01-31-2014, 08:40 PM
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I always wonder just why people put wall to wall carpet over finished wood floors.
If you want carpet rather than the wood, the right thing to do is to lay area rugs and leave an exposed wood perimeter. That way the class look of the wood is still there and if you choose correctly the rug will accent the look.
The house I grew up in had linoleum tiles in the kitchen, hallway and bathroom.......wall to wall carpet over unfinished wood in the living room, one bedroom linoleum and the other carpet over wood like the living room and the dining room was finished hardwood with an area rug. There was a 19" perimeter of exposed wood that we kept waxed and polished.
Once a year (spring) we would empty the room, take up the rug and wax the whole floor.
It looked very high class in a middle class home.
If you want carpet rather than the wood, the right thing to do is to lay area rugs and leave an exposed wood perimeter. That way the class look of the wood is still there and if you choose correctly the rug will accent the look.
The house I grew up in had linoleum tiles in the kitchen, hallway and bathroom.......wall to wall carpet over unfinished wood in the living room, one bedroom linoleum and the other carpet over wood like the living room and the dining room was finished hardwood with an area rug. There was a 19" perimeter of exposed wood that we kept waxed and polished.
Once a year (spring) we would empty the room, take up the rug and wax the whole floor.
It looked very high class in a middle class home.
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