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Red Oak vs. White Oak Flooring
Hardwood flooring is a classic flooring option that is elegant in design, timeless, has a great return on investment, and oh so ever popular. It doesn’t seem like its popularity is diminishing either. Within the last few years, there’s been an uprising trend in adding hardwood to the kitchen and bathrooms to match the rest of the home. The two most popular hardwood flooring used is White Oak and Red Oak. Let’s discuss the difference between them… It’s easy to assume the red oak flooring is red and white oak flooring is white, (and for good reason). However, there is quite a difference between the two, more than having to…
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Wide-Plank Hardwood Flooring
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What are different types of polyurethane finishes?
Matte- Satin- Semi-gloss- High gloss How is flooring luster measured? The luster, or “sheen level” of a floor is determined by how the flooring surface reflects light at a particular angle. The luster is measured with a small device called a gloss meter, which measures the amount of reflected light from the light beamed at a given angle onto the floor. This gives us our “scale;” with “Matte” on one end, (being the least glossy and reflective, and “High gloss” on the other end, (being the most shiny and most reflective of the finishes). Does polyurethane affect the color of a hardwood floor? The simple answer is: It depends on whether you’re using an oil…
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Expert Advice on Hardwood Floors for Homeowners
Hardwood flooring is the most popular flooring in North America; followed very closely by wood floor look a-likes such as porcelain tile and luxury vinyl plank (both fine floor options). But there is something just so timeless and classic about hardwood floors. They scream elegance and longevity. While certain stain colors come in and out of trend, the ability to change the wood floor stain color is extremely appealing to homeowners. Hardwood floors are trend adaptable- unlike other floor options on the market. Hardwood flooring does require a certain level of care and maintenance to ensure its integrity and long lasting life. I am so excited to announce that I,…
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Protecting Your Floors from the Christmas Tree
The holidays are here! My favorite time of year. Has anyone else been binge watching Holiday Baking Championships on the Food Network? It’s the default channel in my house during this time of year. My kids love it and ask me to (attempt) to bake the desserts. I love when the tree comes out and we start decorating it. One year we got a real tree, and I promised myself, never again. The mess it made was disastrous, I was finding pine needles until the next Christmas, we failed to measure my ceiling and bought a tree about 2 feet too tall, it scratched my ceiling- it is a funny…
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2020 Tile Trends
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How to Choose Flooring for your Home
The housing market is booming. After speaking with many of my realtor friends, they all agree that, as of right now, it’s a hot sellers’ market. Whether you’re buying a turnkey home, one that is in major need of repairs, or a home where you would like to spruce it up and make it your own style, one question that many clients tend to ask is “How to Choose Flooring in Your New Home?” I, along with many other brilliant and talented flooring professionals, was asked by Redfin to give my advice on choosing flooring for your new home. I am a firm believer that hardwood offers the best return…
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Interior Design Trends of 2020
Every year I like to compile a list of some interior designs that I see becoming trendy. Some years, the design world changes drastically, while other years I see trends linger from one year into the other. I’m very familiar with design trends because I, have my own interior design company- Lisa Catalina Interiors. I work with some amazing builders and clients. I also design and pick out all the finishes for our construction company and we are currently building our dream home. So it is extremely important for me to know what the current trends are. Having travelled across the United States, I have seen some trends that I…
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Wide-Plank Hardwood Flooring
Wide Plank hardwood flooring exudes elegance. Where wide planked flooring is installed, it’s often one of the first things a person notices when walking into a room; it very easily acts as a focal point. It’s hard not to miss such a beautiful floor when it spans the course of an entire room. But more so than the adoring cosmetic quality, wide plank hardwood bears a craftmanship appeal to it as well. Wide plank flooring isn’t as common as the standard strip flooring, here in the northeast United States. When a wide plank hardwood floor is installed in a home or business, you can be sure that a certain level…
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Red Oak vs. White Oak Flooring
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Hardwood vs. Tile in the Kitchen
Hardwood in the kitchen is one floor covering many home owners are hesitant about installing. Lately, however, more and more clients have been opting for hardwood installed in their kitchen and we are very excited for this. Hardwood flooring in kitchens are extremely popular in the Northeast. Hardwood floors rank higher among clients for the preferred flooring choice than tile flooring. We fully understand why. While tile is extremely durable, it is often hard and unforgiving on your feet. And a home with an active family where dishes are a constant, the desire for a softer floor on your feet is a must- and hardwood allows for that. Tile is…
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“Water-popping-What it is, and why it should be considered.”
We found that water popping hardwood is a technique that many flooring companies and finishers simply don’t use when finishing hardwood floors. It’s one of the reasons why we stand out from the rest. We don’t consider water-popping to be an “additional step,” we consider it a “necessary” one, when staining is involved. Staining and finishing any type of hardwood is a process that requires a lot of TLC, to say the least. Our experts take great care when performing each and every step of the finishing process. From the first pass of our sanding equipment, to the final coat of poly, our wood floor finishers focus on every last…
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5 Signs of Water Damage on Wood Floors
spacing, buckling, crowning or cupping, and color change and pulling up from the subfloor.
