To Bamboo or not to Bamboo? That is the question.
05-20-2008 | 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Martin525i' post='584664' date='May 20 2008, 02:40 PM
To me the Bamboo does not even look like wood.
05-20-2008 | 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by geneatals' post='584665' date='May 20 2008, 02:42 PM
that's because it's not wood...it's bamboo...
Actually, Bamboo is a wood.
I have the bamboo and love it- very unique. You should see it in person, though. Mine is much more Brown than the Grey in the picture in the first post in this thread.
05-20-2008 | 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by cosmosblau' post='584763' date='May 20 2008, 04:59 PM
Actually, Bamboo is a wood.
I have the bamboo and love it- very unique. You should see it in person, though. Mine is much more Brown than the Grey in the picture in the first post in this thread.
I have the bamboo and love it- very unique. You should see it in person, though. Mine is much more Brown than the Grey in the picture in the first post in this thread.
it was a joke, but I guess sarcasm doesn't go well over the internet, but thank you for my horticultural/agricultural review...anyway...the color changes depending on how the light is hitting it. Mine jumps between brown, grey, sometimes even a purplish color...that's the fun part of having the bamboo IMO...
05-20-2008 | 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by geneatals' post='584777' date='May 20 2008, 05:17 PM
it was a joke, but I guess sarcasm doesn't go well over the internet, but thank you for my horticultural/agricultural review...anyway...the color changes depending on how the light is hitting it. Mine jumps between brown, grey, sometimes even a purplish color...that's the fun part of having the bamboo IMO...
and it grows like a freakin weed!! ...Go with the bamboo!! it's way beter looking IMO!
05-21-2008 | 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted by leggomysakyo' post='584787' date='May 20 2008, 05:25 PM
Bamboo is actually a form of grass NOT wood... Look it up. and it grows like a freakin weed!! ...
Go with the bamboo!! it's way beter looking IMO!
and it grows like a freakin weed!! ...Go with the bamboo!! it's way beter looking IMO!
Bamboo
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Bamboo is a group of woody perennial evergreen plants in the true grass family Poaceae....."
I actually chose the Bamboo firstly because of my Horticultural love of the plants. In my last house, I had planted 5 different varieties of it and installed Bamboo Wood floors in my Den. Only certain types, the "Runners", spread like weeds unless their Rhizomes are kept in check by barriers.
Geneatals is right: the color of the Bamboo in the car changes depending upon the light. Occasionally, I pass a 5er with lighter poplar and I get envious, but I am sure I made the best decision.
On the new 7ers, they have that Matt Walnut trim which I LOVE!
05-21-2008 | 08:14 AM
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go with bamboo...