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Originally Posted by bcrass2  I have the same problem!!! We are remodeling our house this summer and we are tearing out all of our carpet. I'm wanting hardwood in the living room and kitchen. Should we carpet the bedrooms? Can anyone tell me if the hardwood floors are colder in the winter? |
I wouldn't put hardwood in the kitchen unless you finish it with Verathane or some other polyurethane finish. One dropped pot of soup and those wood floors are toast!
Hardwood floors are colder than carpet, warmer than tile. The solution is to put underfloor heating in the bedrooms that you can turn on in the colder months. We just have a few little oriental rugs in the bedroom next to the bed.
This house had a slab floor covered with a relatively new carpet when we bought it. But the previous owner obviously knew little or nothing about cleaning up after his dogs, and the carpet was stained and rank-smelling...so bad that MY dog thought it was the doggie toilet! We took it out and put in oiled French oak. It has been three years and the floor is just lovely. We clean it by hand rubbing it with teak oil (I have a maid...if you don't have one, I STRONGLY recommend a polyurethane finish that can be mopped like tile!).
I have had hardwood floors for more than 30 years, always with at least one house dog. They are warm and beautiful, but require more upkeep than tile or vinyl...but I think they are less work that wall-to-wall carpeting, especially if you have dogs and/or kids.