Cork Flooring Transformation
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Sabrina's Organizing
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Each summer, I like to do a different home improvement project. This summer was no different. I decided to do a cork flooring bedroom project. I decided to removed the carpet in the smallest room in our house. It’s our daughter’s room.
Benefits of doing cork flooring in the bedroom (the reasons why we went with cork):
Softer on the feet than hardwood.
If you get the floating floor interlocking boards, you can easily install it.
Floating floor can easily be removed in the future if a new buyer wants carpeting.
Don’t have to worry too much if the wall is not straight.
Benefits of doing cork flooring in the bedroom (the reasons why we went with cork):
Softer on the feet than hardwood.
If you get the floating floor interlocking boards, you can easily install it.
Floating floor can easily be removed in the future if a new buyer wants carpeting.
Don’t have to worry too much if the wall is not straight.
Here is the before picture of the room.
As you can see, the carpet was getting shabby as it should be, since it was 20 years old.
Then, we moved on to cleaning the floor and inspecting it. Was it level? Where there areas of the baseboard we needed to repair? Was the plywood loose? Did it need more screws?
This is what the underlayment looked like. It was easy to use and we were able to go around door opens easily.
After we picked up the flooring, we had to wait three days for the wood to acclimate to the room. This helps with reducing expansion of the wood. At this point, we decided to paint the walls to a grey taupe color. It looks really nice with the flooring.
Here is a picture of the flooring before the quarter round was installed and painted.
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Published July 31st, 2015 11:00 AM
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Suzie on Feb 19, 2022
I lived in a house in Ohio in the early 1960s that had a cork entry. I have wanted to put a cork floor in my house since. Tile and hard woods are very hard on my legs. I have had several vein surgeries, so I want it in the kitchen and bathroom. I don't remember how my fastidious mom cleaned it. Probably Murphy's Oil soap.
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