Decisions, flooring, bag

[podling]

If there's one thing the whole condo buying experience has taught me, it's that I have little to no decision making skills in relation to some things. What I want versus what I can have, or something in between. What I really want is a home worthy of the Extreme Homes show, but that will be a long time in coming, if ever. There are too many other things that I also prioritize. And maybe that's the problem, I have no rank of priorities. Everything just seems important, or not important at all. There's no order.

Went to look at flooring. Not a good thing. I can picture liking many of them, most of them expensive. But trying to picture them in the condo is not as easy as I'd thought. What is the overall look I want? Hard to say. You know why??? Because I like a variety of stuff and have no decision making skills!!! At the moment, I'm leaning towards real wood, bamboo flooring. It's pretty funky looking. But then there's the other, more price conscious part of my brain saying, "idiot! shut up and get the damn laminate flooring!!!" It's very tiresome. I think I'm going to stop thinking about it until after I actually own the place and have ripped the rug up and painted. Yeah, that's it.

Oh, and my damn bag snagged my shirt with it's evil velcro things. It's not right! I love the bag, but the velcro is pissing me off bigtime. I actually bought another bag, but this one is water resistant, and since we seem to be in the deluge, I've kept using it. MEH!!!

Comments

[eudaimonia.livejournal.com]

Bamboo flooring? What's that look like? I have neat earthy looking large ceramic tile flooring through most of my house, I like it muchly. The rest of the house that has carpet is eventually going to be replaced with wood flooring, someday. I hate carpet!!

[podling]

Check out here... they have pics... http://www.onlinebambooflooring.com/ It's interesting looking, I like it. Course, I also like maple. So I'm going to do the whole place before I move in, I just have to figure out with what. I'm so not a big fan of carpet, and the current one is pretty yuck. I was thinking of doing that sort of look tile that you have in my dining room though. :)

[eudaimonia.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link! I like it too, it is interesting looking. I love natural materials in decorating anyway. And there's always the kid thing. Carpet is not your friend with a house full of boys.

[cissa.livejournal.com]

I'm intrigued by the bamboo-- we've talked about putting stuff like that in here. The carpet is really pretty dead, and new carpet is expensive and the nicer kinds don't come in the "pre-stained" look we've found so practical.

Laminate doesn't last very well. But in 10 years you might be able to replace it more easily financially, though it'll be a far bigger nuisance.

Slick floors generate dust bunnies. carpets don't. Other than that... *shrug*

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[podling]

Well, the difference in price is between $3 (for laminate) and $4.69 (for bamboo) per square foot. And I have approximately 500 square feet to cover. So... so, it's going to be a lot. I'll have to figure it out eventually. :)

I'm actually toying with having carpet in the bedroom and flooring everywhere else. But that seems kind of complicated.

Yeah, it's very shrug inducing for me too... Heh. I like too many things!!!