
They are wrong proportion and the serve no purpose. OK I think you need to do what we designer's term "edit". I will say, though, that if I were to do it again, I would get tile-I'm a real OCD cleaner and just prefered the ability to really scrub, but that is just me. And had we stayed, we would have probably refloored just for the fun of it to get a new look in 5 years-it was that easy to install. I have nothing but good things to say about Schoen Quick-Clik flooring-it's great. Had we had more time before our open house, we would have just remove the rug and used ultraviolet light or left it alone to darken evenly, but we didn't-so (and I LOVE floating floors for this reason) we pulled up the boards that were lined and just used our leftover floorboards, popping them back down and DONE, it looked wonderful. We had a lovely rug in our breakfast area and left it there for 6 months-when we moved the rug, the floor had darkened around the rug and it was REALLY obvious. The ONLY complaint that I have towards wood flooring is that IF you use a rug on top of it, or anything that covers the floor PLEASE remember to move it every few months. This floor never stained with any type of food, and had no scratches and no dings. Has anyone used a more "breathable" or "drainable" rug in a location which gets a fair amount of rain? I'm thinking synthetic sisal, if it's not backed with rubber, might allow for water to evaporate.Īctually, we have just sold our house and the floors were part of the reason we were able to sell in just a week! In retrospect, this particular engineered wood held up for the 6 months we used it BEAUTIFULLY.I was careful to wipe up any spills with a damp cloth and dry immediately and used wood floor cleaner with a Swiffer wet/dry sweeper. We temporarily put down a coir welcome mat, backed with rubber, on a side porch, and I have noticed water collects under that. The wood underneath was blackened and a bit soft (though not to the point of significant rot.) The fear is that the same sort of thing could happen under a rug. Every time it rained or I watered them, water would collect underneath the pots, and stay there for a long time. I have three potted trees which were, until recently, sitting directly on the (unstained at the time) deck, rather than in dishes or up on protective rings. My husband is concerned about rainwater getting trapped under any rug we put down. Repeatedly moving chairs around may damage our stain. We would like to use an outdoor rug (I'm leaning towards a synthetic "sisal") to protect the area under our patio set. Can anyone recommend an outdoor rug which won't trap rainwater underneath?
