How To Ensure You’ll Love Your Flooring Years From Now

Adding new flooring to your home is one of the biggest home improvement projects you can take on. Without ripping apart a room, or gutting your entire house, you can instantly change the decor and add beauty at the same time. It takes time, energy, and money, especially if you’re thinking of changing out the flooring in more than one room.

With so many different flooring options available, where do you begin? How do you know your choice will be something you’ll love for years to come?How To Ensure You’ll Love Your Flooring Years From Now

Before you start the selection process, ask yourself a few questions first.

• Do you have kids?
• How many pets do you have?
• Are you the “relax and chill” kind of family, or are dinner parties more your style?

Your answers should help influence your final decision. Some flooring choices are more durable than others. Some flooring options look good while being easy to care for at the same time. When in doubt, talk to a flooring consultant about your wants and desires, and listen closely – you might change your mind and go with a solution even better suited for your needs.

Hallways, walkways, and entryways
These rooms are the highest traffic rooms in your home. They are usually small and have one clear pathway. They are more susceptible to dirt, and can show wear and tear more than other areas in your home.

Because of these problems, your best choices are resilient flooring or tiling. The good news is that even if you love hardwood and desire to have it run throughout your home, resilient flooring is designed to mimic the look and feel. It’s a stylish and durable option for the highest traffic areas in your home.

Kitchens
Kitchens are also high traffic areas, and tend to be some of the messiest rooms in your home. Resilient flooring or tile is always a great choice because its durable and can take all you can dish out. Depending on your family and your needs, you can also install hardwood. It’s a beautiful and timeless look for any kitchen throughout the Rocky Mountain region.

Bathrooms
Bathrooms are also high traffic areas, but must sustain more humid and damp conditions than other rooms in your home. Tile and resilient flooring choices are also some of your best choices. They take damp situations well, and are easy to clean. If you want to add radiant heating underneath, tiles are the perfect choice to enjoy a warm floor on the coldest days of the year.

Living and Family Rooms
These are the gathering places of your home. They are often the largest, and also must sustain wear marks from large furniture and pathways. These are the gathering places of your home, and should look as good as they wear. If you love hardwood, this is the perfect place to add it and create a beautiful touch. Resilient flooring is also a great choice, especially if you have kids and pets. Consider adding area rugs to break up patterns and to add warmth and ambiance to your room design.

Bedrooms
These are the lowest traffic areas of your home. They are also the rooms where you want warmth and comfortable living. If you like carpeting, these rooms are the perfect place to select with style. Carpet also has noise-reducing qualities that can help keep your home quiet all throughout the day.

What’s your style? What flooring choice is right for you? Let one of our design consultants help you make the perfect choice for you.

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What Flooring To Use In Your Kitchen Remodel

For most homeowners, a kitchen remodel is something they dream about for months – years – until finally, they take the plunge. Remodeling your kitchen allows you to make it the way you want it to be. 

Add your dream countertops. 

Select the wood for your cabinets. 

And don’t forget about the kitchen floor. 

Before you make your final selection, ask yourself three questions. What Flooring To Use In Your Kitchen Remodel

  • What will you have to do to maintain your kitchen floor selection?
  • How well does this type of flooring handle under spills and moisture?
  • What styles are available to look great in your final design?

Durability is the name of the game. The more action in your household, the more you’ll want to select a floor that can handle the pressure. Three of the best choices are tile, hardwood, and resilient. 

Tile

Tile is one of the long-time favorites for kitchen flooring choices. They are practical yet beautiful at the same time. 

Of course, you can go with more traditional ceramic or porcelain. But with today’s technology, you might be surprised at the wide range of styles, colors, sizes, and patterns available. How about choosing a tile floor that looks like granite? Or how about selecting tile planks that mimic hardwood? This will allow you to spend more time enjoying your kitchen, and less time cleaning it. 

Hardwood

Hardwood gives you a timeless look that you’ll love for years to come. If you have hardwood throughout your living space, why not continue the look into your kitchen as well. While they do need a little bit more maintenance than tile, with regular cleaning they will continue looking great for years to come. 

Resilient

Are you looking for the looks of hardwood, without the upkeep or maintenance required to keep them looking great for years? Look no further than resilient flooring. 

Resilient flooring is also called luxury vinyl. It’s versatile, affordable, and will last a long time if properly maintained. This isn’t your mother’s vinyl. Instead, it’s made from waterproof composite material designed to give you the look of hardwood and tile without the fuss or worry. It’s easy to care for, scratch resistant, stain resistant, and waterproof. Perfect for busy households with pets and kids. 

