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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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Protecting Your Floors from the Christmas Tree
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Moody Rooms. What are they? And what are the best paint colors to use for a moody room?
Moody Rooms What are they? And what are the best paint colors to use for a moody room? What are moody rooms? Moody rooms are a fun and exciting new trend that many homeowners and designers alike are incorporating into their homes. So what exactly are moody rooms? Moody rooms aren’t exactly like they sound. Or are they? Well it depends on the mood you are trying to set; Not necessarily the way your are feeling(i.e. moody or grouchy). Moody rooms are darker in color. Bold, dark and exquisite colors are used to create these rooms. While the trend of light, bright and cool toned colors have been popular now…
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Power Outages and Protecting Yourself and Your Home
Were you recently affected by the 2 back to back Nor’easter’s that blanketed the Hudson Valley area with a few feet of snow? We are expecting another Nor’easter the same day Spring begins so it doesn’t seem like winter is ready to let us have warm weather! The first Nor’easter on March 2nd brought along heavy snow and wind gusts of 70 miles per hour. The destruction of fallen trees and down power lines were quite overwhelming to experience. Then on Wednesday 3/7/18 another storm hammered our region with another 18-/+ inches of snow. We lost power on the afternoon of Fri 3/2 and had power restored on Fri…
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Staining Hardwood Floors Gray
Gray stained floors have been a sweeping trend for the past few years or so. I remember the first phone call we received for gray hardwood. It was a trend that has crept its way up to Westchester from NYC. All the designers were raving about this beautiful gray hardwood. While trends come and go- gray stains have seemed to find a niche of their own and I can absolutely see this becoming a classic staple. One of the many reasons gray has become so popular is because of the many, many options of staining a floor gray. You can mix colors to create a custom gray, it can be…
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Different Hardwood Cuts – Rift, Quartered and Plain-Sawn Hardwood
The lumber that is used to create your hardwood flooring is partially defined by how it’s been cut at the saw-mill. When you think of a cut log, you may imagine it’s growth rings. Now you may be wondering why it’s even important to know what way your hardwood flooring material was cut from the tree; but believe it or not, the cut plays a big role in your floorings’ overall mechanical properties and even what the graining looks like! The most accurate way to tell the cut of your lumber or flooring is by examining its end-grain. Typically, these are the three different ways that lumber is cut from…
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Flood Damage, Mold and How to Start Rebuilding Your Home
Water is, without a doubt, the most powerful natural force on the planet. It can erode a mountain creating vast caves and caverns, turn massive rocks and minerals into mere sand particles, and worst of all, do a lot of damage to any home. How prepared can a homeowner really be for potential flooding? Knowing ahead of time what documents your insurance company will ask for, gives you a head start when it’s time to re-build. Here are the basic things you’ll need to know, and the documents you’ll need in case flooding ever occurs in your home. DOCUMENTS TO FILE YOUR INSURANCE CLAIM – Protect your important irreplaceable documents-…
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Backyard additions – Great ideas for your homes’ summer project – Part 1
The summer weather is in full effect, here in the northeast, and that means spending more and more time outdoors. Besides the weekend barbecues, and trips to the lake, spending time in your own backyard is sometimes just what the doctor ordered. Finding great ways to stay occupied in your own backyard isn’t a difficult task. If you’re a homeowner, you’ll probably be able to relate that theres always something needing to be done. Weather there’s grass needing to be cut, or weeds that need to be pulled, you can usually count on having some kind of maintenance that is just waiting to be checked off the seemingly endless “to-do”…
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Cupping vs Crowning – Signs of Potential Water Damage
Wood is one of the most common flooring materials used in homes all across the northeast United States, and for a great reason. Not only does is increase the value of your home, but when maintained properly, you’ll never need to replace it. However, maintenance is the key to ensuring a long life for your wood floors. One of the natural characteristics of wood is that it will tell you when something’s wrong (or show you, rather). Being that wood is a hygroscopic material- meaning that it has the ability to pull in and retain moisture from its environment- Cupping and Crowning are clear signs that there’s a moisture…
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Solid v.s. Engineered Wood Floors – What’s right for your home
Wood is a timeless and classic choice for flooring in any home. It adds warmth, stability, value to your home, and let’s not forget that cozy feeling too. If installed and maintained properly, a solid wood floor has the potential to last a lifetime. But how do you know what type of wood floor is the right choice for your home? With all the factory advances there’s a lot to choose from, and different components to think about. We all want a beautiful looking floor, but the main goal with a wood floor, is to make sure you choose the material that will last the longest, and has the durability…
