Laminate flooring has come a great distance within the final 10 years, and after 5 years of residing with outdated, dingy flooring and 20-year-old carpet, we lastly put in laminate on our first ground!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 just some days after the contractors left so the home remains to be in cleanup mode. However we’re SO in love with our new flooring and wow, this challenge 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 lately, 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 exhausting, and it feels good to give attention to dwelling initiatives that we are able to personally take pleasure in.
BEFORE PHOTOS
Listed below are among the itemizing images of the home, you possibly can 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 named Earthen Chestnut, the Uncommon Classic Line by Mohawk. It isn’t bought in large field shops, so that you’d must go to an area flooring seller and haggle on value a bit. We landed on a value round $2.60/sq. foot for round 1200 sq. ft (excluding labor).
We love the natural-looking hand-hewn end and the variation of coloration. Consider it or not, this wasn’t our first alternative. We have been on a little bit of a wild goose chase searching for flooring that “wowed” us however was nonetheless in our value level. Our first alternative was discontinued, so although this flooring was our second alternative, we really feel prefer it was meant to be and are SO proud of 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 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 fairly 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 outdated flooring was such an eyesore and impacted all of our design choices. The lesson is – don’t be like us. If 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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