Carpeting vs Hardwood Floors

Carpeting vs Hardwood Floors

The art of creating a stylish and peaceful home interior and everyday living environment can be overwhelming, given all the options and various materials to make decisions on. One of the most essential decisions to be made is choosing between hardwood floors or...
Hardwood Flooring Samples Are Important

Hardwood Flooring Samples Are Important

When you make the decision to put in new hardwood flooring, you have many things to consider. At the heart of the decision is looking at the hardwood floor options you have to choose from, which is often done by using hardwood flooring sample boards. Sample boards are...
Home Design – More Than Wood Floors

Home Design – More Than Wood Floors

Whether you are planning to renovate your Portland home or building a new home in Beaverton or some other suburb, you are beginning to realize that home design goes well beyond hardwood flooring. Yes, wood floors are an integral and foundational component in home...
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...
You’ve Never Seen Crazy Wood Floors Like These

You’ve Never Seen Crazy Wood Floors Like These

Most of us will never build a multi-million dollar mansion for ourselves or be able to afford extravagant woodwork and gold-covered fixtures. Though true, we can have luxurious hardwood flooring of the highest quality, style, and durability thanks to today’s...
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...
How Wood Floors Are Made

How Wood Floors Are Made

Several times on our Facebook page recently, our community has asked how hardwood floors are made. It was surprising to us that so many are interested in how wood flooring is manufactured. We can tell you that the highly complex and detailed process that goes into...
What Wood Species Are Most Common For Wood Floors?

What Wood Species Are Most Common For Wood Floors?

What are the most common wood floor species? This is a question that we get fairly frequently and from our research, one that many wood floor buyers have in general. When addressing the question of what are the most popular wood floor species, I think it is also...
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...