extremely expensive flooring

[scaredyclassic]

so we are shopping for about 1000 sq ft of flooring and go to a high end reclaimed wood place in Rainbow. wife is set on salvaged handrefinished woods. gorgeous but at well over 20/sq ft. and expensive install this is 20kplus. for floor. jeepers. when we moved in, the carpet was thrashed upstairs. half a decade later weve still done nothing.

for 20/ sq ft i want to buy a house, not just floor!

id love to put in 3k worth of cheap carpet and be done…but shed rather stay with the probably 15 year old carpet and save for the good stuff.

its kind of a lot for wood.

is there a price for flooring that is just too damn much?

[spdrun]

Tile it or just use good hardwood, not hipster reclaimed junk.

[FlyerInHi]

You could learn to install it yourself. Haha.
Nice material and finish are expensive.

One thing about wood is you need to refinish every so often especially if you have active family and pets.

Don’t break up the flooring with patches of different finish. Do the whole house.

[scaredyclassic]

[quote=spdrun]Tile it or just use good hardwood, not hipster reclaimed junk.[/quote]

but…im a hipster…

[scaredyclassic]

[quote=FlyerInHi]You could learn to install it yourself. Haha.
Nice material and finish are expensive.

One thing about wood is you need to refinish every so often especially if you have active family and pets.

Don’t break up the flooring with patches of different finish. Do the whole house.[/quote]

downstairs is nice. former owner did that already…could try to match it i guess. but why? why is matching good?

[Anonymous]

Is it the Vintage Timberworks place?

They’ve got cool stuff there but I couldn’t justify purchasing antique wood for flooring.

[FlyerInHi]

[quote=scaredyclassic]

downstairs is nice. former owner did that already…could try to match it i guess. but why? why is matching good?[/quote]

Flooring flow is generally best. but if it’s upstairs, that’s ok to use different finish. just try not to butt up flooring finishes together.

Design is a field of study in of itself. It’s all about flow. There are some contradictory principles. Matchy matchy furniture is bad. But flooring flow is important. Depends what you want to achieve.

Reclaimed wood in great. Timeless and goes well with different decor. it’s worth the money if you really want it. My friends installed in their house in OC. It wears very well with time — 2 kids, pets, frequent parties… The house is lived in.

New wood scratch more easily and doesn’t wear as well. You get what you pay for.

[flyer]

Go for it scaredy–sounds great.

My wife is all about French Country, combined with Amalfi Coast decor (her two favorite places) so we have lots of distressed woods, since the styles range from elegant to farmhouse chic.

Art and view are the focal points in most of our rooms, but here are some other ideas you also might want to consider:

http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/18393601/list/6-focal-points-to-build-a-beautiful-interior-around

This might also be of interest:

http://www.curbed.com/2012/9/21/10326430/luxe-homes-from-forbes-list-of-hippest-hipster-nabes

[scaredyclassic]

[quote=flyer]Go for it scaredy–sounds great.

My wife is all about French Country, combined with Amalfi Coast decor (her two favorite places) so we have lots of distressed woods, since the styles range from elegant to farmhouse chic.

Art and view are the focal points in most of our rooms, but here are some other ideas you also might want to consider:

http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/18393601/list/6-focal-points-to-build-a-beautiful-interior-around

This might also be of interest:

http://www.curbed.com/2012/9/21/10326430/luxe-homes-from-forbes-list-of-hippest-hipster-nabes%5B/quote%5D

very nice. wife also wants to redo kitchen. ugh. i would be happy to just leave everything as it is. it is all truly ok.

i gotta admit though, some of thst reclaimed wood is neat…

[scaredyclassic]

[quote=harvey]Is it the Vintage Timberworks place?

They’ve got cool stuff there but I couldn’t justify purchasing antique wood for flooring.[/quote]

http://www.vintagetimber.com

yep.

fancy.

i guess theres dumber things to spend 20k on.

[duchess]

Vintage is great. We spent a small fortune on our hand hewn beams from there. They add an element of authenticity to the home that can’t be beat. That said, we used Duchateau floors for our casita where we wanted to use wood floors. $8/Sq ft plus installation. The floors complement the beams well. The rest of the house is French limestone and honed marble.

[scaredyclassic]

hey the duchateau stuff looks really nice on the website. how is it holding up? satified?

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