Triplegreen500
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So. I'm renovating one of my rentals. Bare-stud, totally fresh redo - wiring, plumbing, lighting, all of it. Drywall is hung, I'm in the mud process now, I have cabinets and fixtures ready to go in. Doors will be 2-panel design
And kitchen cabinets will be farmhouse style, painted finish. Bathroom is also traditional
Porcelain tub will have subway tile and charcoal grout
Bathroom floors will be white hex with charcoal grout.
I like the traditional look and it's a country setting. Paint will be shades of neutrals, trim bright white.
My debate is, what to do with the rest of the flooring. It will be hard surface. Debating true wood (I can get unfinished hardwood for $1/sf), or waterproof composite (about $2/sf). But...how to finish it? Those bleached/pickled/white-gray wood floors are ... trendy, but still a lot of them out there. Or, a more traditional wood finish (blonde, gunstock, oak, etc).
Thoughts? Again. It's a rental, so it has to appeal to people potentially every couple of years...and I do not want to go redoing it every tenant so I also want durable. Upstairs apt is true hardwood from the 1950s and I love it
It isn't perfect, but for 73 years old it's damned nice. THAT, is durability!
And kitchen cabinets will be farmhouse style, painted finish. Bathroom is also traditional
Porcelain tub will have subway tile and charcoal grout
Bathroom floors will be white hex with charcoal grout.
I like the traditional look and it's a country setting. Paint will be shades of neutrals, trim bright white.
My debate is, what to do with the rest of the flooring. It will be hard surface. Debating true wood (I can get unfinished hardwood for $1/sf), or waterproof composite (about $2/sf). But...how to finish it? Those bleached/pickled/white-gray wood floors are ... trendy, but still a lot of them out there. Or, a more traditional wood finish (blonde, gunstock, oak, etc).
Thoughts? Again. It's a rental, so it has to appeal to people potentially every couple of years...and I do not want to go redoing it every tenant so I also want durable. Upstairs apt is true hardwood from the 1950s and I love it
It isn't perfect, but for 73 years old it's damned nice. THAT, is durability!