Do you have carpet in the living room?

[littlewonderss]

In the process of replacing my living room floor, at the moment we have a very dark brown carpet which is hideous, from the last owners.

I like how laminate / lvt can be cleaned and we are a household that spills stuff regularly.

My front door is in the living room, there is no hallway. Stairs also in living room.

Currently we eat in the living room, but are in the process of rearranging the kitchen so we can fit a table and chairs in there.

However, carpet looks so much cosier, the house already feels / looks cold with the front door being in the living room.

WWYD?

Hard floor, nice (cleanable) rug 👌

Due to traffic from door and eating I’d get hard floor or even vinyl which is much warmer. Runner at front door and thick warm rug in living room part will break up into zones.

Hard floor, food door mats inside and outside. Big deep rug.

Our living room is a thoroughfare to the rest of the house as well. We got laminate put down and I’m really happy with it. We had carpet before and it wore out so quickly and just generally looked quite tatty. I’d go for carpet in a separate lounge that wasn’t a corridor but never again would I get it in a high traffic room.

Wood, with large rug. I’d go for hard floor especially if it’s straight off the street. Soften it with an area rug.

Carpet and rug in front room, original oak floor and doormat runner in hall

I would lay a wooden floor but in the living area, under the first third of the sofa I would put a big rug. Ikea do reasonably priced ones - the STOENSE rug from their is super thick and fluffy and come in loads of different sizes. Then you have the practicality of the hard floors but the rug brings a coziness in the main living area zone.

DH is from a country where they don't generally have carpet on the floors and he felt it was quite dirty so we have never had it downstairs at all. We also removed all the carpet from upstairs over a few year, its just on the stairs and landing now.
We intially had laminate but replacd it all with Vinyl planks

I don't have carpet anywhere. We always had it as a child and I always swore I would never have fitted carpet as an adult.

You can compromise with a rug or a 'carpet square'.

I have laminate because the floor under is concrete. I did consider just painting the concrete.

I have a wooden floor but a large rug laid over it which covers about 2/3 of the room.

Carpet is warmer and cosier but harder to keep clean.
If you have young DC, dogs and it's a walk through busy area I'd go for hard flooring with a washable rug like ruggable. Then I'd put a dark coloured /patterned stair runner up the stairs, and carpet upstairs

Definitely a hard floor (wood if possible) with a large rug.

I have all hard floors downstairs. Tiles in hall, kitchen, utility and loo, and wood in other rooms.

Do you have young DC? That would be the decider for me!

We have wood effect ceramic tiles right through our ground floor, but with a very large rug covering most of the floor in the living area. It works for us.