After a lot of thought & research we’ve come to the conclusion that we’d like to install cork floor tile (glue down) in the little bedroom & it’s new closet instead of patching/ refinishing the existing hardwood. The bedroom is pretty small and we’d be putting in a lot of grunt work that would mostly end up under a bed anyway. So we got some cork samples!

They’re pretty:

We’re leaning toward a consistent pattern in a 12×12 tile:

In general we’re looking for a color that is close to the warm golden color of our wood floors. I’ll give a more in-depth cork flooring post soon!