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Log Home Plank Flooring and Stair Remodel

Worn carpet came out of the main rooms of this log home in 2021, and a warm wood-look plank floor went in from the great room through the halls and upstairs. The kitchen got a lighter gray plank so it reads as its own zone, and both stair flights were re-clad with matching wood-tone treads. The floors were part of a whole-house project that also rebuilt the kitchen and the master bathroom.

Service
Flooring installation, part of a whole-house project
Scope
Carpet and old flooring removed, subfloor prepared, wood-look plank floor in the great room, halls and upstairs rooms, gray plank in the kitchen, new stair treads and risers on two flights
Year
2021 to early 2022 (photos from July 27, 2021 to January 3, 2022)
Materials
Warm brown wood-look plank flooring, light gray wood-look plank in the kitchen, wood-tone stair treads
Contractor
Volcano Builders, WA license VOLCABI792C6
Approximate investment
About $25,000

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Great room with a new warm wood-look plank floor under exposed beams, looking toward the kitchen
The great room with its new plank floor, kitchen beyond
Before

Before the install

Log home great room with worn carpet and furniture before the flooring was replaced
Before: carpet in the great room, July 2021
Living area with carpet and furniture under a log stair before the new floor
Before: the living area and stair, still carpeted
Hallway and log-walled entry before new flooring, with a wooden armoire
Before: the hall toward the entry
After

The finished floors

Great room with a new warm wood-look plank floor under exposed beams, looking toward the kitchen
The great room with its new plank floor, kitchen beyond
Gray plank kitchen floor meeting the warm wood-look floor of the great room under a cedar ceiling
Two tones: gray in the kitchen, warm wood beyond
Kitchen island on a gray plank floor framed by the darker wood-look floor
The kitchen zone marked by the gray plank
Long stair flight with new wood-tone treads and risers beside a log railing
The main stair re-clad in wood-tone treads
Lower stair flight with new wood-tone treads turning at a landing beside log walls
The lower flight and landing
Open room with a new wood-look plank floor and a doorway to a tiled bathroom
Plank floor through an open room
Upstairs room with the new plank floor running toward the loft railing
The upstairs room by the loft
Long room with a continuous wood-look plank floor and a window at the far end
One floor, wall to wall

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The project

How these log home floors came together

The goal

Most of the house had tired carpet, from the great room under the beams to the halls and the rooms upstairs. With the kitchen and master bathroom already being rebuilt, the owners wanted the floors replaced in the same project so the whole house matched.

The challenge

A log home has few straight lines. The plank had to run through rooms with log walls, a loft railing and two stair flights, and the kitchen needed to stand apart from the great room it opens into without a wall between them.

The solution

The carpet came up first, and the subfloor was cleaned and prepared room by room. A warm brown wood-look plank was laid through the great room, the halls and the upstairs rooms in long continuous runs. In the kitchen, a lighter gray plank was laid in a clean rectangle around the island, so the cooking area reads as its own space on one level floor. The stairs were stripped of carpet and re-clad with wood-tone treads and risers that match the new floor, flight by flight down to the landing.

The result

By November 2021 the main floors and stairs were done, and the final photos in January 2022 show the house finished. One warm floor now runs from room to room under the log beams, with the gray kitchen floor marking where the cooking starts.

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Questions

Questions about this project

Why use two floor colors in an open plan?

In this house the kitchen opens straight into the great room. A gray plank around the island and a warm wood-look plank everywhere else mark the kitchen as its own zone while keeping one level floor with no wall.

Can stairs be updated to match a new floor?

Yes. Here the carpet came off both stair flights and each step was re-clad with wood-tone treads and risers, so the stairs carry the same warm tone as the floors above and below.

How much did this project cost?

About $25,000. Every project is priced in writing, line by line, for your home.

How do I get a price for new flooring like this?

Book a consultation. We measure each room and stair, look at the subfloor and send a written, itemized price before work starts. Flooring and other cost drivers are covered in Remodeling Pricing Guide for the Greater Seattle Area.

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