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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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Wood-Look Flooring Options- What to install when solid hardwood isn’t an option
Solid Hardwood flooring is the number 1 choice for flooring material here in the northeast, and for great reason – It adds monetary value to your home, along with personality and a lot of character and style. Like most homeowners, here at The Couture Floor Company, we love our hardwood floors. We take tremendous pride in each and every one of our hardwood floors that we install and finish. But what if theres an area in your home that isn’t suitable for hardwood flooring? Well, we’ve got some options for you – In this post, you’ll learn about the various alternative options to solid hardwood, that will still bring that…
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How to achieve a truly Flat subfloor
In order to accomplish that goal, we take every necessary step to provide a solid and quality flooring installation. Every quality flooring installation starts with a sound and flat subfloor. In this post, we’re going to share with you, the option that we offer our clients to ensure their subfloor is truly flat, and in turn, allows for long-lasting and quality flooring installation. Self-Leveling Cement – Self-leveling cement is exactly what it sounds like. It’s a cement material that finds it’s own level. The quality product we use can be poured from any depth between 1.5″ to a smoothed-out feather edge, making it a suitable choice for preparing just about any subfloor for…
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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…
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Do’s and Don’ts for updating your home before it goes on the market
Updating your home before putting it on the market is something that most sellers do to ensure the sale, and at the price they’re looking for. Everyone wants to get the best price they can for their home when it sells. That goes without saying…. But we understand how overwhelming it can be, to think about where to start with the homes’ upgrades, so we’ve compiled a list of Do’s and Don’ts to choose from, when deciding on what updates to make on your home to get it to sell. Do’s Enlist the help of a “Home Stager.” Home stagers know exactly what buyers want to see when looking at…
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Top 3 things to do before you leave on vacation, to care for your floors –
Planning a vacation is something a lot of us look forward to throughout the year, and who could blame us? Who doesn’t love a little time away from work; soaking up some much needed sun, kicking back, relaxing and leaving the day-to-day stresses and worries back at home. After a nice, long vacation, it’s often comforting to come back home; assuming your home is in the same condition as when you left it, that is. What we mean is, we understand how easy it is to forget about the maintenance of your homes “environment” when you’re away on vacation. Not many people go away and wonder how their floors…
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Want to refinish your floors, but don’t know where to store all that furniture? We have a solution:
The most convenient time to sand and refinish existing hardwood floors is probably before you move into your new home. There’s no furniture to move, no pets to relocate while the process is taking place, and you don’t have to come home to quarantined rooms and the smells of stain and polyurethane. These are some of the reasons why so many homeowners have come to dread the thought of refinishing their hardwood floors. Our expert professionals are dedicated to helping all of our clients through the refinishing process, every step of the way. We strive to make the refinishing process as easy on you (and your pets) as possible. So…
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Finish Moldings- A necessary detail that defines a homes style
The type of trim you choose for your home can help define the overall style of the space. There are quite a few different profiles to choose from, and each one adds its own distinct look. From simple and square to intricate, colonial profiles and a whole lot in between- theres a style for everyones taste. Base Moulding (also known as baseboards, skirt board or floor molding) is an architectural finishing detail which is installed at the base of interior walls to finish and cover the void from the floor to the wall. Although we like to choose a style that best fits our homes decor, base molding isn’t only…
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How To Choose The Right Floor
Flooring is such an important part of every home. Let’s face facts; even though it’s 2017, no one’s flying around their homes with jet-packs! (Not yet anyway) We need our floors, and flooring isn’t a part of the home that any homeowner wants to replace too frequently. I’m sure we can all agree that our floors are something that we want to stand the test of time and provide us with years and years of use. So where do you start when deciding which flooring material to choose for each area of your home? Here at The Couture Floor Company, one of our main objectives is to make sure, not…
