I have a finished basement and recently had a leak down there. I had to remove some drywall and tear up some carpet, plus I have been wanting to remodel down there anyway, so I am going to do it.
My situation is kind of hard to explain, but I will do my best. The finished part of the basement is one big room, pretty much the size of the whole basement. The steps come down sort of in the middle and then off to either side of the steps is two large alcoves. It was the alcove to the left of the stairs that had the carpet tore out. We have decided that instead of re-carpetting the whole area that we would tile the alcoves and then carpet the rest. However, SWMBO ran across vinyl plank flooring that supposedly looks like hardwood flooring, but is obviously vinyl.
I haven't actually gone to the hardware store to look at it yet, but I am very skeptical. Vinyl always looks like vinyl to me, and I don't particularly care for it. However, I know that a bunch of folks here at HBT are DIY guys and I am sure someone, if not most of you, have heard and/or used it.
So, those that have seen/used it, what do you think? Is it something that I should look into or is it just a cheap knock off and tile would look better?
My situation is kind of hard to explain, but I will do my best. The finished part of the basement is one big room, pretty much the size of the whole basement. The steps come down sort of in the middle and then off to either side of the steps is two large alcoves. It was the alcove to the left of the stairs that had the carpet tore out. We have decided that instead of re-carpetting the whole area that we would tile the alcoves and then carpet the rest. However, SWMBO ran across vinyl plank flooring that supposedly looks like hardwood flooring, but is obviously vinyl.
I haven't actually gone to the hardware store to look at it yet, but I am very skeptical. Vinyl always looks like vinyl to me, and I don't particularly care for it. However, I know that a bunch of folks here at HBT are DIY guys and I am sure someone, if not most of you, have heard and/or used it.
So, those that have seen/used it, what do you think? Is it something that I should look into or is it just a cheap knock off and tile would look better?