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All About Area Rugs

May 13th, 2012
Though area rugs and carpets are often thought to be essentially the same, area rugs are quite different from carpets. They combine the comfort of carpeting with the chic style of hardwood flooring and can be an easy way to add the feeling of warmth to your room.   It’s pretty easy to pick a [...]
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Area Rugs vs. Carpets – How Are They Different?

May 10th, 2012
To most people shopping for new flooring, carpets and area rugs are pretty much the same thing. A carpet is just a wall to wall area rug, right? Actually, no. This is a common misconception. While area rugs and carpets are similar, they serve different purposes in your home. A carpet is warm and inviting [...]

All About Carpet

April 18th, 2012
When you decide to purchase new carpet for your home, you’re choosing a style of flooring with a rich and interesting history. The first carpets were colorful tapestries that were actually used solely for decoration. Hung on walls, tapestries told famous stories and were considered to be more like paintings than carpets. Carpet wasn’t widely [...]

How to Choose Flooring

April 10th, 2012
There are many things you’ll need to consider when it comes time to choose the right flooring for your home. Each style of flooring has different advantages and disadvantages and it’s important to be aware of them when you decide it’s time to start shopping for flooring. Durability: The durability of your new flooring is [...]

Durable Flooring For Your Home

March 20th, 2012
While it’s a good idea to choose flooring that will look attractive in your home, it’s also extremely important that you choose durable flooring that can withstand the stresses placed on it by everyday activities.  Whether you’re laying new flooring in a high-spill area like your kitchen or bathroom, a high traffic area such as [...]

How to Care for Flooring

March 12th, 2012
Having brand new flooring installed in your home can be an exciting time. By buying new floors, whether you’ve decided on hardwood flooring, stone tile flooring, or carpet, you will be enhancing the beauty and comfort of your home. Now that you have your new floors, you will need to care for them properly. With [...]

Caring for Bamboo Flooring

March 6th, 2012
Your new bamboo flooring is beautiful, sleek, and environmentally friendly. Made of a renewable resource and safe resins, bamboo flooring promotes a healthy home. Bamboo is ideal for people who suffer from allergies because they don’t harbor mites or promote dust. In addition, bamboo flooring lasts a very long time if cared for properly. While [...]

Tile Flooring

February 21st, 2012
Tile flooring can add a sleek, modern look to any room in your house. In addition to being easy to maintain, tile flooring is attractive to look at. It requires simple care, such as weekly mopping or vacuuming, and is one of the longest lasting types of flooring available on the market. Ceramic Tile: One [...]

Carpet or Area Rugs?

February 13th, 2012
To a majority of shoppers, area rugs and carpets are essentially the same. An area rug is just a smaller carpet, right? This is actually a common misconception; carpets and area rugs are similar, but serve different purposes. Carpets: Carpet is a warm and inviting style of flooring. Maybe it was the comfort of carpet [...]

Caring for Your Floors

February 7th, 2012
You couldn’t be happier to have brand new flooring in your house. The hardwood flooring in your living room is rich and beautiful, the stone tile in your kitchen is chic and clean, and the carpet in your bedroom is warm and inviting. Providing your new floor with proper care is essential to maintaining its [...]

The Basics of Hardwood Flooring

January 31st, 2012
Of all the types of flooring available on the market, you chose hardwood flooring for your home. Hardwood flooring is rich and beautiful and comes in a variety of style options. Hardwood flooring is also versatile. It can make your living room inviting, your kitchen chic, and your bedroom comfortable. Depending on the style of [...]

Area Rugs – The Basics

January 29th, 2012
Area rugs are wonderful ways to have the best of two flooring styles – you can have the style of hardwood with the comfort of carpet. They can be an easy and affordable way to add a sense of warmth to your room. Picking an area rug is easy. First, you want to pick the [...]

Hardwood Flooring – The Basics

January 11th, 2012
Of all the types of flooring available on the market, you chose hardwood flooring for your home. Hardwood flooring is rich and beautiful and comes in a variety of style options. Hardwood flooring is also versatile. It can make your living room inviting, your kitchen chic, and your bedroom comfortable. Depending on the style of [...]

Stone Tile Flooring – The Basics

December 23rd, 2011
In addition to being beautiful and welcoming, stone tile flooring is one of the longest-lasting flooring options on the market. It only requires basic care, such as mopping and vacuuming, and is timeless and chic. There are many types of stone tile flooring available for purchase, and each one will make your room beautiful and [...]

Choosing Carpet

December 6th, 2011
Of all the different styles of flooring available, from carpet to stone tile to hardwood, you decided to choose carpet as the new flooring in your home. Carpet has a rich history, but wasn’t typically used as an interior floor covering in Europe until the 18th century. Since then, people have come to realize that [...]

How to Choose the Right Flooring for Your Home

December 1st, 2011
When you’re looking to fix up a room in your home, you may think first of wall color, then of furniture, and lastly of the flooring. After painting the walls a lovely new color and finding furniture to fit the room, you may think laying down a simple area rug is your best option. There [...]

Bamboo Flooring – Eco-Friendly Style

November 22nd, 2011
When you think of flooring, you likely think of elegant hardwood, comfortable carpet, or cool kitchen linoleum. What may not immediately come to mind is bamboo flooring. While bamboo flooring is very similar to hardwood, it is also stronger, more durable, and typically more resistant to insects and moisture. In addition, it is eco-friendly. In [...]

What to Consider When Choosing Flooring

November 17th, 2011
There are many types of flooring available to choose from, but which is the right type of flooring for you? While it might be cheaper to purchase an area rug, it may not suit your needs as well as you would hope. So what type of flooring should you choose? Stone Tile: Stone tile is [...]

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