NJ Quilter

I have 200+ yr old hardwood in my sewing room. Don't have rolling chairs but do, obviously, have chairs. No issues and love the wood with an area rug in the middle for sound absorption and looks. We do have the wood-look vinyl plank flooring in our DR and I absolutely love it! Planning on replacing the carpet in our LR and BR with the same product. Granted, our DR doesn't get much use but I've noticed no scratching from chair feet or dog toenails. This is the Allure brand; higher end vinyl plank that is Home Depot's product. The color goes all the way through the plank. Plus it has a 'distressed' look to the top so any dents would not be visible. Our DR is roughly 12 x 9 and took DH less than 1 day (after room was emptied) to complete the project. Word or 'caution'...if you have plumbing pipes to work around (for baseboard heat for example), you'll need a heavy duty tool to get through this product. DH tried several times with a hole saw and hammer to no avail. Fortunately has access to many 'big boy' toys and the drill press made short order of that part of the process.

Jingle

I have the allure floor in a utility room and love it. Daughter has a light color in her kitchen, with big labs their nails do not damage it. We were told by an expert home remodeler make sure you really like the color, because that flooring will last a long time.

quiltingshorttimer

I have laminate in my sewing room and love it! So glad when we pulled out carpet that I wanted laminate--just run the dust mop to pick up threads. And we just made some flooring changes in our 20 yr old house too--we put in click together vinyl (like tongue and groove) that looks like stone--totally waterproof, no adhesive used, warranty for 25 yrs. and DH (who is not slender!) uses a rolling chair at the computer for several hrs daily without any marks showing up. Then in the basement, where I long arm, we pulled up the cruddy carpet and had new laminate installed there---very blond in color and I'm loving it! So easy to keep clean! And I do use a rolling drafting stool at the LA and no marks there either. Was told by the flooring folks that the new laminates and vinyls are much more sturdy than even 5 years ago.

Battle Axe

Mine is all carpeted as it was an apartment I rented out. I'm always losing pins in the carpeting. And the carpeting will hold a pin in place so that you can stab your foot. I have a magnet wand that I use to try to pick them up.

janjanq

I have a laminate floor in my sewing room. Bought a chair mat but couldn't use it because the instructions stated "Not For Laminate Floors". (Sticky bottom would ruin the flooring). Only problem i've had...chair rolls too easily! Went to sit down one day and when my butt touched the seat the chair rolled away and I ended up on the floor! Went to a garage sale and bought an old chair that didn't roll so easily.

jmoore

I installed Fusion vinyl planking into my new sewing room and love it...it has a wonderful warranty, is easy to clean and is supposed to hold up in high traffic areas (although it’s usually just me in my sewing studio).

Innov8R

Skip the carpet and go directly to something that sweeps easily. If you are doing it yourself, check out the great self-stick plank tiles that look like wood and are VERY easy to install.

DogHouseMom

What is the location of the room? Main floor, 2nd floor, basement?? Also, if on main floor, are you on a crawl space?

Why do I ask??

One issue with 2nd floor is noise to the main floor in which case I would suggest a flooring that can dampen the noise, ie .. carpet.

If main floor on a crawl or basement, you could have an issue with cold floors - especially if you are like most of us and prefer to sew without shoes, so again ... carpet.

I personally like hardwood floors, but from a cost perspective it's the most expensive.

In our old office we had a birch hardwood floor (light in color) and we had sisal rugs under our office chairs to protect the floor from scratches. The sisal worked well for the chairs, and it worked great to protect the floor. So well that when we moved and picked up the sisal rugs you could see how much the floor OUTSIDE of the sisal mats had discolored, so we left them with the house.

JanelleTrebuna

It is on the second floor above the garage. Great things to consider. Thankfully noise is not an issue in our case.

MaggieLou

I have oak hardwood floors that have just been refinished. I use rolling chairs in my office and sewing room without mats. The chairs have rollers made for hardwood floors. The rollers can be replaced on chairs if they are for carpet instead of hardwood. I've had no issues except the chairs roll very freely so I have to be careful not to let it slide away from me when sitting down.