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Mom2Dogs — Tue, 09 May 2017 20:52:34 GMT

I thought I had posted this question a while backbut I cannot find it...so again I will ask...I have traditional wood floors (parquet) in my dining room. It is in very good condition but we need to update the living room and kitchen flooring. I would like all to match, if not in the same product at least in color match.

Would it look odd and be a big design mistake to not take up the hardwood in the dining room.....and replace so that all three rooms are an identical match? The rooms are not totally open but if you are in one room you can 'see' into the other rooms.

I know parquet is not a popular style anymore but I do not think my husband would be willing to take up perfectly good hardwood just so the other rooms match. The dining room butts up to both rooms, so the dining is sort of in the middle and the kitchen on one side and the living on the other. Thoughts? Thanks!

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pegomyheart — Tue, 09 May 2017 20:56:36 GMT

I think if you could get a color match for all 3 floors you can get way with it.

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NicksmomESQ — Tue, 09 May 2017 21:19:18 GMT

I would not take up a perfectly good floor.I would color match it.My friend just did that with her hardwood floor.She wanted to put laminate down in the adjacent rooms.She color matched it & it looks really nice.

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NickNack — Tue, 09 May 2017 23:19:59 GMT

I would take up the parquet and put the same hardwood throughout. I don't think you'll ever be happy with it if you leave the parquet. I would find a way to talk your husband into it.

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tansy — Tue, 09 May 2017 23:26:48 GMT

I'd go all out and make the flooring the same.

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GCR18 — Wed, 10 May 2017 00:55:31 GMT

I'm sure it will look good if the colors match. If I could swing it though, I'd want the floors to be the same.

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Carmie — Wed, 10 May 2017 01:16:22 GMT

What type of flooring do you plan to put in the kitchen and LR?

I have been in many homes with wood flooring. Wood is a neutral and everything matches it. Because you have parquet, you need to put flooring in adjacent rooms that is plain ( without a pattern) or it will look too busy.

My son purchased a home about two years ago and has the same Parquet flooring in his DR. It looks beautiful and like new, he has carpeting in his LR ( cream colored)and some type of stone or ceramic tile in his kitchen and entryway ( cream colored) not open concept, but you can see the DR from the LR and Kitchen.

I prefer the same type of flooring in at least the LR and DR, but sometimes it's not to be.

You might want to get to get a few samples and bring them home and place the materials side by side to see how they would work together.

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151949 — Wed, 10 May 2017 12:09:46 GMT

I would say to replace the woods in the other rooms then sand the DR and stain them all to match perfectly.

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Mominohio — Wed, 10 May 2017 12:57:02 GMT

I'd say take up the parquet. I have parquet flooring in the kitchen and dining room. It was here when we moved in and in very good condition (and the rest of the flooring in the house was not, so we dealt with the rest of the house.

I always loved the parquet floor, until I got to looking at some pictures of it that I had taken of my home and decor. I realized how 'busy' it looked, and how 'too' dark it really is. Looking at it I thought it was ok, in pictures, I always see things differently. You may want to consider that, looking at it through the lens of a camera.

Unless your dining room is really a sealed off separate room, like in old houses where it has doors to close it off, and completely has four walls, a completely separate room in and of itself, then you might be ok to leave it, as it won't be obvious from other rooms. But, if the room opens up into even one of the other rooms you will be changing, I'd say you will not be happy with the look if you don't just do it all.

Replacing flooring is a huge mess and a lot of work, so just get it all out of the way at one time. I think you will be glad you did.

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Mom2Dogs — Wed, 10 May 2017 14:51:10 GMT

Thanks for the replies...The parquet was put down about 30 years ago, but still looks great. It is a true hardood and I say that only because I found the bill last year and we only paid $200.00 for the product. My husband and a good friend put it down!

If I get all new flooring do i match the base boards to the new floor? All base boards and trim match thru the house.

thanks.

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NickNack — Wed, 10 May 2017 14:59:14 GMT

@Mom2Dogs wrote:
Thanks for the replies...The parquet was put down about 30 years ago, but still looks great. It is a true hardood and I say that only because I found the bill last year and we only paid $200.00 for the product. My husband and a good friend put it down!

If I get all new flooring do i match the base boards to the new floor? All base boards and trim match thru the house.

thanks.

I have all hardwood floors, and my baseboards are painted the same color as the trim and doors in the rest of the house. The flooring people never mentioned getting new baseboard, too. I think the baseboard and trim should match throughout the entire house. I would not match them to the new floor.

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Fressa — Wed, 10 May 2017 15:11:46 GMT

I matched all the baseboards to one, same color thru the first level. I matched the same color of flooring to all those rooms. I have a semi open floor plan so I had a similar decisions when I replaced our floors.

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faeriemoon — Wed, 10 May 2017 15:34:46 GMT

Is it a really cool, good quality parquet? Or is it the builder kind that looks like it was made from Jenga tiles? (Strips of wood in alternating square design.)

If it's the latter, I think I'd replace it, or sand it and stain all three rooms the same color.

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Mom2Dogs — Wed, 10 May 2017 15:51:41 GMT

@faeriemoon wrote:
Is it a really cool, good quality parquet? Or is it the builder kind that looks like it was made from Jenga tiles? (Strips of wood in alternating square design.)

If it's the latter, I think I'd replace it, or sand it and stain all three rooms the same color.

@faeriemoon, yes it is good quality and still in good shape. I am just concerned about having parquet in one room and planks in the other two rooms.......I have a semi open floor plan. decisions, decisions!

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Carmie — Wed, 10 May 2017 18:23:45 GMT

Are you going to use large area rugs in the LR and DR? If you do that with matching rugs, it will tie the rooms with the mismatched floors together.

My cousin built a house a couple of years ago and she has parquet flooring in her DR and regular hardwood in all other other rooms on the same floor. I remember that the parquet was framed around the edges about 2 feet from the walls... like a big picture frame, with the parquet in the middle. It really looks nice. This cousin is quite the decorator and her home Is beautiful. All of her floors and woodwork are real cherry wood.

Above an example of what I am talking about. It might be a good way to tie in your parquet floor.

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faeriemoon — Wed, 10 May 2017 18:32:04 GMT

@Mom2Dogs In that case, I think I'd try to preserve it. I try to hold on to things that are unique and different. You can still sand it and stain all the floors the same color in one shot. I think it will be beautiful.

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magicmoodz — Wed, 10 May 2017 18:57:22 GMT

Because you paid $200 for your dining room floor 30 years ago, I don't think you have to feel guilty about replacing it. Since you are going to have to go through all the effort (and mess) of having new floors installed, if I were you, I would definitely want my floors to flow from one room to another (and to look current). I vote to replace!