For a long time, the most popular type of hardwood flooring was parquet. Parquet was used in the Palace at Versailles in France. Also, TD Garden in Boston uses parquet hardwood flooring for…
In the 21st-century, customers are becoming more and more aware of the chemicals that they are using in their daily lives. They’re more knowledgeable about the foods they eat as well the environmental…
The mixed-width hardwood trend is exactly what it sounds like. Hardwood flooring installers are installing hardwood that is made of planks of several different widths. Obviously, the standard option is for every plank…
Trends in flooring come and go over time. Some of them are based on function and others on style. Hickory has been growing in popularity and does not look to be slowing down….
Typically, when you buy hardwood flooring, you buy enough of one kind of wood to cover your entire space. That means you’ll buy, for example, cherry oak planks that are all the same…
A few hardwood flooring trends have been prominent in the last few years and show no sign of fading. One of the new trends in sustainability is end grain flooring. Sustainability and responsible…
Wood flooring goes through a series of trends, as with any other type of design element. There are elements of hardwood flooring that remain constant and don’t change with changing trends but other…
If you want hardwood floors for your home but you have dogs, you need to consider a few things. Namely, the dog is likely to slip and slide around on your hardwood floor,…
Scratches in hardwood floors are very difficult to get out. If you haven’t figured out what is scratching them, you could find yourself spinning in circles. You sand and refinish a scratched section,…
When properly maintained, a hardwood floor is very resilient. The hardwoods used for the flooring are very hard, and the finishes protect them even further. However, some things acn still damage your wood…