( Located in the 42nd Street Station Mall )
When you want to beautify, modernize, or otherwise improve your home interior, you must consider the floors as well as the walls, furnishings, and artwork. The right flooring choices can grace your residence while also providing important functional benefits, with different parts of the home calling for different flooring materials.
Unless you work as a professional builder or interior designer, you may find yourself overwhelmed, intimidated, or just plain confused by the many flooring materials on the market today. To simplify your quest somewhat, consider the answers to the following four key questions.
Some parts of a home naturally lend themselves to special occasions. For instance, if you want to host occasional dinners or cocktail parties for VIP guests, you might want the flooring in your dining room or foyer to make a spectacular impression. No material achieves this effect more powerfully than genuine hardwood.
As close as vinyl and other materials may come to imitating the look of hardwood, the real thing maintains a unique feel and appearance that communicates luxury and elegance. Popular woods such as oak, maple, cherry, and walnut feature their own distinctive colors, shades, and grain patterns.
The jaw-dropping beauty of genuine hardwood comes at a relatively steep cost. If a particularly tight budget makes low cost your top priority, you can still get beautiful flooring by choosing vinyl. This versatile material comes in sheet, tile, and plank forms, all of which cost considerably less per square foot than genuine hardwood.
As you look at these vinyl options, remember to factor in the cost of installation alongside the basic cost of the material itself. Sheet vinyl offers the lowest raw cost of all materials, but vinyl plank can prove easier and quicker to install. The combination of lower labor cost and greater strength may make vinyl plank the wisest choice.
While you may reserve some rooms in your room for occasional use, others will endure years of rough-and-tumble everyday activity, especially if they play host to children or pets. Spills, impacts, and other abuses can do serious damage to more delicate or less well-protected flooring materials in these common areas.
You can refinish genuine hardwood once it develops scratches or dents. Unfortunately, this material also stains readily. If you want stain resistance, look at wood laminate flooring instead. This material, which features real wood in its fiberboard layers, includes a top coat of aluminum oxide that cleans easily with water or acetone.
Water and humidity can cause problems for wooden flooring, making this material less than ideal for kitchens or bathrooms. Vinyl offers a safer, more durable alternative in these spaces. Whatever material you consider, look for something waterproof instead of merely water-resistant.
Sometimes, comfort trumps all other factors in the search for the ideal flooring material. This consideration may prove especially important if you plan on standing for many hours at a time in a kitchen or hobby room. In these situations, you'll want the flooring material to cushion your feet and joints as effectively as possible.
Cork flooring can prove ideal for such applications. This material may come as solid cork or as a multi-layered laminate form. The porous nature of cork, with its countless tiny internal air chambers, can cushion tired feet while also offering a slightly softer landing for individuals vulnerable to balance problems and falls.
If you need some additional help selecting the right flooring materials for various spaces throughout your home, turn to the professionals at Rejuvenation Floor & Design. Our team can go into depth on the various pros and cons of available flooring options and provide you with a wealth of available colors and styles. Contact us today.
Phone: (503) 989-8997
Flooring Showroom: 2000 NE 42nd Ave #B
( Located in the 42nd Street Station Mall )
Portland, Oregon 97213-1357
Mon - Fri: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
RGC - Residential General Contractor License: 189522
General Contractor License: REJUVCL901DW
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WA UBI License: 602997950
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