We are buying a home and want to replace roughly 800-1,000 sf of carpet with hardwood. One kid, no pets. REALLY prefer real wood. Do you have any recommended products or tips?
Our new house (good lord, it's really happening) is a plain but nicer 1970s ranch in excellent condition. It is VERY bland and has dark oak trim, which I guess we'll live with. We want to get hardwood in the open LR/DR and maybe the master bedroom. Honestly, if we had more money I'd do it in the whole main floor, but this is fine for now.
We would like a pretty classic look - medium toned oak, maybe a little midcentury-ish, standard width. REALLY don't want LVP, laminate or an engineered product unless it's astoundingly real-looking. I've also heard that Lumber Liquidators lies about the safety of their products (e.g. chemical off-gassing and other stuff from Chinese manufacturers who don't disclose). We will likely have someone install this for us, but it's... maybe possible we could get a handy couple friends to help? We live in Wisconsin, and there are no moisture issues.
Products some friends have used successfully:
Helmsman engineered floors (I am not a fan of the hand-scraped look)
Great Lakes from Menards
Any other tips would be very welcome. Thanks! |
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