Heavy foot traffic will beat up pretty plush carpeting.
Should wood floors match throughout house.
Floors walls and ceilings the largest color areas in a room influence all other colors including wood tones.
Keep your local climate in mind damp and humid weather can shorten a floor s lifespan.
While some people think that they should match the floors throughout their homes for a sense of uniformity and space it is unnecessary to do this.
Underestimate wear and tear depending on where you re planning to install new flooring drop a glass jar on ceramic tile and it ll chip.
It will be fine to mix hardwood flooring in the situation you describe.
But if you are still in the selection phase i would suggest that you enhance the flow of the home.
Thanks for your post melandgav.
March 14 2018 if you are like many people who are thinking about installing new hardwood floors you might have the idea that all of your floors should match.
You can choose to have different flooring in each room if that works for you but synergy and flow from selecting one central flooring material can look wonderful too.
Maintaining a sense of cohesion throughout the house should be the main goal here.
Especially if you had bad 80s carpet beforehand.
But it seems like hardwood floors are an expected feature so they re not valued as much as they used to be.
Off the foyer the living room flooring can be sculpted carpet wood cork bamboo laminate tile or stone.
Put simply the answer to the question do wood floors have to match room to room is entirely one of personal choice.
You might recoup your costs yes.
Finishing both floors at the same time increases the chances your existing wood floors will match with your brand new one.
For instance if you want to lay a darker wood in a room off the hallway aim to match the color with a darker wood in the hallway.
Sometimes though there may be no choice but to tear out the old flooring and start again from scratch.
For instance hardwood can warp.
Keeping the hardwood all the same will make it look larger.