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We've lived in our ranch style house for over 40 years. For the entire time, we've had carpet throughout most of the main floor (living room and three bedrooms) and laminate in the dining room, kitchen and hall. It's once again time for new carpet, but my husband wants laminate throughout the house. I told him I thought it would not look attractive to have two different kinds of woodgrain laminate butting up together, particularly where the L-shaped living and dining room meet. I said I thought it would look piecemeal, like we could only afford to do part of the house at once. He thinks it would look fine. What say you?
I did that in a house when Pergo was big. But basically I did the new covering in a pine plank look next to simulated stone tiles.
I think you can only succeed where you have an actual transition piece (a threshold). If the two spaces are meant to flow, they need to be done at the same time. IMO.
Thanks to everyone for their input. I was pretty sure I was right about not having two different kinds of laminate butt up against each other, and I don't even think a threshold would do a great deal to minimize the problem. The only thing that is holding me back is that we just put the laminate that's in the kitchen, dining room and hall down about three years ago. It's going to kill me to have all that money go to waste when I rip up perfectly good flooring. For that reason alone, I'm personally still leaning towards carpet.
You may be able to get what you put in three years ago.
Just a suggestion - a bold pattern instead of a threshold. Chevrons, vertical lines, different color/pattern bringing the two sides together.
buy more of what you bought three years ago, and use that.
We did that with our wood floor. We bought it at Lowe’s and we’re told it was discontinued when we wanted to continue it into an addition. My husband went to the manufacturer and was able to find it stockpiled in a Lowe’s warehouse. Don’t give up without a fight.
buy more of what you bought three years ago, and use that.
I would love to, but I don't know whether it's been discontinued or not. With my luck, it has been.
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