Collaborative Post
You may remember that I have recently moved and something I always said I wanted when I moved out of my old place was less carpeted areas, more solid wood flooring instead. We found the perfect house for us, plenty of space and a nice garden – but yet again everywhere is carpeted except for the kitchens and bathrooms!
Carpet can be such a nightmare especially with accident prone, clumsy kids like mine so I’ve already spent a lot of time rubbing and scrubbing to get stains out and hoovering constantly to pick up crumbs and fluff before they get embedded into the carpet.
I’ve got a few reasons why I would love solid wood flooring throughout my house and I thought I’d share them with you today.
Carpets Can Get So Grubby
Carpets can get so grubby with just adults living in a house let alone kids in a house too. Olivia is currently potty training, we have two pet rats who obviously run around when getting their daily exercise and we have a puppy coming home to us soon too. You can imagine how grubby the carpets can get and it can take a lot to maintain. Wood flooring would be so much easier to maintain.
Wood flooring is also much more hygienic than other types of flooring especially carpets where dust and parasites can harbour.
It Is Very Durable
When you consider the amount of wear and tear flooring gets in a household from the different people and pets constantly walking through, you definitely want something that will stand the test of time. Solid wood flooring is known for being fairly durable and is often recommended for rooms in a house that see a lot of footfall. Good quality solid wood flooring can last for decades!
It Looks Good
I always love it when I walk into someone’s house and see wood flooring – it just looks great and is super easy to clean and maintain which means it almost always looks fantastic, no matter what. You can get different colours and different finishes to find the perfect match for your home.
If scratched or worn, it can easily be brought back to as new with a little bit of TLC. Much less costly than having to replace a load of carpet or other types of flooring.
It Can Increase The Value Of A Home
Estate agents have actually said that homes with wood flooring sell twice as easily as homes with other types of flooring. It is a popular choice for a reason and it seems many people are looking for that type of flooring when buying a home. Why wouldn’t you want to increase the value of your home?
These are just a few reasons why I would love solid wood flooring in my home. We would actually consider buying this house if it ever came up for sale so maybe we can eventually get the flooring we would like!
I never realised wood floors increase the value of a home, that’s so interesting! I definitely like the look of wood floors, especially from Pinterest inspo. Great post 🙂
Anika
I love wooden floors they look so good in the home. They definitely increase value – we use it in homes we prepare for rental. It really does help bring in tenants faster.
Wooden floors definitely are much easier all round when you have children and pets! The number of drinks that have been spilled over the years and mucky paw prints would have totally ruined a carpet in our lounge. I didn’t realise they add value so that’s always good to know! Sim x
In the right room it can look great, can be a lot tougher and long-lasting than many other floors, great post.
We took all the carpet up in our house as soon as we moved, they are so unhygienic, we much prefer wooden floors.
Wooden flooring is much easier than carpert for cleaning, hygene especially with animals in the house, I have been looking a lot at floorings lately
You are so right a wood floor is not only durable but deffo looks amazing too. We are thinking about wood flooring our home xx
A quality wood floor is lovely. We’ve got really cheap and nasty laminate in our house from before i moved in 10 years ago. would love to change it to real wood but we’ve got nowhere to store the furniture ;-(
Wood flooring is gorgeous, although we opted for lino that looks like wood whilst the kids are young
We’re opting for wooden floorings in our kitchen/ diner because it will be so much easier to clean especially around food x
Solid wood flooring adds a touch of class to any room – and it’s so much easier to keep clean than carpet. Win-win!
Solid wood flooring is not only stylish and makes your room look modern but so easy to clean the floor as well especially if you have kids who tend to spill food on the floor.
We have laminate flooring at present but I would love to have solid wood as it has an added warmth that I find is missing in laminate.
I think solid wood flooring looks so chic and timeless, I’d love it in my place but I also love how soft and plush our carpets are x
I love carpets in my house but since getting a kitten end of last year I am changing my mind. She keep clawing g at our living room carpet and pulling threads in it. I think a wooden floor would be better with a big rug