New Floor!

The one thing this apartment really needed was a new floor. The old floor wasn't in terrrible shape; it was just sort of terrible. This was a really cheap-looking and feeling roll of grey faux marble vinyl. It made everything feel cold and awkward, and didn't seem to belong with anything else.

So we replaced it with a really nice, warm cork floor. Cork is hypoallergenic, anti-static, eats sound and feels great to walk on. It's also got a lot of other things going for it. I'm a cork evangelist now.

Before:

After:

Before:

The room looks so much better with a warm, natural floor:

This was while the lacquer was still wet, but you can see the color of the floor in daylight:

The top of the false wall in our bedroom coordinates well, as does the ceiling fan in the living room: 

Cork: I'm in love.