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How to Choose Perfect Finishing Touches for Hardwood Flooring

Does your hardwood flooring need the perfect finishing touch? You may want to add molding or some sort of other transition between different types of floors! Keep reading for some of our most popular tips. 8 Tips for Hardwood Flooring Transitions A fantastic way to add some personality into your

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All About Floor Finishes, Wood Dyes & Smooth Stains

When you pick out your hardwood flooring, there’s more to think about than just the species of wood and style of planks. It’s important to think about how you want the floors dyed, stained and finished. Fortunately, we’ve put together this handy guide about floor finishes, wood dyes and stains! Wood

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Best Color Trends For Your Home: 5 Popular Picks for 2018

Pantone may not have announced its Color of the Year yet, but experts are already weighing in on top home color trends for 2018. What hues should you incorporate into your home? How do these shades affect the flooring you choose? Keep reading to find out! 23 Top Color Trends for

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The Best Flooring for Your Beautiful American Craftsman Home

Are you familiar with the Arts and Crafts movement, also known as the American Craftsman style? A type of home design that harkens back to the end of the 19th century, the movement encompasses handcrafted quality and local natural materials in addition to originality and simplicity. About the American Craftsman Style In

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Home Office Flooring Options: Durability, Decor & More

Despite major companies choosing to scale back or eliminate their remote worker policies (like IBM), telecommuting continues to grow in workplaces across the country. Back in 2013 Yahoo tried the same thing, yet after just two years it was clear that working from home was still a reality for many of its employees.

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Hardwood Flooring Patterns: Which is Right for Your Space?

You may know you want hardwood floors in your home, and you may even know which species and shade you want, but another important factor to consider is selecting a flooring pattern that fits your vision. There are nine common options we introduce below; each of these flooring designs will aid in creating a

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How to Make Hardwood Floors Stunning: Parquet, Borders, Inlays & More

Do you want your hardwood floors to stand out? In addition to finding the perfect species and finish, another consideration is design. We’ve discussed plank width and diagonal patterns already, but there are additional ways to add a decorative element to your floors: through parquet and basket weave patterns, picture frame borders, and medallions

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Stunning Hardwood Floors: Benefits of the Top 3 Diagonal Patterns

You may have your new hardwood flooring species and finish picked out, but what design do you want for your new wood floors? Here are three popular diagonal patterns to consider. Floor Design Idea 1: The Herringbone Pattern Do you want your hardwood floors to really pop? One design option