Luxury Vinyl Tile Now 6% Of All Flooring Renovations

Luxury Vinyl Tile Now 6% Of All Flooring Renovations

Luxury Vinyl Tile now makes up a huge 6% of all flooring renovations according to a recent study from Home Innovation Research Labs Annual Consumer Practices Survey. In our Portland flooring store we have seen this trend first hand as our customers have increasingly...
Does Floating Floors Mean What You Think?

Does Floating Floors Mean What You Think?

In the classic film, The Princess Bride, fictional character Inigo Montoya made this famous quote, “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” For most, outside of the industry, the same just might apply to the understanding of the use...
Laminate Wood Flooring – What You Need To Know

Laminate Wood Flooring – What You Need To Know

Capturing the aesthetics of real wood, laminate wood flooring, with its layered construction for durability, is a stylish, affordable and popular choice for many homeowners and businesses. Though laminate flooring was invented in 1977 by the Swedish company Pergo,...
Eco-Friendly Flooring Options

Eco-Friendly Flooring Options

Eco-friendly flooring and sustainable building practices are things that many Portland area consumers are interested in at some level. In fact, when given the choice, the majority of Portland homeowners tend to choose options that support sustainability or...
Use Contrasting Hardwood Floors and Wall Color

Use Contrasting Hardwood Floors and Wall Color

Matching hardwood floor tones with wall color can be a real challenge when trying to select the right color or contrast combination. It might be one of the most frustrating decisions you have to make during renovation of an older space or building a new home. A...
Lumber Liquidators Dangerous Wood Flooring – The Facts

Lumber Liquidators Dangerous Wood Flooring – The Facts

The last thing consumers who purchased certain types of wood flooring from Lumber Liquidators thought they would be concerned about was their health, but that’s just what someone hundred thousand or so consumers are faced with. The embattled wood flooring...
Hardwood Floors – Choosing Dark OR Light Wood Colors

Hardwood Floors – Choosing Dark OR Light Wood Colors

Hardwood floors come in nearly an infinite number of colors, shades, and finishes. These wood floor color variances offer the homeowner copious options for creating the exact style and decor they are looking for with their home design. But when you are selecting your...
6 Considerations For Selecting New Hardwood Flooring

6 Considerations For Selecting New Hardwood Flooring

When you have come to the decision that you are going to either remodel and/or include hardwood flooring in your new construction project, oftentimes that is the easiest part of the process. You are now faced with numerous other questions related to your new hardwood...
Surprising Feature Wall Ideas For Your Home

Surprising Feature Wall Ideas For Your Home

Today’s interior design trends transform uniform wall color and texture throughout specific living spaces into artful features that highlight entire walls. Traditional feature walls have utilized differing colors and textures in order to break up the drab and...