Hazels Oak
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Evening chaps,
Probably an old timeless question but on the subject of what flooring to choose for our living and kitchen, my husband and I are stumped as to what to do.
This is a fleshing out pros and cons thread but may also prove useful to anyone else who has these choices to make!
Firstly, our cottage is an early 18th century former watermill nestled in Devon. Currently it is carpet in the living room with what we assume to be concrete and then compacted earth. (Could also be granite under the concrete) and the kitchen currently has some old small tiles.
The question:
Do we opt for all wood in both kitchen and living room? We think we need to choose engineered to stop the potential warping.
Or
Do we choose stone for throughout? Something rustic and aged looking like tumbled limestone. It should be said now that we won’t be looking to put underfloor heating in for a few reasons but are going to be putting in infrared heat panels.
Will the infrared heat panels counter our potential choice to put down stone? Or do we do a mix of wood in the living room and stone in the kitchen?
Does anyone have any of these combos and find they wish they had the other?
Big ramble that ultimately comes down to preference in aesthetics and also for thinking about preferences for any future kids.
Pros and cons to any are greatly appreciated!
Probably an old timeless question but on the subject of what flooring to choose for our living and kitchen, my husband and I are stumped as to what to do.
This is a fleshing out pros and cons thread but may also prove useful to anyone else who has these choices to make!
Firstly, our cottage is an early 18th century former watermill nestled in Devon. Currently it is carpet in the living room with what we assume to be concrete and then compacted earth. (Could also be granite under the concrete) and the kitchen currently has some old small tiles.
The question:
Do we opt for all wood in both kitchen and living room? We think we need to choose engineered to stop the potential warping.
Or
Do we choose stone for throughout? Something rustic and aged looking like tumbled limestone. It should be said now that we won’t be looking to put underfloor heating in for a few reasons but are going to be putting in infrared heat panels.
Will the infrared heat panels counter our potential choice to put down stone? Or do we do a mix of wood in the living room and stone in the kitchen?
Does anyone have any of these combos and find they wish they had the other?
Big ramble that ultimately comes down to preference in aesthetics and also for thinking about preferences for any future kids.
Pros and cons to any are greatly appreciated!