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Flooring (decisions, decisions…)

Back in November last year, K notice leaking water on the inside of one of our living room picture windows. So we called our insurance carrier to inquire about a claim. Yaddee yaddee yada, here we are, almost six months later, having to make a decision about what kind of floor to put down. We're not unexcited about the opportunity. Backing up a bit, our claim was approved. Quickly, a crew came in to tear out the affected (wet) areas after mapping them out with a high-tech moisture meter. Which means that, for these last six months, our living room has more or less looked like this: Since some of the solid bamboo flooring was affected, they had to rip it out. Which of course means it needs to be replaced. The stipulation for our insurance claim is "line of sight." Meaning, any part of the flooring that can be seen from any other point gets replaced. Translation: if we hadn't torn out and laid new a tile floor in our kitchen last year, our entire  downstairs flooring ...

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