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MissAnn 02:16 PM 03-29-2013
Which should I get for my 3-5 year old group?
EntropyControlSpecialist 02:17 PM 03-29-2013
LAMINATE!!!!!!!! You can easily wash it. You cannot easily wash carpet. 
MissAnn 02:19 PM 03-29-2013
Originally Posted by EntropyControlSpecialist:
LAMINATE!!!!!!!! You can easily wash it. You cannot easily wash carpet.
Do you mop it, and with what? Every day or what?LAMINATE!!!!!!!! You can easily wash it. You cannot easily wash carpet.
Blackcat31 02:19 PM 03-29-2013
Ewwww! Carpet is so gross. 
AmyLeigh 02:21 PM 03-29-2013
We pulled up the carpet in the playroom and replaced it with laminate last year. I agree with BC. So gross! There was a huge stain on the cement underneath! Laminate is much better.
EntropyControlSpecialist 02:25 PM 03-29-2013
Originally Posted by MissAnn:
Do you mop it, and with what? Every day or what?
I don't personally have laminate in my daycare rooms, I have tile. But I DO wash it by mopping it every single daycare day. I mop with vinegar to kill germs.Do you mop it, and with what? Every day or what?
It comes in handy for keeping the amount of germs down and getting rid of allergens. Plus, you can't beat something that is easy to clean when someone gets sick (diarrhea or vomit).
AmyKidsCo 02:43 PM 03-29-2013
Our home came with carpet but when we redo the playroom floor I'm going for tile or laminate or anything-but-carpet. 
Blackcat31 02:51 PM 03-29-2013
Originally Posted by AmyKidsCo:
Our home came with carpet but when we redo the playroom floor I'm going for tile or laminate or anything-but-carpet.
When we built our house 6 years ago, I had 3 rules I refused to negotiate on.Our home came with carpet but when we redo the playroom floor I'm going for tile or laminate or anything-but-carpet.
- NO carpet...anywhere
- NO window treatments
- NO popcorn ceilings
I just can't stand any of them.
@MissAnn~ Laminate is easy to clean. Soap and water works great but they sell a ton of products just for laminate.
We have laminate flooring in some areas of the daycare house.
AmyKidsCo 02:53 PM 03-29-2013
Originally Posted by Blackcat31:
When we built our house 6 years ago, I had 3 rules I refused to negotiate on.
I just can't stand any of them.
@MissAnn~ Laminate is easy to clean. Soap and water works great but they sell a ton of products just for laminate.
We have laminate flooring in some areas of the daycare house.
My only rule was NO WHITE PAINT. We'd lived in wall-to-wall-to-ceilling apartments for 11 years. I was SICK of white!When we built our house 6 years ago, I had 3 rules I refused to negotiate on.
- NO carpet...anywhere
- NO window treatments
- NO popcorn ceilings
I just can't stand any of them.
@MissAnn~ Laminate is easy to clean. Soap and water works great but they sell a ton of products just for laminate.
We have laminate flooring in some areas of the daycare house.
MissAnn 03:20 PM 03-29-2013
Originally Posted by Blackcat31:
When we built our house 6 years ago, I had 3 rules I refused to negotiate on.
I just can't stand any of them.
@MissAnn~ Laminate is easy to clean. Soap and water works great but they sell a ton of products just for laminate.
We have laminate flooring in some areas of the daycare house.
I have the popcorn. When we built our house 6 years ago, I had 3 rules I refused to negotiate on.
- NO carpet...anywhere
- NO window treatments
- NO popcorn ceilings
I just can't stand any of them.
@MissAnn~ Laminate is easy to clean. Soap and water works great but they sell a ton of products just for laminate.
We have laminate flooring in some areas of the daycare house.
. I hate it! Will be ridding of the carpet soon!
AmyLeigh 04:02 PM 03-29-2013
Originally Posted by MissAnn:
I have the popcorn.. I hate it!
Me too. In the playroom and living room. Did people in the 70's actually think that looked good? I have the popcorn.
. I hate it!
Blackcat31 04:12 PM 03-29-2013
Originally Posted by AmyLeigh:
Me too. In the playroom and living room. Did people in the 70's actually think that looked good?
I'm thinking everything looked good in the 70ies....atleast to those who were messing with the psychedelic drugs....Me too. In the playroom and living room. Did people in the 70's actually think that looked good?
just look at the wardrobes...the patterns and prints....oh my goodness!
mamac 08:07 PM 03-29-2013
Originally Posted by AmyLeigh:
Me too. In the playroom and living room. Did people in the 70's actually think that looked good?
Unfortunately contractors are STILL using it in homes because it is fast, cheap and it requires no skill to do. Lots of it in my house. Me too. In the playroom and living room. Did people in the 70's actually think that looked good?
Patches 08:43 PM 03-29-2013
No carpet, no carpet, and did I mention?..NO CARPET!!
MissAnn 05:12 AM 03-30-2013
Originally Posted by AmyLeigh:
Me too. In the playroom and living room. Did people in the 70's actually think that looked good?
