Under Foot

Well, we are still on pins and needles waiting to hear about the De Solo house.  The yucky news is that we found out the package STILL hasn't gone to the bank. Apparently the sellers went out of town the day after they accepted our offer, and their agent is "very part-time".  Sometimes no news is good news.  And sometimes no news is no news because nothing is freaking happening.  Our house is a pile of paper sitting on some nimrods desk.  le sigh.

Regardless of which house we end up in, we have to get it furnished and decorated and all that good stuff.  I am already working on my paint colors, and I know the wall treatments I want, both of which are subjects of future posts when I get some prime examples to post up.  Today though, I am pondering floors.

I have long hated the carpets in my current house.  I am sick of carpeting at all.  We have dogs.  WEll, that is an understatement.  We pretty much live for our dogs and they are the only children that we will ever have and so we have planned this move around them for the most part.  With that in mind, there is no reason to keep carpets.  So we are doing the hard flooring thing.

I have contemplated doing concrete floors, but I think that will cost an arm and a leg compared to good ol' laminate flooring.  It is not the best, but it is sturdy and easy to clean.  That about sums up the way we live too. We need something that will last, that we can be lazy with, and not have a heart attack over when the dogs poop on it.  Which they will.  With gusto.

So, I looked at colors today of the popular name brand and I have picked out my favorites. Luckily, one of them is also Eric's favorite, too!  Here is what we were looking at:

Madagaskar Teak (LF 000052) Nice and dark with just a hint of cherry to it.


Dark Cherry (PH 4710) I love the warmth of cherry woods. This is the darkest I saw.  But i'm leaning towards it not being quite dark enough:




Charleston Oak (080110).  Might be a little grey maybe?  It is sort of lacking warmth, but maybe that is because the first two I am drawn to have so much red in them:

And finally, Ebonized Oak (080107).  This one may very well end up being the winner. I love it.  Eric loves it.  It really depends how its going to look up against the walls and whatnot.  I need to do a style board before settling on anything.

So, there is that.  Seeing them all together like this is helpful.  Of course, I have not seen any of them in person. And I haven't put them next to my colors yet, so it is really up in the air as yet.  But hey, at least it is a start.