Laminate flooring has come a good distance within the final 10 years, and after 5 years of residing with outdated, dingy flooring and 20-year-old carpet, we lastly put in laminate on our first ground! These images 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 venture is the sport changer!
We waited 5 years primarily as a result of, nicely, 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 arduous, and it feels good to deal with dwelling tasks that we are able to personally get pleasure from.
BEFORE PHOTOS
Listed below are a few of the itemizing images of the home, you possibly can take the total 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 named Earthen Chestnut, the Uncommon Classic Line by Mohawk. It isn’t offered in huge field shops, so that you’d need to go to a neighborhood flooring vendor and haggle on value a bit. We landed on a value round $2.60/sq. foot for round 1200 sq. toes (excluding labor).
We love the natural-looking hand-hewn end and the variation of coloration. Imagine it or not, this wasn’t our first selection. We had been on a little bit of a wild goose chase on the lookout for flooring that “wowed” us however was nonetheless in our value level. Our first selection was discontinued, so though this flooring was our second selection, we really feel prefer it was meant to be and are SO pleased with it.
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I captured just a few images throughout our first sunny day which exhibits the true colours of the ground.
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Some paint and trim updates are wanted, however love how this all appears.
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Oliver approves. 🙂
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A kitchen redesign is in progress and we might change the colour of the cupboards. New flooring had 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 in some unspecified time in the future.
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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 should you’re anxious about it exhibiting grime, that’s our advice. Personally I might moderately see the grime and hold a clear home, versus selecting a ground that hides grime.
I’ve been reluctant to share something new on my weblog these previous few years as a result of our outdated flooring was such an eyesore and impacted all of our design selections. The lesson is – don’t be like us. If you buy a house that’s in dire want of a flooring replace, should you can, have your new flooring put in instantly after you shut on the home!
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