Carpet vs Laminate in a lounge

[smr]

Hi all,

Just wondered which you preferred for a lounge, carpet or laminate and why?

 

[cainer]

carpet 100%, makes the room feel warmer and more comfy

 

[andy_mk3]

Carpet. Been to friends houses with laminate flooring and it's just awful imo, feels cold, it's noisy (in slippers ). I just dislike it in general. Something very unhomely about it.

 

[tom_e]

carpet 100%, makes the room feel warmer and more comfy

I'd agree our downstairs is all laminate apart from the lounge and it works well, it would feel far too cold if the lounge didn't have a nice carpet in.

 

[boxman2000]

We've gone for tiles and have a large rug in the middle. We like it. Definitely better than laminate IMO.

 

[SDK^]

We have laminate throughout our lounge, hall and dining area : http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=25846764&postcount=31

My preference would be carpet for the above mentioned reasons - it's warmer, quieter and more comfortable. However, we have a 2 year old son and a carpet wouldn't stay clean for more than a day. He spills drinks, drops food crumbs etc, so for now we are sticking with it. The one advantage of laminate is that it's very easy to keep clean.

 

[Hades]

Depends on the room. Carpet for me in a lounge. Quieter, warmer and cosier.

 

[Cosimo]

Parquet with (Persian) runner rugs gives it character and can make it look rather special.

 

[Paul11]

real wood.... and a rug

 

[WillyNelson]

We've got laminate (well, engineered timber) all through the downstairs with a large rug which pretty much covers the lounge floor. The whole downstairs used to be open plan so it sort of made sense.

I'd always rather have carpet for comfort in the lounge but as our diningroom is a high traffic area between the kitchen and the rest of the house we'll most probably replace all the downstairs flooring with solid wood and keep the lounge with non-fitted carpeting.

 

[Bunka]

real wood.... and a rug

This is exactly what we've done. Does the job perfectly.

 

[=XDC=FluphyBunny]

Laminate as its easier to clean off the cat sick and because I can't afford real wood.

Carpet is much nicer and would be my choice in different circumstances.

 

[Burnsy2023]

Laminate echos sound, so carpet IMO.

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

Carpet

Warmer
Quieter
More comfortable if ye fancy a lie down

 

[Edrof]

Carpet.

 

[Mr Joshua]

Carpet, I've never really understood the obsession with wood flooring.

 

[the shadow]

 

[Havana_UK]

Carpet here too. The rest of the downstairs is tiled, but the lounge is carpeted.

 

[MooMoo444]

Cold laminate flooring = nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

[Caged]

Wood floor and a big rug.