Playroom flooring

acesup · December 2014

I have a question about wood flooring and playrooms. We are moving into a new house that has a living room, since we don't have a living room here and therefore no living room furniture, I am going to make that into a playroom until the kids are a little older.

It has hardwood floors though. It's a brand new house so I obviously want to avoid as much scratching as possible since it will be a formal living at some point and we plan on staying in this house forever.

Area rug? Or those foam square things with the letters and numbers? I don't want to spend a lot if I do an area rug since its a playroom. Any suggestions?

If you use the foam squares, do you put anything under them to protect the wood. I feel like the foam things would end up sticking or leaving a residue after being down a while. I'm also worried a kid will spill something and not tell me and it will sit and soak into the floor. Where with a rug it hopefully wouldn't go through. I have no idea! Right now the playroom is in the basement and is carpet but the new house basement is not finished and we won't do that for a long time.

Also how do you clean the foam squares?

Sorry for so many questions. Tell me everything you know!!!!

acesup · December 2014

I thought about not letting them drink in there but they do in their current playroom so I hate to make changes to what they're used to. They have a little table and will often have their snack there. I will just have to stay on top of them.

You don't think with all the toys bashing around the wood will get too scratched up if I put nothing?

Also any suggestions on where to get a good but inexpensive area rug? We have carpet in this house so I have never had an area rug. I don't think we have an ikea around. Home goods?

acesup · December 2014

I know it's so easy to clean! We have wood currently in our foyer and dining room and it's the best! The new house has the whole first floor and stairs and we will eventually do the whole second floor. I have severe allergies so I absolutely hate carpeting!

theseaword · December 2014

One thing I'll say about the foam things is that the kids like to pull it up (obviously). So it's fun and cute but also another "thing" to constantly have to put back together or it looks messy. So I would say area rug or nothing.

acesup · December 2014

theseaword said:
One thing I'll say about the foam things is that the kids like to pull it up (obviously). So it's fun and cute but also another "thing" to constantly have to put back together or it looks messy. So I would say area rug or nothing.

Ugh I hadn't thought about that. And since it's the first room when you walk in the door I am definitely going to be cleaning it up daily so that is an added pain in the butt. That's the good thing about our playroom now being in the basement. No one sees it so I only clean organize about once a week lol.

acesup · December 2014

mcbenny said:
Target has some inexpensive rugs. They often do a sale too.

I love wood floors and don't find them to be that fragile.

Also I guess maybe I don't understand how toys would be bashed on floor? Snack in kitchen? This room isn't as far as basement it will be closer to kitchen. IDK

Anyways, out of all flooring I prefer wood or wood laminate cause I find them easy to care for.

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DS plays rough and likes to throw his toys, bang them on the floor etc. Also pulling in and out the chairs to the table - graceful he is not. Knocks over the chair at least once a day LOL.

Yeah the kitchen is closer for snack so that's a good point. I hadn't thought of target and I go there every damn day it seems like! Lol

Thanks!

acesup · December 2014

Lia1303 said:
I got an area rug on Amazon for DS's play area. It's the one that looks like a road map and I think I only paid like $30 for it.

Oh that's a cute idea!!

acesup · December 2014

Thanks everyone!!

pepperedmoth · December 2014

Since you own the house I would just go with the bare wood. You can refinish the floor when your kids are done with the crumby messy scraping banging stage. The cost of refinishing is probably comparable to the cost of the multiple rugs you will go through over the years plus the headache of cleaning rugs vs hardwood.

hlm184 · December 2014

We're in a similar position, but I really want the covering to protect the floor from the dog rather than the kid. DH is super set on the foam squares (we have them already from another project) so we'll start with those and give them a chance, then I'll tell him what a pain they are and get a rug.

acesup · December 2014

CTGirl30 said:
Like a rug like this:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00001P4YD/ref=redir_mdp_mobile?pc_redir=T1

Love this!

I was just thinking I might have my mom get this for his bday in March. She was asking me what she can get him... ( bc you know christmas was yesterday! Lol )

Edited for fat fingers

dovetail223 · December 2014

I would actually get a cut and bound carpet from a local carpet store. They often have remnants from larger jobs that they bind the edges. It's much less expensive and you can get a larger size- sometimes bigger than a traditional area rug.

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