house for that much longer. The laminate is supposed to be super scratch resistant and stand up well to the wear and tear of our two dogs. I guess we'll find out!</p> <p>[attach=2158/12/m8n712.448x600.image.jpeg] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-flooring#post-255898 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 06:37:43 +0000 chopsuey 255898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Carpet in the bedrooms. Wood floors everywhere else except our two full baths. 2 baths have laminate flooring, but we're going to have tile put in soon' </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-flooring#post-255891 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 05:47:05 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 255891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have hardwoods in every room of the house except for kitchen and bathroom, which are tile. I seriously love having hardwoods...the look, the convenience...everything! I could never live in a house with carpet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-flooring#post-255890 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 05:00:46 +0000 yoursilverlining 255890@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>100+ year old honey colored hardwood everywhere except the bathrooms (tile) and nursery (was carpet, we replaced with new hardwood flooring). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-flooring#post-255865 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 22:52:08 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 255865@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>hardwood everywhere and ceramic in the kitchen and bathrooms. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-flooring#post-255838 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 21:32:56 +0000 Andrea 255838@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Carpet in the bedrooms, family room, play room, and basement. Mix of marble and tile in the bathrooms. Everything else is hardwood. We like everything except for our marble bathrooms but that is for aesthetic reasons. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-flooring#post-255834 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 21:20:02 +0000 StrawberryBee 255834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Tile: in the entryway (horrible choice, it's textured off white and shows ALL the dirt), kitchen, and bathrooms. I like it except the previous owners didn't seal the grout and it needs a good cleaning. Also, the grout in the upstairs bath is cracking and needs to be redone.</p> <p>Carpet: in the upstairs hallway and three of the bedrooms. Mismatched, cheap, and it's Berber so the cats have clawed it all to hell. On the list to be replaced!</p> <p>Vinyl 'wood' planks/laminate: Love this product from trafficmaster! Available at home depot, water resistant, stands up to the dogs and cats. The first thing I did when I bought the house was to rip out the carpets in the master bedroom and replace them with this. I love hardwood, but with all the claws and accidents this is just easier. And more affordable. And something I could install on my own.</p> <p><a href="http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-100593151/h_d2/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10053" rel="nofollow">http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-100593151/h_d2/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10053</a></p> <p>I'm debating this for the living and dining rooms, since it's half the price: <a href="http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-203239477/h_d2/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10053" rel="nofollow">http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-203239477/h_d2/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10053</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-flooring#post-255830 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 21:01:41 +0000 Minnie_Girl 255830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Linoleum, carpet, and hardwood. The linoleum is nothing special; unfortunately the previous owners damaged the carpets and hardwood. They never cleaned the carpets (SO GROSS!), and the hardwood is all scratched up from their dog. Ah well. Flooring is on the list of home improvements. :) </p> <p>I will say that I am thrilled at the lack of tile in our house, after dealing with the world's nastiest grout in our previous place! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-flooring#post-255826 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 20:49:54 +0000 mrs. bird 255826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have bamboo in all the rooms other than the kitchen &amp; bath which are tile. I loathe the bamboo! I want to love it, but it sucks! It scratches &amp; dents so easily, like a high heel can leave marks :/ thank goodness we are a shoe free house! Maybe we have a bad batch, or it's crappy quality or something, but I would never recommend them after having these floors. I have nothing bad to say about our tile:) but I wouldn't want it outside the rooms that already have it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-flooring#post-255824 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 20:48:43 +0000 anonysquire 255824@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Carpet in every room except tile in bathrooms and kitchen. I want hardwood! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-flooring#post-255822 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 20:31:37 +0000 autumnlove 255822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you have carpet, tile, hardwood, laminate or a combo? Are you happy with what you have? </p>