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| Exploring Flooring Options |
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With an abundance of floor covering options, choosing the right floor covering for your home can be challenging. After considering all of the different choices available and weighing the pros and cons of each product, you'll be able to pick a covering that works best for each room in your home. Since each room in your home serves a different function, your floor covering should compliment each room's function and style. |
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Choosing The Right Flooring
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Since the floor is a key design element to any room in your new home, you'll need to ask yourself a series of questions so you can be sure you select the right flooring based on design, location, lifestyle and budget.
The first step in choosing a floor is deciding what look you want for each room and throughout your home. Remember the floor is a key design element that influences a space's overall character, so you'll want to spend some time selecting the right flooring (wood, laminate, vinyl, ceramic and linoleum), colors, patterns, textures and even shapes to enhance your home's decor. Thanks to today's state-of-the-art printing and embossing technology, it's hard to tell genuine material from the manufactured look-alike. Your final selection should depend on a combination of factors including: personal preference, location, budget and your lifestyle. |
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Since natural sunlight or ultraviolet (UV) light can change a floor's color, be cautious what material you choose and what room you choose to use it in. Some species of hardwood, such as Brazilian cherry, take on a darker, richer color over time, when exposed to direct sunlight, which can be considered a desirable design change. Today's vinyl floors do not yellow like their predecessors did when exposed to light, so their colors remain true over time. Since new linoleum can have a yellow cast, called a drying room it's recommended to let linoleum samples sit in a sunny location in your home for a several hours before selecting your floor. |
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