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[NickNack]

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@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.

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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.

[Fressa]

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. 

[faeriemoon]

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.

[Mom2Dogs]

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@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.

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@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! 

[Carmie]

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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.

[faeriemoon]

@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.

[magicmoodz]

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!