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Finishes – Custom Moldings
Custom finishes are what brings that extra touch of style and class into your home. It’s really the small details that make the biggest overall difference. Here at The Couture Floor Company, we’re all about the little details that take ordinary finishes and turn them into beautiful accents in your home. Here are some examples of finishing touches that we can provide you with – Custom Trim-work Crown Molding- This is a decorative molding that is installed at the highest point of each wall, where it meets the ceiling. Whether it’s streamline and simple or intricate and elegant, Crown Molding is a great addition to any room of your…
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Bathroom Renovations Every Homeowner Should Consider
Consider these updates for a master bath, guest bathroom or a powder room. If you have an outdated bathroom that you are looking to update, you have come to the right place. Here at The Couture Floor Company, we offer services far beyond installing flooring; tackling a bathroom renovation is something that we pride ourselves in being able to offer our clients. Renovations and updates to consider for your bathrooms that we can take care of for you. Updating the tile Tile is the most drastic change you can make to your bathroom and for good reason; tile takes up a good majority of wall and floor space. Tile Trends…
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Basement Remodeling – Top Reasons to Utilize ALL Your Homes Space with a Finished Basement
Are you like many other homeowners here in the Northeast, who dread that inevitable trip down into their unfinished basement? From hanging spider-webs and creepy crawly insects to a plethora of funky odors you can’t quite identify, who wouldn’t dread it!? Besides it being a space that we’d all like to shut our eyes and pretend doesn’t exist, there are a lot of great reasons why you should consider having it finished. In this weeks post, our Pro’s go over all of the real and valid reasons why you should consider finishing the basement in your home. 1. Increase your Homes Value Having a finished basement is viewed as…
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5 Reasons to Get Rid of Your Wall-To-Wall Carpeting
If you’re like many of the homeowners here in the Northeast, you’ll agree that almost nothing is softer and warmer on your feet (especially in the winter) than soft, plush, wall-to-wall carpeting. But what is that soft, squishy feeling beneath your feet worth, when compared to the overall indoor environment of your home? Our list below may change your mind about your homes carpeting; Our flooring Pro’s go over the 5 biggest reasons to get rid of that old carpet today. #1 – Allergies – Carpet is a known Magnet for allergens. They are reported to contain 100 times more allergens than hard-surfaced floor coverings. Carpet manufacturers report that carpet…
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Small Home Updates that Make a Huge Difference, Just in Time for the Holidays
It’s almost that time of year again! That’s right, believe it or not, the holiday season is right around the corner and it’s time to ask yourself….. “Is my home ready for holiday entertaining?” Well don’t fret because here at The Couture Floor Company, our Pro’s have some great, quick and small home updates that you can have done, that will surely make a HUGE difference before all your family and friends are over! Some people just love the Holidays, while others may be taken aback by all the added expenses. Just because the holiday season usually means we’ll be spending more money on food and gifts, that doesn’t…
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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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Mold – The Biggest Threat to a Healthy Home
This blog post is a continuum of the previous posts – Flood Damage, Mold and How to Start Rebuilding your home Floor Damage After a Hurricane or Flood Post-Flood Improper Drying: What Risks Your Home is Facing Since the catastrophic hurricanes have hit Houston, Florida, and Puerto Rico, we want to help you understand your homes environment and how to keep it as safe and healthy as possible. That means knowing how to prevent the growth of mold in your home. First, let’s get a better idea of what “Mold” really is – All molds are a type of fungi and they come in a variety of colors,…
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Post-Flood Improper Drying: What Risks Your Home is Facing
Flooding can be a scary result from many different circumstances. Although with this years catastrophic Hurricane Season that has caused countless homes to be subjected to incredibly high flood-waters, there are things in every home that can cause flooding as well. Just think of all the possible aspects of a home that are capable of causing flooding or some kind of water-damage, it may be something as small as nails in your roof that weren’t sealed, slowly leaking for years and years…. with nowhere for the water to go, your homes’ interior structure will soak it all up. It may sound harmless, but eventually, the damage will be visible…
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Floor Damage after a Hurricane or Flood
Our previous post touched on Flood Damage, Mold and the Rebuilding of Your Home. In this post, we’re discussing FLOOR-DAMAGE after a hurricane/and or flood and how different flooring materials hold-up to such circumstances. We’ll also discuss why it is so important to take the right steps in remedying any damage that may have occurred. Water Damage to Plywood Subfloor With the passing and destruction of Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma and with a couple of new Hurricanes making their way to landfall, the inevitable threat of sitting flood water has never been more real. Unfortunately, the chances of severe damage to the flooring in your home are high if you…
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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-…
