Flooring

It was a hard call, but we had much of our original parquet floor (made by previous owner from strips of wood imported from Bolivia) taken up.  We kept the original floor in our living room (and we have boxes full of the old parquet).  For the dining room, kitchen, mudroom and entry hall, we decided to switch to Aquaguard laminate flooring.  We're rough on floors and figured it would be easier to maintain, plus my beer-brewing husband wanted a floor he could get wet.  Part of the floor was installed today.  Here's how it looks.

The original parquet.

New Aquaguard laminate floor in "Santos Mahogany".  The color variation is a close match to the original parquet.

A view toward the living room where the transition will occur.

And the transition at day's end.