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Carpet vs. Hardwood
We have been in our home for almost 2 years and slowly we are making it ours.The outdated fixtures have been replaced. Every shred of floral wallpaper is gone.
Finally we are up to getting rid of the blood-red carpeting in the bedroom and office and the bubble gum-pink in the master. At first we had planned to re-carpet everything, using our tax return money this year. My father owns his own hardwood flooring business and has offered to stain and refinish the floors underneath- which are oak. I am the daughter of a floor man but I've always liked carpeting in bedrooms.
My mind might be changing b/c #1 am I crazy? this will probably cost a $200 gift card for Dad. #2 carpeting is more expensive than I thought and our money can be used elsewhere and #3 it's been brought to my attention that people skeeve carpet and hardwood is cleaner.
Which do you prefer? Do you have hardwood in your bedroom? Are you always swiffering? Any cons?
Re: Carpet vs. Hardwood
Almost my whole house is hardwood. The kitchen and bathroom are like a peel n stick tile over old linoleum until we can find funds to upgrade. But all bedrooms, living room are hardwood. I love them. Super easy to clean up, no worrying about staining. It can be alittle chilly in the winter but i always wear slippers anyway. I dont feel like im always swiftering, i usually vacumn once a week, if i miss a week i will see some dust bunnies but its just me, DH and a cat right now so not alot of traffic. Also you can always put down area rugs in the bedrooms if you feel its too much with the all wood. Ive just always liked the clean, crisp feel of hardwoods.
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This although my bedrooms currently have carpet cause they came that way but when their done for I'm going to do hardwood and area rugs like the rest of the house. I have light colored floors, no kids, and a small cat so the floors get cleaned every other week.
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This this THIIIISSS!
This....Get an area rug if you want for the bedroom. We have hardwood and tile but, the carpet looks like crap. It's on the steps and in the hallway. So, everywhere high traffic. It looks worn and there are a couple stains I just can't get up. Hardwood all the way!
I prefer hardwoods and would just use an area rug in the bedroom to warm it up a bit.
We have wall to wall carpeting in our bedroom now and I loathe it. It's a small room, so moving the bed around to really vacuum well under the bed is a PITA and I never feel like it's clean enough. With hardwood, I'd just be able to pass a mop underneath and see that it was clean or, move the rug out a couple of times a year to give it a thorough cleaning.
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