When Tedi found the house we are in, it was over 50 years old, and had never been updated. She ripped up the old green shag carpeting, and it had natural wood floors. We both agreed, we hated wood floors. They are cold, scratch, are loud, and uncomfortable. So, we put in inexpensive carpeting. Now about ten years later, the carpet was worn, so we decided we wanted to replace it. Tedi had it pulled up, and informed me that we now liked wood floors. I didn't know that, but it is fortunate that she knew it and told me so. We had some estimated to redo the floors, (not expensive) and after about a week, I came home to find carpet samples. I asked if we had changed our minds again, and was told we had not decided yet. Then they came and sanded all the floors, replaced the damaged wood, and refinished it all. We ended up with wood floors. It does look great. Then we got some rugs, and that seems to be what we want. I did use some of the new artificial wood stuff at the office in the conference room, and it does not scratch, looks great, and is laminate, but looks the same as our real wood. I have had it for about two years. I wonder what I like better, the laminate or the natural wood? When I get home, I will ask Tedi. Evan L. Ginsburg Asgard German Shepherds http://www.asgardgsd.com/ Where Type Movement and Temperament come together In a message dated 6/1/12 9:34:58 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, brendangsd@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: We moved here 6 yrs. ago. In our old house, I ripped up carpet to expose the hardwood floors and put vinyl floor covering down. Now that I'm ready to do this again, there are so many choices and it's very confusing. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================