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I mean, the ultimate in luxury flooring is probably a floor made of gold. But Bog Oak would make rather handsome flooring. Some of it is thousands of years old,

I mean, the ultimate in luxury flooring is probably a floor made of gold. But Bog Oak would make rather handsome flooring. Some of it is thousands of years old, not just hundreds. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bog-wood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bog-wood https://www.wood-database.com/bog-oak/ https://www.wood-database.com/bog-oak/ https://bogoakdesignstudio.com/en/flooring/ https://bogoakdesignstudio.com/en/flooring/

TylerE 5y ago
Gold would be miserable flooring. It would dent easily (gold is quite soft), and it's very thermally conductive so it's feel quite cold through your shoes.
- Cerium 5y ago
  Surely your gold floor would have radiant heating installed and the floor burnishing robot would keep it gleeming.
- jacobolus 5y ago
  Just use this platinum-gold nanocrystalline alloy with wear “comparable to diamond-like carbon (DLC) and sapphire” https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adma.201802026 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adma.201802... Or more plausibly, this titanium–gold alloy 4x as hard as steel, https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.1600319 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.1600319
markdown 5y ago
> I mean, the ultimate in luxury flooring is probably a floor made of gold. That would be quite garish and tasteless, and therefore not luxurious.
- dylan604 5y ago
  So gold flooring is too much, but gold toilets and water faucets are acceptable. Nice to know where the "too much/too far" line is.
  - markdown 5y ago
    Heads up: you probably responded to the wrong comment. I've never said anything about toilets or faucets.
    - dylan604 5y ago
      No. It was just a bad funny. I've never seen gold flooring, but I have seen gold toilets/faucets. So clearly there's a line, and you just help define it. ;-)
- IncRnd 5y ago
  Well, I rather enjoy my carpet made from spun gold fibers. Gold is a soft metal, and the fibers are incredibly plush and luxurious underfoot.

TylerE 5y ago

Gold would be miserable flooring. It would dent easily (gold is quite soft), and it's very thermally conductive so it's feel quite cold through your shoes.

Cerium 5y ago
Surely your gold floor would have radiant heating installed and the floor burnishing robot would keep it gleeming.
jacobolus 5y ago
Just use this platinum-gold nanocrystalline alloy with wear “comparable to diamond-like carbon (DLC) and sapphire” https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adma.201802026 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adma.201802... Or more plausibly, this titanium–gold alloy 4x as hard as steel, https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.1600319 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.1600319

markdown 5y ago

> I mean, the ultimate in luxury flooring is probably a floor made of gold. That would be quite garish and tasteless, and therefore not luxurious.

dylan604 5y ago
So gold flooring is too much, but gold toilets and water faucets are acceptable. Nice to know where the "too much/too far" line is.
- markdown 5y ago
  Heads up: you probably responded to the wrong comment. I've never said anything about toilets or faucets.
  - dylan604 5y ago
    No. It was just a bad funny. I've never seen gold flooring, but I have seen gold toilets/faucets. So clearly there's a line, and you just help define it. ;-)
IncRnd 5y ago
Well, I rather enjoy my carpet made from spun gold fibers. Gold is a soft metal, and the fibers are incredibly plush and luxurious underfoot.