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Does it have to be carpeting, as in wall to wall?

Area rugs can do the trick too. Thick ones are awesome to walk on barefoot, they help muffle sound like carpeting, and you can get all natural ones. Oriental rugs are generally wool. Stay away from tufted rugs though, as they're glued, and you'll get off-gassing from the glue.

Thanks, Leslie.

Boomer: It does have to be wall to wall. It's for a commercial application. Not sure the real estate agents will be walking around barefoot in the building.

In my search, I recently found some broadloom and tiled carpeting from Constantine Carpet, the Plank collection that most resembles the FLOR stripes. varies between 25-40% post cosumer content, and 100% recyclable. It doesn't have the groovy color selections FLOR has- they are mostly muted- but it has GREAT texture (have to see it live and touch it, to appreciate it) and it's considerably cheaper and more expensive looking than the FLOR at about $3.29-4.39 /sqft $1/sqft installation. I'm actually beginning to think FLOR is overated for how cheap it looks combined with the price. Are we paying for the graphic qualities?

Another golden nugget of info gathered: Bamboo floors are terrible for commercial use. It scratches very easily, can't be refinished, and has limited color options (though it can be stained but by nature bamboo just doesn't take stain very well).

Patricia here from Maude Decor. Just wanted to let everyone know that all our hand-painted canvas rugs are painted with low VOC paints. As is our sealer. We try to make sure all the materials we use are as eco-friendly as possible.