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New Flooring Market Trends For Your Home

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

Are you current on floor market trends? If you are not, we are here to get you up-to-date by providing information on new flooring market trends. Read below to learn about them.

 

Traditionally, hardwood floors were brown and easy to clean and maintenance. Now pale floors will be popular in the flooring market in the United States of America (USA). Pale floors have already been popular.

The Advantage of Pale Floors

The light tone of pale flooring brings a wonderful brightness to any room. The most popular looks for the pale flooring are faded and distressed appearance. You can get this flooring light tone in ceramic tile, wood or vinyl. You can pick from a range of light colors and faded colors.

 

If you are interested in installing an old scrubbed farmhouse flooring, you will love this new trend because you can pick a gray-washed effect or whitewashed look for your flooring.

 

As for Laminate flooring, expect early launching of new products to meet demand. If you are a fan of wood grain porcelain tiles, then you will be happy to hear wood grain porcelain tiles are easier to maintenance than real wood tiles.

 

If you are feeling really adventurous, try installing flooring on your walls and ceilings. For example, you can use stone on your walls and flooring or use porcelain on your walls near fireplaces, stoves, and on your chimneys.

 

Update your home flooring and walls today!

 

If you need to install flooring for your home or office, let Jim Boyd’s Flooring America get the job done well!

 

Our carpet & flooring store serves the needs of both residential homeowners and business customers, including many interior designers, interior decorators and homebuilders. One factor setting the company apart is our strong emphasis on superior customer service. Jim Boyd’s business philosophy is based upon treating customers and employees with the utmost consideration.

 

For professional services and questions, contact Jim Boyd’s Flooring America by calling 410-667-0620 or click here today!

 

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Source: New Market Trends to Floor You

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All You Need To Know About Distressed Hardwood Flooring

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

Do you know how to install distressed hardwood flooring? If you do not, we are here to tell you everything you need to know about distressed hardwood flooring. Read below to learn!

Installing distressed hardwood flooring has become a popular decorating trend in flooring. Distressed hardwood flooring is being used to create the appearance of a uniquely aged look to homes. This type of hardwood flooring can be made up of different types of hardwood planks. The planks have subtly applied markings of use and distressing. If it is done correctly, it gives off a wonderfully unique rustic look to any home.

Below is information on how distressed hardwood flooring gets created, as well as, what to look out for when shopping for this type of flooring.

Why is the flooring unique?

For one thing, the distressed hardwood flooring will never be as shiny and bright as brand new hardwood flooring. It is intentionally created to resemble an aging floor; this includes patterns of rubbing, scuffmarks and sanding scars.

The flooring is built by hand to the point each plank is individually distressed and assembled into your home. A company installing your flooring should seal each board beforehand or seal it on site, once the entire installment is completed. The sealing and timing of the sealing are important to long-term endurance of the flooring.

We recommend installing a pre-finished floor to take advantage of how each plank will react to changes in temperature and humidity.  Each plank will move and shift based on its environment without any harm to the whole of the flooring. If you place the finish on the wood after installment, you are more inclined to see cracks and splits during temperature and humidity changes.

To learn how your flooring should be distressed and what to look for in manufacturers, read this article from EzineArticles.com.

Or for professional services and questions, contact Jim Boyd’s Flooring America by calling 410-667-0620 or click here today!

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