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I have a terra cotta style/color tile in all of my condo, except the bathroom which is a white square tile and the 2 bedrooms which are both a wood laminate.

Eventually I will need to redo the laminate in both bedrooms. I would LOVE a real wood but that probably wouldnt be in the budget and I know I don't want carpet.

I was thinking I could possibly do a wood tile in the bedrooms and bathroom.

Tile and with real wood would wouldn't even be a question as to whether that would look good or not, that would be a HECK YA!! So I was thinking I could get the look of wood but the durability of tile.

What are your thoughts? I know most people probably wouldn't do tile in bedrooms, but I think here in CA, the weather would be fine with a tile in bedrooms. Area rugs would help in the colder months if need be.

This is my tile.

This is the current laminate in the bedrooms I will eventually have to replace.

Doesn't laminate last almost forever? Just wondered because i have it in the kitchen. I didn't want to replace it for a long time.

I would put tile in the bedrooms with rugs. Probably not the terra cotta tiles but something smooth with thin grout lines.

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I was recently in a Jimmy Johns Sandwich shop's bathroom and I LOVED this tile in their bathroom. Yes, I took a photo! ha ha We have wide oak woodwork in the rooms we have remodeled. I love how Jimmy Johns had this wood-look tile on the wall as a baseboard. I'm adding it to my idea file.

I also was in a rustic themed hotel recently that had rough looking pine planks on the bathroom floor. Under further inspection I noticed it was Linoleum flooring!

Go to a flooring store and start snapping pictures and looking at what is available in your area.

Always,

Most condo owners plan to move up at some point and purchase single family homes. Will the condo be sold within a few years or held for the long term?

Given its popularity with buyers, I would stick with either traditional wood flooring (if the budget allows) or a good laminate in the bedrooms. Alternatively, have you considered cork? Many options and colors are available. In addition, it might be extremely attractive to many younger condo buyers.

For consistency and to possibly make the space appear larger, would it work to extend the same tile (or something close to it) into the bathroom?

You didn't mention an ensuite. If you have two bathrooms, you could consider something (other than the terra cotta) else for the ensuite. That would help to differentiate and make the ensuite special.

All, JMHO. Best of luck -

Wendek: My laminate should last along time and I'm sure yours will but in one bedroom I had taken out a closet so there is missing lamanite where the walls were and we've just been living with it.

But eventually I will need to redo the flooring in there and if I have to do one room, I may as well do the other small room. Plus this way it would be consisitant and I won't have 4 different types of flooring in my place.

Thanks for the pic dabiab-I would probably take a picture too. My sisters church has wood tiles in their overflow room and everytime I sit in there I'm always checking out the flooring.

blueday-we must have been posting at the same time. I will probably be in my condo longterm. I only have 1 bathroom and it's not connected to the master bedroom there is a pocket door from the master. So I figured the wood tile flooring could flow in from the master to the small, very small bathroom.

I regards to the same flooring thoughout, I had that terra cotta flooring put in when I moved in almost 10 yrs ago and I doubt I could get more even if I wanted to. So I have to go with something different in the 2 bedrooms.

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Oh, I was only suggesting tile in the bathroom. It appears to be a fairly standard terra cotta but if the bathroom's very small, I agree - I'd pass.

I'm personally not a fan of any type of wood flooring in bathrooms. If you like it, however, that's all that matters.

If it were my place, I'd probably select a different bathroom tile (possibly smaller terra cotta but with some pattern?) but maintain the home's style. In addition, I would save up until I could purchase the wood flooring.

Have you seen cork anywhere?

All JMHO, best of luck.

I agree NO WOOD in the bathroom. I am thinking a ceramic "wood look" tiles for the bedrooms and small bath for durability. My laminate floors have taken a beating with me moving furniture over and over and over...i could only imagine what they would like if they were real wood. But then again, if they were real wood I probably would have been alittle more careful.

Here is some nice tile wood flooring.

another.

We acutally have a flooring tenant that went out of business, I should check with boss to see they left any materials that would redo my 2 bedrooms.

I know a few people that have the wood look tile floors. They look fantastic, very pretty. I think you would love it too. : )

Thanks Sophie. I think I would look nice too. A friend of mine had the bottom floor of her house done recently and she said she really likes it. I haven't been to see it yet, but I guess now I will make a point to go check it out.

I asked my boss about checking the flooring unit to see if there is enough flooring of some sort to redo my 2 bedrooms.

Candance Olsen has used the linoleum planks that look like wood in quite a few of redos, she raves about it.

Wanda

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Originally posted by goldiesmom:
Candance Olsen has used the linoleum planks that look like wood in quite a few of redos, she raves about it.

Wanda

I would be open to linoleum wood plank look too.

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Originally posted by Always1StepBehind:
Thanks Sophie. I think I would look nice too. A friend of mine had the bottom floor of her house done recently and she said she really likes it. I haven't been to see it yet, but I guess now I will make a point to go check it out.

I asked my boss about checking the flooring unit to see if there is enough flooring of some sort to redo my 2 bedrooms.

That would be awesome if there was.