Carpet is much warmer than hardwood floors especially on a chilly winter morning.
Is hardwood floors better than carpet.
Well they don t make shag wood floors but a bright orange shag carpet would feel right at home.
For example a nice plush saxony carpet may look much better than a wood floor in a cozy den.
Hardwood floors and carpets are the two most common choices for covering floor surfaces so you might be wondering which option offers the better investment.
Dense carpeting with a quality bonded polyurethane padding beneath can create an r value of 4 or more meaning that the warmth carpeting lends to a room is very real.
Turning your basement into a shagadelic 1970s pad.
However there are some places in the home that are just better suited to a soft floor covering than a hard one.
While i think hardwood floors can look good just about anywhere carpet also has its place.
Installing hardwood floors can cost between 9 and 12 per square foot compared with about 3 to 5 per square foot for carpet so some homeowners opt to install hardwood floors only in some.
Hardwood many will argue a better water resistant floor is better than both wood and carpeting.
Hardwood seriously consider adding an area rug.