Carpet in hallway, wood in living areas?

[Onlyontuesday]

We had our wood floors sanded recently. The living/dining room floor came up beautifully, the downstairs hallway was damaged from live and now treated woodworm. We had some planks replaced but not enough (funds were tight), and now we have an eyesore in our hallway of horribly filled/finished floorboards which look worse over time.

The boards need to be reclaimed so replacing them now would be ££££ and a pig of a job, I'm struggling to find someone to even quote me. Then we'd need to re-sand and finish everything.

I was wondering about carpeting the hallway? Maybe in a faux jute or faux sisal? Would this look weird or like a bodge? I'm quite attached to the wood in the living area.

Hallways are classed as high traffic areas so carpet is not necessarily a good idea - but proper hard wearing jute or sisal would be good. We've had the dreaded (MN doesn't like it) laminate down in our hall for a good 20 years as we had cats and small children so wanted an easy to clean surface. It still looks great (we bought good quality not thin cheap stuff). Now there are no pets or children we are thinking about changing it but I'm reluctant to put down carpet due to the wear factor.....

Choose a nice Harvey Maria design, make it look like a design decision!

Costco laminate that has attached underlay.25 years guarantee and waterproof. It's a game changer.Best highest quality.www.costco.co.uk/Home-Improvement/Flooring-Tiles/Laminate-Flooring/c/cos_8.13.3

I didn't even think of LVT, this is so clever.

Do Harvey Maria cope with kids and cats?

We agonised in a similar way and ended up buying high quality 'pretend' woodblock for our hallway to cover up the nice but tatty and draughty floorboards. It was expensive but we haven't had a single problem with it in 6 years. I love natural materials normally, but I'd do this again - not for every room, but for hallways and even stairs.

What's woodblock?? I hadn't heard of LVT so I'm not sure if this is a typo or another type of flooring that's new to me 😂

Did you keep original floorboards in other downstairs rooms? If so, how did you manage the transitions?

Something like this Karndean below, but we got ours from a local supplier and I can't find the same one online. It was dark 'wood' in a herringbone pattern and looks very realistic.
https://www.karndean.com/en-gb/floors/products/mountain-oak-sm-rl22
In our downstairs living room we already had a stained and polished herringbone pattern in real wood. We were advised not to have that in the hall as it's too soft. The kitchen has vinyl. We got a similar colour to the real wood for the artificial wood, and it all works together well. If you were keeping the original floorboards in other rooms, I'd suggest a vinyl that looks like ceramic tiles - or real ceramic tiles - in the hall instead, because the contrast might not be flattering to either.