Flooring?

[wishbearmom]

If you could update your home, what would you choose? Carpeting? Hardwood? Laminate? Ceramic tile? Combination? I have a mixture - carpeting in the living room, hallway and my office; different carpeting on the stairs and in the upstairs bedroom; original hardwood (in badly need of refinishing) in my bedroom; and newer laminate in the dining room. In my experience, dogs + carpeting do not mix (and I'm not exactly in the financial position to make changes, but...) if you could design your perfect home, what would you put on your floors? I think I want hardwood or engineered hardwood on the main floor, and either the same or carpeting in the upstairs, though my Boston Terrier is fond of eating and digging up carpet (she DESTROYED the entrance between my daughter's room and the upstairs hallway plus a throw rug), and my oldest daughter's dog indiscriminately poops in the house, though her favorite places are underneath my daughter's desk and in my office behind the treadmill. I'm thinking uniform wood flooring? I have a heated floor in my main bathroom, which I love, and my kitchen has linoleum tiles, though they're in excellent condition. I think I'd leave those alone.

[Dora-rulz]

We live in TX do I do not like carpet. Plus I have 2 young kids & hardwood & tile are just easier to clean.

[Melissa_4]

We have hardwood (the original wide planks) throughout the old part of the house, tile in the kitchen, parquet in the master and the hallway, and only two rooms out of 11 have w2w carpet.  We have three Staffordshires, and the hardwood is the best.

We need to have our hardwood floors redone.  They are from 1968, and have never been refinished.  With the wear and tear from feet (4 kids, 3 dogs), you can see a light path from door to stairs.  When we have them done (hopefully this summer!), I am keeping the dark stain on them, but I want a glossier finish.  I love when our floor is freshly washed and you can see the red tones in the dark wood!

[firelites]

 we have carpeting and ceramic tiles

[mom22tumblebugs]

FYI- they now make tile that looks like hardwood.

[bhow]

We recently remolded a building and put this new tile in and it is amazing!  I chose the old barn wood look and WOW!!

[manamott]

I HATE  HATE mopping and sweeping. Although carpet gets so nasty with dogs and kids...but I hate mopping so much lol

[mrgetinold]

I have the original 1960s hardwood on all but my kitchen i had movie plave carpet ( think loud and multi colored,yuck) it got torn out when my dh went hunting one year (lol) i d love to have the hardwood refurnished! And have a kinda match put in the kitchen ( right now i have, please dont laugh sheets of dark wall stuff on my floor) id like to get some nice throw rugs! Happy decorating!

[crazymom729]

 I currently have tile in my entire home...sometimes I wish I had hardwood especially now that the kids are older.

[BL2010]

I'd get new carpet in the bedrooms and hardwood floors everywhere else.

[1squishysmom]

 Carpet. Hardwood and tile make rooms look very cold to me. Carpet looks cozy.