Hardwood Floors....Let's see Yours

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  1. Tony

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    The wife and I will be pulling the trigger on 750 sq/ft of hardwood flooring to cover our great room, kitchen, and hallway.

    This is what we are going with ...Rustic Hickory from the Amish...

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    We absolutely HATE rugs as they never are really lean......

    Do you have hardwood floors and if so, let's see them :)
     
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    I like that A LOT Tony!

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    Thanks, Dan :)

    The Amish sell this stuff so heap (friend onnetion) $3.95 sq/ft unfinished. My connection has a contractor that will put it in and finish it for less than $2K . The whole project...less than $5,000
     
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    Can't beat that at all! I'm in the process of remodeling our nursery. The wife keeps reminding me of how many days till baby #2 arrives. Lol.

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  5. Tony

    Tony Legendary Woodsman

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    Man, I miss those days...tho being a grandpa has it's advantages :)

    Normally I would lay the floor myself, but since it is unfinished and he will warranty it....no brainer
     
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    Ya that would be alot of work and your getting a good price.

    Ya these days are stressful lol. I can't keep up with my 19 month old as it is. I don't know what I'm going to do!

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    We did hickory in our basement with log siding walls. I love the look of hickory. Some like clear wood but I love the character of it


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    I just finished installing brazilian cherry in our house. Turned out great. Here's the only decent pic I have on my phone.

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  9. Tony

    Tony Legendary Woodsman

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    Looks awesome! I love cherry ....the wife wants Hickory, which I love also
     
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    Thank you sir! It's actually an engineered floor since we're on a slab. Had to use 18 50# bags of self leveling to get the concrete slab perfectly flat to lay this. It was quite a job. We were glad to get rid of the nasty carpet. No more static either. ;)

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    I have the same exact project going on this weekend. We picked a floor like this.
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    Tony Legendary Woodsman

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    Love that...what kind of wood is it?
     
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    Turro, good looking basement...tony, nice pick!
     
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    I love natural hickory floors... Good call!
     
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    It's a laminate from Lowe's it's called "Natural Acacia Laminate"

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    Here's some from a couple of our cabins. Floors are close to 100 years old :tu:

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    This floor was refinished a few years ago.

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    We only have wood in the kitchen, typical dark oak that you will see in Illinois.

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    Crappy photo, but our kitchen, living room, foyer, gym, and upstairs hallway, are all 2 1/4" oak.

    We will most likely do a wide plank maple or even a walnut/hickory mix in our next home.

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    All beautiful, guys...keep them coming...

    I failed to mention that the floor boards come in varying width from 4"-6"
     
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    this is about as good of a pic I can find

    it's all dark stained pine that is almost 100 years old throughout the house

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