The ABCs (and Beyond) of Flooring

Posted on: 17 June 2021

If you're fixing up a cabin to use as a getaway or to rent as a vacation home, you may be stumped when it comes to the type of flooring to install. Your choice may be determined by how you intend to use the cabin, since you want attractive flooring for a vacation rental and more utilitarian flooring for a fishing cabin. Plus, you have to consider if the cabin will be cooled and heated all the time or if there will be weeks or months when the cabin is hot and humid or freezing. [Read More]

Posted on: 3 June 2021

If you want flooring with a more personalized design, consider using hardwood materials. The features that you may want to consider include stencil staining, borders, and laid-in designs. The following hardwood flooring custom installation options will give your new floors a more personalized design: Stenciled Hardwood Flooring Stains The hardwood that you install for the floors in your home is going to need to be stained. Rather than staining the wood with one color stain, they can be combined with different colors. [Read More]

Posted on: 25 May 2021

While laminate floors may be designed to closely mimic the look of hardwood flooring, these two materials are quite different in the type of maintenance they require. Consequently, cleaning and caring for your laminate floors in the same manner as you would a hardwood floor can actually result in rather significant damage to your laminate. Furthermore, since laminate flooring cannot simply be sanded down and refinished to eliminate damage to its surface, any damage that is caused by improper maintenance can result in some rather hefty repair or replacement expenses. [Read More]

Posted on: 20 May 2021

If you are looking for elegant flooring solutions for your home, custom-built hardwood floors give you many options. These can be interesting and artistic patterns that are handcrafted for a one-of-a-kind floor design. The following custom-built hardwood floor designs are some of the options you may want to consider for your home: Inlayed Hardwood Floor Designs The first option to consider for custom-built hardwood floors is a laid-in design. There are a lot of options for custom and personalized features that can be added with laid-in hardwood flooring designs. [Read More]