Post the room so we can see!

No more wood. What's under the current flooring?

Hmmm, not many options. If you were to live in it, I'd say carpet. Given you plan to let it out, the laminate flooring might be tenant-proof. If you got a white faux timber? Something like:

http://www.carpetcourt.com.au/laminate/quickstep-eligna-laminate-floors.html

White brush pine?

Wood all the way!! I love wood. I think it looks classic and much cleaner.

Hi dorothyoliphant

If you are renting it out I would suggest you take a look at the vinyl plank options.They will be hardwearing, easy to clean and cost effective. Although I agree with Mel Ns comments about too much wood, you could look at some of the vinyl designs that are like limewashed timber to calm the wood look down!

Best of luck

Hi Dorothy,

the rental market is quickly becoming more fastidious - they don't want to vacuum, and there are an ever growing number of people with allergies. then there's maintenance - i suggest you'll be replacing carpet every 3-5 years, so it's a false economy.

cedar is making a come back - we have a lot of projects similiar to this and one option is it's 'too much wood' is to simply paint it. Cedar has plenty of wonderful properties, so even if you don't love it aesthetically, i'd keep it.

but to balance out the colours and not feel like you're in a sauna, i'd brave it and select a timber with a completely different colour - don't match - instead, compliment the cedar with a contrast. perhaps a black timber floor, or, if you want to lighten u the space, a beached timber floor.

if budget is a big constraint, then Vinyl is a good product, but for just a tad dearer, you can go for gold and get marmoleum. people often mistake vinyl and marmo for the same - they're completely different - marmo is an organic product, so will wear well, won't release loads of toxic VOC's into the air and doesn't harm the earth.

good luck!

It looks like a lovely home. I think painting the cedar creates more maintenance for the future, and more things for tenants to damage. Your flooring options on chipboard are limited due to probable floor movement. Tiles and concrete will crack.

You could do an engineered floating floor in white painted or lime washed oak? It's resistance to scratching will be low, and you will have a limited number of times you can sand it....which will also sand off the white paint or lime wash. Again- this might be something you do if you live in it yourself.