Carpet or Hardwood in Bedrooms?
 

Its for an old Craftsman home I'm flipping, I love the wood, but do you think doing the entire house in Hardwood will make the house feel really cold?

What do you prefer in your bedrooms?

Thanks

My preference would be hardwood throughout. Carpet is fucking nasty.

Hardwood, especially if it is an old craftsman style home. Hardwood floors will actually increase the value of the home as well.

I agree that carpeting is nasty.

But it's a big house, don't you think it will feel really cold? I'm even doing the Kitchen in Hardwood.

That's why God invented area rugs and slippers.

I thought the Persians invented the Rugs, and God only invented the slippers. :Oh crap

If it was my own house, hardwood everywhere... for flipping who knows...

Precisely.

damn i am the odd ball. I would never ever ever put hardwood in the bedrooms. I always put carpet. that shit is cold when you get up. Yeah you can put a rud down but that only helps in a spot and i dont wear slippers lol

Na, I'm totally with you, I always have carpet in my bedrooms, my closets and cozy rooms.
But for resell value, I wasn't sure.

I have a pretty large house and both the main floor and top floor are all hardwood. Not cold at all. Go with hardwood, much nicer on resale value too.
WG

Hardwood for sure! I hate carpets.
You can do a lot with wall-colors and furniture to avoid it would look too "cold"

I agree about the resale value, but what about walking around barefoot, and kids playing and all that fun stuff?

What do you have in your Master Closet or Walk-In Closets?

Im putting in wood or laminate in my bedroom. I got a berber carpet right now with all the dogs it looks like shit and good luck cleaning it.

I like carpet in the bedroom, but if there is already wood it would be stupid to cover it

Hardwood because of the Craftsman. It's easier to sell to a house with hardwood floors to a buyer that wants carpet than it is to sell a house with carpet to a buyer that wants hardwood floors.

Besides, there is a good chance that the buyer will end up putting in a huge area/room rug that shows off that its hardwood while still giving the warmth of carpet.

Hard wood with rug pieces.. Under the coffee table under the bed and about 1.5 to 2.5 feet out. etc.

I have off-white carpet on EVERY inch of my house including the kitchen and bathrooms. I love it.


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If this is an honest-to-God Craftsman home and you carpet it, you will immensely detract from the value and chracter of a very rare commodity. Quite a few of those are still around but relatively few in original condition. The more original is your Craftsman home, the more desireable it is.

Sally.

Hardwood - you can always put a rug down if you want something warm to walk on.

My wife has bitched about carpeting in the bedroom for months, and I took it all up and cleaned the hardwood floor underneath, now she gripes that the floor is too slick...guess it is area rug time.

Damn, that would drive me nuts. I have hardwood throughout my whole house except in the kitchens and bathroom, its tile.

I have hardwood everywhere but in bedrooms, even in the bathroom. I love the feeling of a carpet when I wake up. It also is great in kids rooms, they love to play on it.

Exactly :thumbsup

Depends the country!

Having hardwood in England is the opposite to asking for sand in a desert :winkwink:



I love wooden & marble floors, more so the marble as I used to be a ceramic tiler, but boy, in Britain, you want to get up to something warm, thats carpet :thumbsup

Use the right vacuum cleaner & your ok for dust mites :2 cents:

Don't install black carpet.

My house has it and although it is awesome and makes the house look like none other, it shows every little damn thing. Could vacuum it 5 times a day and it wouldn't be enough.

hardwood everywhere, slate in the kitchen and bathrooms and entrance. area rugs are your friend :)

slate in the laundry room too...

Yeah, it is. But it's also a huge house so that's a lot of wood. But I think you guys are right, I think hardwood is the way to go especially since I'm selling it as a Full Blown Original Craftsman.

I don't have a stitch of carpet anywhere in my condo.

I've never ever had a bedroom with hardwood floors. Always carpets.

Come to think of it, I've never had a house with hardwood floors. Always tile and carpeting. Entire downstairs is all tile, and upstairs is all carpet.

I agree about hardwood , love it:thumbsup BTW what is a Craftsman home ?

Nothing better than well taken of hardwood.You can take a chance with color schemes with carpet,but everyone LOVES a good wood floor.

go hardwood with heated flooring ;)

yes, carpet sucks, just get area rugs.

btw: hardwood floors don't make it get any colder.:2 cents::2 cents:

hardwood with rug.

we had hardwood in our last house was 3k sf and i hated it. cold as shit in the winter and the house echoed horribly. i could fart in the bath room you could hear it in the game room on the other side of the house lol

Best way to explain it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Craftsman

I have hardwood floors throughout the house, except the bathroom and kitchen which are tile. Having had rugs before, I prefer wood.


Spanx!
Jack