Anyone have these? I've decided I'm going to get hardwood floors in my living room. My dogs decided to catch a bug while I was gone the other evening and in the process the carpet was collateral damage. I had been thinking about getting rid of my carpet before that, so they decided for me. They look pretty bad ass from the pics I've seen, but I haven't been able to find a place that has a sample of them yet. Opinions wanted!
Not that it matters but it is a bit of a misnomer to call it walnut. That is just made of because of American and English taste over the centuries. Regardless it is a decent wood for building and flooring but it is a bit endangered because it is slow growing and being over harvested. I personally would not support that practice.
I don't remember the name of the place. But its in the same strip center as a 24Hour on 45 by Almeda Mall. Really good prices. Then I just found someone from Craigslist and he did a pretty good job. Though this is like five years ago.
Agree on bamboo -- very tough stuff, so good if you like to have dogs around. Especially dogs that barf and poop all over the place, like yours do.
I think the Brazilian Walnut is a better look, and could single handedly give a room a modern contemporary look/feel. But so could the Cherry I guess... Hell, you really can't go wrong either way.
My boss has these floors in his office, they are the hand scraped though. I personally don't really care for them. I would go with Bamboo as well if you want something sturdy. That is what I have in my house. Go to lumber liquidators and they can help.
I like highly contrasted Brazilian floors. And have you ever considered concrete floors with acid treatment. I just googled some images of that. Pretty amazing
Thanks for the responses. I'll check out some more bamboo but I wasn't sure how well it would hold up. I thought it looked good but the Ipe was awesome when I saw it highly contrasted in some pictures. Also rimbaud I didn't know Ipe was over harvested. I was trying to find out more on that but it seemed like everything I found was biased. You have the lumber sellers who are like "There is infinity Ipe wood and it grows everywhere!" and then you have the other side that said it's rare outside of national preserves and only one or two trees grow per acre. Considering its popularity and usefulness I was surprised that I couldn't find articles about Ipe farms. I never knew wood with its properties even existed.
