Laminate flooring has come a great distance within the final 10 years, and after 5 years of residing with previous, dingy flooring and 20-year-old carpet, we lastly put in laminate on our first ground! These pictures are only a few days after the contractors left so the home continues to be in cleanup mode. However we’re SO in love with our new flooring and wow, this mission is the sport changer!
We waited 5 years primarily as a result of, properly, life occurred. Between 2 weddings, paying for school, we’ve been thrifting and saving to get to this place. We additionally massively downsized our extra stuff. We flipped a home not too long ago, too, and I left my company job and began a enterprise that’s lastly thriving. And thru all of it, my husband has been killing it at work. We’ve labored so laborious, and it feels good to deal with house tasks that we will personally get pleasure from.
BEFORE PHOTOS
Listed below are a number of the itemizing pictures of the home, you’ll be able to take the full home tour right here.
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Lobby, earlier than
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Earlier than, eating room (itemizing picture)
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BEFORE: Kitchen itemizing picture
The laminate flooring we selected is known as Earthen Chestnut, the Uncommon Classic Line by Mohawk. It isn’t bought in large field shops, so that you’d should go to a neighborhood flooring seller and haggle on worth a bit. We landed on a worth round $2.60/sq. foot for round 1200 sq. ft (excluding labor).
We love the natural-looking hand-hewn end and the variation of colour. Imagine it or not, this wasn’t our first selection. We have been on a little bit of a wild goose chase on the lookout for flooring that “wowed” us however was nonetheless in our worth level. Our first selection was discontinued, so although this flooring was our second selection, we really feel prefer it was meant to be and are SO proud of it.
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I captured a couple of pictures throughout our first sunny day which reveals the true colours of the ground.
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Some paint and trim updates are wanted, however love how this all appears to be like.
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Oliver approves. 🙂
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A kitchen redesign is in progress and we could change the colour of the cupboards. New flooring have been the first step earlier than we construct a model new island (extra on that quickly!) Cove trim was put in across the base cupboards which must be painted sooner or later.
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Love the pure hand hewn texture. The contractor put in 5″ baseboards. We’re deciding if cove trim needs to be put in.
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Darkish flooring can simply be maintained and cleaned with a Roomba, so when you’re nervous about it displaying dust, that’s our advice. Personally I’d somewhat see the dust and maintain a clear home, versus selecting a ground that hides dust.
I’ve been reluctant to share something new on my weblog these previous couple of years as a result of our previous flooring was such an eyesore and impacted all of our design selections. The lesson is – don’t be like us. Once you buy a house that’s in dire want of a flooring replace, when you can, have your new flooring put in instantly after you shut on the home!
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