Plywood

So, apparently we are in escrow.  How cool is that!  Wednesday we go in for our inspections and picture taking, so look for an update soon there after with lots of photos!

Today I am thinking about flooring, and have been on the mad search for CHEAP but BEAUTIFUL ideas.  There will be no carpet (the cheapest option, truthfully) because we do not live a carpet life style.  Multiple doggies + carpet = no me gusta.

I have done some looking into bare concrete flooring  and acid staining, but that costs quite a bit and is not really a DIY.  I was on the phone with my pops last night and he mentioned plywood flooring.  I had not thought of this aspect (I have always been thinking laminate, see earlier posts).  So in doing some searching, I found some pretty great stuff:

Found at http://design-crisis.com/?tag=painted-floors 

Pretty, right? Hard to believe that that is just plywood that has been sealed; no stain or anything.  We would definitely stain ours as we agree that dark wood is what we are going to be doing in the house.

A person who has done this to their flooring commented as follows "I cut 4×4′ sections of 1/2″ birch plywood, glued it to the sub-floor using a high-quality wood flooring glue (there are quite a few), then for an industrial look, countersunk stainless screws at each corner so they were flush with the top of the my birch “tiles” but left them visible, sanded the floor and then sealed the floor with 3 coats of hardwood floor polyurethane. Five years later they look great, are easy to clean – same as a regular hardwood floor"

Seems super doable, right (says the person with no hand tools, experience, or time...)?

Then again, lots of folks saying it is so soft that everything dents it, which also doesn't match up with our idea of easy living.

Ho hum.