My house was built in the 90's with popcorn. Why????!!Me too. In the playroom and living room. Did people in the 70's actually think that looked good?
Texasjeepgirl 05:30 AM 03-30-2013
Originally Posted by blackcat31:
ewwww! Carpet is so gross. :d
ewwww! Carpet is so gross. :d
ditto
Texasjeepgirl 05:31 AM 03-30-2013
Originally Posted by Patches:
No carpet, no carpet, and did I mention?..NO CARPET!!
THIS is what I actually MEANT TO SAY...No carpet, no carpet, and did I mention?..NO CARPET!!
MNMum 08:21 PM 03-30-2013
Originally Posted by MissAnn:
My house was built in the 90's with popcorn. Why????!!
Our house was built in 2011 - we put in popcorn. Someone mentioned it is cheap and requires no skill. Our old house had Knockdown, which looks nice, until their is a plumbing problem and you need to cut out a portion of the ceiling. It requires great skill to patch the area to match, then you need to paint the entire ceiling. We have 9 ft ceilings, and I don't spend much time staring that them...My house was built in the 90's with popcorn. Why????!!
Starburst 10:43 PM 03-30-2013
Originally Posted by MissAnn:
My house was built in the 90's with popcorn. Why????!!
I heard it is supposed to act as a sound barrier- some how I don't think it works. They are all through out my house exept in the kitchen and it looks really bad because its all uneaven and some of it is warped because of water damage.My house was built in the 90's with popcorn. Why????!!
rmc20021 03:15 AM 03-31-2013
Originally Posted by Blackcat31:
I'm thinking everything looked good in the 70ies....atleast to those who were messing with the psychedelic drugs....
just look at the wardrobes...the patterns and prints....oh my goodness!
Heyyyyy...I decorated in the 70's absolutely without the use of ANY type of drugs. I had orange shag carpet in my living room and paneling on the walls that had huge orange and yellow flowers on it with greenery. At that time it was really 'cool'...I'm thinking everything looked good in the 70ies....atleast to those who were messing with the psychedelic drugs....
just look at the wardrobes...the patterns and prints....oh my goodness!
I also had a camping trailer which I decorated with orange shag carpet and the walls were white and I had a black and white psychodelic contact paper I used to cover a lot of things.
Wow...just describing that now makes me dizzy, but back in the day it was cool.
It's just the way it was then and I'm sure in 40 years our styles will look weird to the younger generation.
But I vote for laminate as well. I just installed new carpet in my play room but only because my home is on a cement slab and the floors are usually cold so I wanted something to insulate...now I'm considering changing to laminate and putting a heating system under the flooring. Not sure if that will work or not, but will be checking into when I'm ready to change (hopefully soon)
Blackcat31 07:48 AM 03-31-2013
Originally Posted by rmc20021:
Heyyyyy...I decorated in the 70's absolutely without the use of ANY type of drugs. I had orange shag carpet in my living room and paneling on the walls that had huge orange and yellow flowers on it with greenery. At that time it was really 'cool'...
I also had a camping trailer which I decorated with orange shag carpet and the walls were white and I had a black and white psychodelic contact paper I used to cover a lot of things.
Wow...just describing that now makes me dizzy, but back in the day it was cool.
It's just the way it was then and I'm sure in 40 years our styles will look weird to the younger generation.
But I vote for laminate as well. I just installed new carpet in my play room but only because my home is on a cement slab and the floors are usually cold so I wanted something to insulate...now I'm considering changing to laminate and putting a heating system under the flooring. Not sure if that will work or not, but will be checking into when I'm ready to change (hopefully soon)
Heyyyyy...I decorated in the 70's absolutely without the use of ANY type of drugs. I had orange shag carpet in my living room and paneling on the walls that had huge orange and yellow flowers on it with greenery. At that time it was really 'cool'...
I also had a camping trailer which I decorated with orange shag carpet and the walls were white and I had a black and white psychodelic contact paper I used to cover a lot of things.
Wow...just describing that now makes me dizzy, but back in the day it was cool.
It's just the way it was then and I'm sure in 40 years our styles will look weird to the younger generation.
But I vote for laminate as well. I just installed new carpet in my play room but only because my home is on a cement slab and the floors are usually cold so I wanted something to insulate...now I'm considering changing to laminate and putting a heating system under the flooring. Not sure if that will work or not, but will be checking into when I'm ready to change (hopefully soon)
I grew up in the 70ies so even though I agree that things "looked" normal because that was how everyone decorated, I take NO credit as I was just a kid but I do look back now and think "Wow! What were my parents thinking?!!?" .....then again, I look back at the 80ies and think the same thing sometimes and I was the parent then so....
Laurel 07:58 AM 03-31-2013
Originally Posted by MissAnn:
Which should I get for my 3-5 year old group?
I have laminate in my dining room, kitchen and living room but the daycare playroom has carpeting (as do the bedrooms). I put carpeting in the playroom because of babies crawling and bought a carpet shampoo machine.Which should I get for my 3-5 year old group?
