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Why are Hardwood Floors So Popular? 10 Reasons Why hardwood floors are the most popular flooring.
Why Hardwood Floors are so popular. My top 10 reasons- COMING SOON Best Bargain Timeless Versatile Styles Species Design Durable Abundant Hygienic Longevity Add value Natural Resource- can be replenished Can be fixed when damaged
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Signs It’s Time to Refinish Your Hardwood Floors
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Hardwood in the Kitchen
Hardwood flooring in the kitchen, should you or shouldn’t you, that is the question? And yes you should! Hardwood flooring in the kitchen is very, I mean VERY, popular in kitchens in the Northeast. With proper care and maintenance, hardwood flooring in your kitchen and home will last a lifetime maybe even two or 3 lifetimes. We have sanded and refinished hardwood flooring that was over 100 years old. Truthfully, hardwood flooring is one of those floors that never go out of style. The stain trends may come and go but with a sanding and refinishing, you can change that to bring your floors up to current trend. An experienced…
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2020 Tile Trends
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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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European Oak
Oak Flooring is the most popular flooring choice in the US. It is abundantly available, durable, and easy to work with. It is also very popular among builders as lumber. American Oak is distinguished into two main categories: Red Oak and White Oak.
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How to Care for Hardwood Flooring
Maintaining your hardwood floors Did you just have hardwood floors installed and are now wondering the best way to care and maintain them? Or did you just move into a home that has hardwood throughout and you want to keep them looking new for years to come? In this post, we’ll discuss some preventative tips for maintaining your hardwood floors, minimize scratching, and wear of the finish. Hardwood floors are classic and not going out of style anytime soon. One of the amazing benefits of hardwood flooring is that it lasts a lifetime and then some. We’ve refinished floors that were over a century old- albeit not always in the…
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The Different Grades of Red Oak
The different grades of Red Oak Hardwood We had written a post on the different grades of hardwood in the past. It was a more generalized post about the overall grading system of hardwood floor. In this post, I thought it was necessary to be a bit more specific. Since Oak floor is the most popular hardwood choice for a vast majority of the United States, especially here in the North East region, we are going to discuss the different grades of Red Oak. You’ll notice, if you have read our previous blog on the hardwood grading system, many domestic species have interchangeable terms for the grades and it can…
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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…