So what’s the right flooring choice for your home? Need some help deciding? We’re happy to help; stop by and see our full selection today. 

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The Best Ways To Transition Flooring Between Rooms

One of the most common questions we get is: Do I have to have the same flooring throughout my house?

The answer, of course, is no. It’s rare that a home will have the same flooring from top to bottom, in every room in the house. Most often, you’ll find tile in the bathrooms, hardwood throughout the living space, and carpet in the bedrooms. The Best Ways To Transition Flooring Between Rooms

That’s not saying you can’t mix it up a bit and select flooring based on your taste and lifestyle. Have fun with your flooring – it’s your home!

But once you decide to install different types of flooring throughout your home, it can be a bit tricky making sure it all looks great. Let our design team pull a look together you’re sure to love for years. Read on for a little advice before you shop our store. 

Typically, people decide to transition flooring between rooms for one of these reasons:

  • You decide to install new flooring in one room instead of the entire house
  • You have an open concept floorplan and don’t want the same flooring throughout
  • You want hardwood in the living space and carpet in the bedrooms
  • You love hardwood, but still want something waterproof in entryways, bathrooms, and laundry rooms

When building a transition between rooms, you can do so in many ways. A transition occurs when two types of flooring come together that aren’t the same. This usually happens:

  • With two types of flooring – carpet and hardwood
  • With two types of the same flooring – two separate styles of tile
  • With stairs as they transition into the main living space

You can keep it simple, with a clean look between the two. You can play with patterns, adding definition and personality between the two rooms. You can add details – perfect for tile work that can build intricate details with borders and thresholds. Or focus on patterns – who says transitions have to be straight? We’ve seen some beautiful transitions that zigzag through a room to add creativity and design. 

While you might have an idea in mind, we can help make it a reality. Stop by today, and we’ll help you pick out the perfect flooring choices for your home. 

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Why Your Bathroom Should Have Waterproof Flooring

As a homeowner, you try to combine looks with functionality and durability in every appliance and fixture you select. What good is having something look good if it doesn’t hold up under daily living as well? 

Why Your Bathroom Should Have Waterproof FlooringBathrooms are one of the most challenging rooms in your home to achieve it all. People often sacrifice looks for functionality. You know the beloved hardwood flooring that you have throughout your home wouldn’t hold up to the pressure of bathroom activity, so you forgo it and select something else. 

But what if you didn’t have to?

Resilient flooring replicates the look of the flooring you love the most, and makes it waterproof so they won’t sustain water damage even in the toughest of conditions. 

What is resilient flooring?

Resilient flooring gives you the hard surfaces you love while giving you the durability you demand, all at an affordable price. You’ll find resilient flooring in both luxury vinyl and in waterproof composite flooring. But these aren’t your parents’ flooring choices. Instead, they come in plank and tile format and mimic the look and feel of other flooring you have throughout your home. They look authentic; they feel authentic. 

Is it really waterproof?

Resilient flooring is designed both as planks and tiles, and is created to be installed using interlocking technology. When you lock the tiles into place, it prevents liquid from penetrating below the flooring, and into the subflooring. It can protect against daily living activities, such as moisture and humidity from showers, as well as from disasters like a flood. Of course, nothing can withstand standing water for extended periods of time, but it’s nice to know that if your kids “accidentally” leave the faucet on, your floors won’t be ruined from one mishap.

Waterproof flooring has other benefits

When you look at luxury vinyl and waterproof composite flooring, you’ll be surprised at the look and feel of your choices. But there are even more reasons to fall in love with resilient flooring. 

  • The designs are made to replicate the most popular flooring choices on the marketplace, including wood, stone, and ceramic.
  • Resilient flooring is resistant to scratches and stains.
  • While you may have the look of real wood and stone, resilient flooring is much softer underfoot. This is perfect for homes with kids, pets, or elderly family members.
  • Because resilient flooring is waterproof, it also is safer when wet. That means less chance of slipping as you’re stepping out of the shower or tub.
  • Resilient flooring is very durable and easy to clean. That’s another plus if you have a busy household that’s always coming and going, and you don’t want to spend hours each week taking care of hard-to-care-for flooring.

If you’re ready to upgrade your flooring now, and are thinking of adding waterproof flooring in the most difficult rooms in your home, you’re in luck. We have a wide variety of resilient flooring choices, with patterns, colors, and choices to please everyone. Let one of our consultants help you create a look and feel perfect for your living space. 

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