Hi, Selena...just getting caught up on my FML's. We just put in a bamboo floor in our new bathroom. My husband (who has put down more than one or two hardwood floors) said that the bamboo was *incredibly* dense, and harder to work with than oak, but DANG what a nice result! It has a *beautiful* grain.It also smells like sweet grass. It will be interesting to see how it wears over the years. As a plus, it is cheaper than any of the hardwood kits you can buy at big home improvement stores like Lowes or Home Depot. We like it so much we're thinking of doing the kitchen floor with it, too. Ferrets have NO traction on it! (Bwa-ha-ha-ha!) Ping and Puma have *tried* real hard to stain it, but have so far been unsucessful. The nastiness just wipes up. Alexandra in MA (Just catching up from a long time off-line) [Posted in FML issue 5327]