Well I mentioned about a month back that I was only 85% complete with the installation of my IKEA laminate flooring. As of this past weekend I have completed about 98% of the full floor installation. I’ve added the baseboards and finished painting the walls. The only 2% of work I have left is connecting the area where the laminate floor hits the tile or carpeted areas (which shouldn’t be too bad).

My experience with the installation of the SLÄTTEN IKEA laminate floors was pretty good. However, I over bought when it came to the boxes of laminate floor planks. I purchased 28 boxes and only needed 15 + 1 for later use if needed. So I ended up having to return the other 12 boxes which wasn’t too bad.

When it came to the padding under the laminate floor I opted for Fiberboard… the NIVÅ Floor liner. Only for the simple fact that I recently put in laminate floors in my home office and used foam padding under the laminate flooring and in my opinion the foam padding made my floor echo a bit more.

Below is a video that I found to be a bit detailed on how much work goes into installing IKEA laminate flooring the Do it Yourself way. Looking to buy some IKEA Laminate Flooring for yourself..? Get a $500 Gift Card to shop at IKEA!

As I mentioned before I’m in the process of installing IKEA Laminate flooring (link). I started the DIY process this past Friday night (May 9th). Below are the steps that I’ve taken so far as well as what I have left to complete the job… I’m probably about 85% complete with the laminate floor installation project.

Step 1.) I moved as much furniture out of the room. [complete]
Step 2.) Pull up the base boards around the room. [complete]
Step 3.) Pull up and cut the carpet into sections small enough to place into large trash bags. [complete]
Step 4.) Pull up and cut the carpet padding into small enough to place into large trash bags. [complete]
Step 5.) Tape board spacers onto wall to guide the laminate wood along the wall (seen in photo w/blue tape). [complete]
Step 6.) Place installation / padding board onto floor then tape them together. [complete]
Step 7.) Start to lay down laminate flooring from one side to another and cut where needed. The angle in my living room suck to cut as well as around door ways! [incomplete still needs about 1/4 of the room to fill]
Step 8.) Place the trim /border along the bottom of the floor. I’m going to go with a 4 inch version this time. The previous owners had the cheap 2 inch stuff throughout the whole place. [incomplete]

To fully complete steps 7 & 8 I must continue my IKEA laminate floor installation project next weekend. So be sure to check back next weekend to catch a glimpse of the completed laminate floor.

I went to the Orlando IKEA store today to check out their laminate flooring and furniture. Reason being I’m looking to replace the carpet in about 85% of my house. A while ago I replace the flooring in my office which was a pain. However, from learning what I now know about installing laminate floors I feel a little more confident to do more rooms in my house. Here is the laminate flooring I plan to buy from IKEA… It’s called SLÄTTEN it’s a new laminate floor they have at IKEA. It’s priced at a very affordable price: ($16.09 per box / 24.757 sq feet / Price per sq feet: $0.64). When I tried to shop at any of the local hardware stores the lowest price per sq foot was in the range of ($1.11-$1.47). Well I guess it pays to shop around… IKEA is a great place to find deals!

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I was trying to find a site or sites similar to what IKEA has to offer because IKEA isn’t in Orlando yet. So, I found quite a few that offer some cool almost do it yourself stuff along with some cheap and expensive stuff to help spice up your living quarters.

• modusfurniture.co.uk
• design-milk.com
• craftzine.com
• wallpaperlab.com
• lowimpactliving.com
• padstyle.com
• apartmenttherapy.com
• capndesign.com
• cribcandy
• modernflat
• grass roots modern
• NOTCOT
• design*sponge

If you know of any good decorating sites please feel free to leave them as a comment.