I want to see pictures of your flooring!

[Fox-Gal]

We riped our carpet out not to long ago, the pets had taken all the life out of it. So we went with tile and area rugs. I'm happy we did, I still get the feel of carpet that I like but the easy clean up after the zoo crew comes in and out. Plus the area rugs are easy to clean when there's been a accident. Just today I took one out side, hung it over the railing, put carpet cleaned on it and washed it off with the pressure hose. Tomorrow it will be dry and back in, clean. No more worry about that deep in dirt that you get with wall to wall.

I did have the problem, once with one of the dogs slipping on the tile so now the area rugs are set up so she can step from rug to rug. The parts with out rugs she stays away from.


Now the house in N.C. has hard wood floors and the cats hate it, even though I love the look of wood. They will come running across the room and try to come to a stop but instead they slid into a stop. Ever few years we have to get them waxed and then the only stoping of running cats is the wall. So again area rugs come into play.

[JALB]

Here are some pics of the different floors in our house. The first three are the floor in my room and the next three are the floor in the kitchen. One more...

[JALB]

Princess in the kitchen

[borzoimom]

Here are some pics of the different floors in our house. The first three are the floor in my room and the next three are the floor in the kitchen. One more...

I like the one in the kitchen too! Nice neutral color, but stylish.. Hmm- berber or tile.. hmm..

[kimlovescats]

My husband has FINALLY agreed to pull up our NASTY carpeting in the upstairs "kitty room" and downstairs living room and hallway. We plan to put linoleum tiles upstairs and Pergo laminate floors downstairs. This is all "supposed" to take place after the holidays AND when we have the money to do it. With all that is going on with my daughter right now, it might have to wait. *sigh*

I will post pictures as soon as I get them, because I have waited for this for five years!

[mruffruff]

This summer I laid Pergo in most of my house over bad hardwood floors. I'm supposed to have a 30 year warranty.

It looks great. But I'm not sure I did good.

The dogs can't get on the bed because it's slippery (Maybe that's good

I had to put rubber pads under all the furniture so the floor wouldn't get scratched.

Chairs slide into the wall when you sit down--or get up.

Any wet spot has to be mopped up right away or the edge might lift. I have a spot under a chair that did that overnight.

Pergo has to be cleaned carefully; use a Swiffer or Clorox mop or be ready to dry it as you go.

I did put down an area rug in the living room and a couple of smaller rugs in the den, but now I have rugs to clean, too.

I wisely put sheet vinyl in my kitchen. I chose a dark brown stone-like pattern. I have been supremely happy with it. It doesn't have a bright shine to it so it doesn't show the dirt or need to be cleaned often and it isn't slippery. I eliminated all small rugs, too. Floor clean up takes 10 minutes.

When I do my daughter's house, I'm going to use sheet vinyl with a wood pattern so I can have the look of hardwood with the care of vinyl.

Live and learn.