If I had your age group though I'd go with laminate for sure. Laminate is great and the only drawback seems to be the noise. If the children are working around my dining room table and drop things or drop things at lunch it is loud.
Laurel
MarinaVanessa 09:17 AM 03-31-2013
Originally Posted by Blackcat31:
I grew up in the 70ies so even though I agree that things "looked" normal because that was how everyone decorated, I take NO credit as I was just a kid but I do look back now and think "Wow! What were my parents thinking?!!?"
.....then again, I look back at the 80ies and think the same thing sometimes and I was the parent then so....
I grew up in the 80's and my parents had deep burgandy red shag carpeting in EVERY roomm except the kitchen (yes even in the dining room), a big brown leather couch, dark wood paneling, a hanging lamp of a woman which dripped oil around her, popcorn ceilings and yellow/beige linoleum and an avocado green fridge in the kitchen I grew up in the 70ies so even though I agree that things "looked" normal because that was how everyone decorated, I take NO credit as I was just a kid but I do look back now and think "Wow! What were my parents thinking?!!?" .....then again, I look back at the 80ies and think the same thing sometimes and I was the parent then so....
.Everybody I know had one of these in their houses when I was a kid ...
As far as the icky popcorn ceiling thing ... my buddy is a contractor and he says that many companies and building firms preffer it because it's quicker. Putting up ceiling and mudding it properly takes a lot of time in order for the seams to be evened out and unnoticeable so most just throw up the drywall, mud the seams quickly and then spray the popcorn up which camouflages the imperfections
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mamac 09:32 AM 03-31-2013
Originally Posted by MarinaVanessa:
I grew up in the 80's and my parents had deep burgandy red shag carpeting in EVERY roomm except the kitchen (yes even in the dining room), a big brown leather couch, dark wood paneling, a hanging lamp of a woman which dripped oil around her, popcorn ceilings and yellow/beige linoleum and an avocado green fridge in the kitchen.
Everybody I know had one of these in their houses when I was a kid ...
As far as the icky popcorn ceiling thing ... my buddy is a contractor and he says that many companies and building firms preffer it because it's quicker. Putting up ceiling and mudding it properly takes a lot of time in order for the seams to be evened out and unnoticeable so most just throw up the drywall, mud the seams quickly and then spray the popcorn up which camouflages the imperfections.
Wow! I remember seeing one of those at my friends house when I was a teenager. I thought that was the coolest thing! I couldn't wait to get home and tell my parents all about it, but, alas.... we never got one. I grew up in the 80's and my parents had deep burgandy red shag carpeting in EVERY roomm except the kitchen (yes even in the dining room), a big brown leather couch, dark wood paneling, a hanging lamp of a woman which dripped oil around her, popcorn ceilings and yellow/beige linoleum and an avocado green fridge in the kitchen
.Everybody I know had one of these in their houses when I was a kid ...
As far as the icky popcorn ceiling thing ... my buddy is a contractor and he says that many companies and building firms preffer it because it's quicker. Putting up ceiling and mudding it properly takes a lot of time in order for the seams to be evened out and unnoticeable so most just throw up the drywall, mud the seams quickly and then spray the popcorn up which camouflages the imperfections
.
Blackcat31 07:43 AM 04-01-2013
Originally Posted by MarinaVanessa:
I grew up in the 80's and my parents had deep burgandy red shag carpeting in EVERY roomm except the kitchen (yes even in the dining room), a big brown leather couch, dark wood paneling, a hanging lamp of a woman which dripped oil around her, popcorn ceilings and yellow/beige linoleum and an avocado green fridge in the kitchen.
Everybody I know had one of these in their houses when I was a kid ...
As far as the icky popcorn ceiling thing ... my buddy is a contractor and he says that many companies and building firms preffer it because it's quicker. Putting up ceiling and mudding it properly takes a lot of time in order for the seams to be evened out and unnoticeable so most just throw up the drywall, mud the seams quickly and then spray the popcorn up which camouflages the imperfections.
LOL!!!! I think we had one of those too! I grew up in the 80's and my parents had deep burgandy red shag carpeting in EVERY roomm except the kitchen (yes even in the dining room), a big brown leather couch, dark wood paneling, a hanging lamp of a woman which dripped oil around her, popcorn ceilings and yellow/beige linoleum and an avocado green fridge in the kitchen
.Everybody I know had one of these in their houses when I was a kid ...
As far as the icky popcorn ceiling thing ... my buddy is a contractor and he says that many companies and building firms preffer it because it's quicker. Putting up ceiling and mudding it properly takes a lot of time in order for the seams to be evened out and unnoticeable so most just throw up the drywall, mud the seams quickly and then spray the popcorn up which camouflages the imperfections
.I know a family I babysat for did! She always said not to touch it but I just could not help putting my finger against one of the lines and interrupting the flow of oil!
They also had these
They were so cool!!
Oh, and let's not forget macramé Everything was macramé
