Originally Posted by beemk

carpet is gross, especially if you have pets. go with the wood floor and just dont put stain on it. you can screeen the floor and recoat it when it starts to get worn in 3-4 years if theres that much traffic. as long as you do it before its too late its extremely cheap. i do the screening and recoating myself and it costs me $25 to do an entire 2 bedroom house and only takes me an hour. if you hire someone to do it its usually pretty cheap. and it makes the floor look brand new.