Comments on: Living room updates http://www.triagefromhome.com/2008/09/living-room-updates/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:23:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Helen http://www.triagefromhome.com/2008/09/living-room-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-232 Helen Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:39:00 +0000 http://www.triagefromhome.com/?p=89#comment-232 Wow, that sounds neat! We actually have a light hardwood on our stairs (you can see it in the foyer pictures) and throughout the upper level (except for the dining room, which also has this lovely dusty-rose-thank-you-1980 carpet. I don't know if it's because our dogs are so little (about 10 pounds each) but I don't see any real damage to the floors from their nails so far. <br/><br/>We were thinking maybe cork...I'm not sure. I don't want to have too many different floorings and we want tile in the entrance...we'll have to see. Wow, that sounds neat! We actually have a light hardwood on our stairs (you can see it in the foyer pictures) and throughout the upper level (except for the dining room, which also has this lovely dusty-rose-thank-you-1980 carpet. I don’t know if it’s because our dogs are so little (about 10 pounds each) but I don’t see any real damage to the floors from their nails so far.

We were thinking maybe cork…I’m not sure. I don’t want to have too many different floorings and we want tile in the entrance…we’ll have to see.

]]> By: Lauralyn http://www.triagefromhome.com/2008/09/living-room-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-231 Lauralyn Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:01:00 +0000 http://www.triagefromhome.com/?p=89#comment-231 Hi there Helen...if you are putting in a hardwood floor, one thing to keep in mind...the dogs nails can really do damage...we found that out when my sis came and visited with her dogs...One idea that is really inexpensive...a gf of mine used it (suggested by her contractor cousin who has done this in several houses) take a thicker plywood and with a skillsaw put varying cuts (not all the way thru) then sand and stain and then paint on a varnish floor paint over...and it looks JUST like hardwood flooring and it is a lot cheaper and easy to install. They did their living room/dining area in a really dark color and the baby's bedroom in a distressed white...VERY nice, looks JUST like your regular wood floors and you can make the cuts so it looks like wide boards or narrow or a mix of both!!! Hi there Helen…if you are putting in a hardwood floor, one thing to keep in mind…the dogs nails can really do damage…we found that out when my sis came and visited with her dogs…One idea that is really inexpensive…a gf of mine used it (suggested by her contractor cousin who has done this in several houses) take a thicker plywood and with a skillsaw put varying cuts (not all the way thru) then sand and stain and then paint on a varnish floor paint over…and it looks JUST like hardwood flooring and it is a lot cheaper and easy to install. They did their living room/dining area in a really dark color and the baby’s bedroom in a distressed white…VERY nice, looks JUST like your regular wood floors and you can make the cuts so it looks like wide boards or narrow or a mix of both!!!

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