We took a trip down to Dalton, GA at our builder's recommendation. Apparently it is the flooring capital of the US and there are miles and miles of every flooring store you could want. Both our builder and another local friend recommended the same flooring store, so off we went.
We looked at Pergo. We looked at hardwood. We looked at laminate. We looked at tile. We looked at carpet. We looked and looked and looked. We were able to make a choice within an hour or so for the flooring that will be in most of the home. Great room, kitchen, dining room, and loft will all be in the same wood-look flooring. Tile in the bathroom of course. And carpet in all 3 bedrooms.
We actually picked out the flooring we wanted in the first 10 minutes. We loved the variation in board width, variation in color, a nice cool brown base color and within budget. All to find out that it was a cheap laminate floor. Glue and sawdust. We wanted something that would be long lasting and will withstand spills, pets, and our steam mop. We told him we didn't need something as high end as hardwood, but something that looks nice with good abrasion and moisture resistance (there are multiple scratches in our apartment flooring already).
He pointed us towards this beautiful flooring choice. Southwind Hard Surface Flooring in Woodland. It is an engineered wood flooring that has a built in pad and will be super easy to install. Oh, it's also water-proof. Win-win. We will save some $$ on the install (and hopefully do most of it ourselves) and it is going to look gorgeous.
Then was on to carpet. We wanted something that was pretty neutral to help with our many decor changes and wouldn't show a lot of cat hair and dirt. And of course something that will feel good between the toes like carpet should.
The salesmen directed us to PureSoft Carpet in a variety of colors. It is super soft and comes with a lifetime carpet pad.
You can see Liz pointing to the color we selected with our wood flooring selection next to it. They are lovely warm compliments to each other and are neutral enough to look great with any decor and furniture choices down the road. Also, this flooring sample and the entire carpet board came home with us for future color matches.
Last, we talked tile. Liz isn't completely sold yet (it may just need to grow on her a bit), but for now we have picked out this Ava Terina tile in 12x12 squares.
We will also get some of the smaller 4x4 tiles and do a decorative border like this one somewhere in the master shower to add some interest.
So things are coming along! We are excited to make more decisions and see more happening on the property.
Toodles!
Liz and Mike
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