Flooring
Why Homeowners are Choosing Bamboo Floors
If you are thinking about updating the flooring in your home, bamboo may be the way to go. A 2021 survey by Modernize found that 33 percent of responding homeowners were beginning a flooring project within a year. Almost 13 percent of homeowners planning on upgrading their flooring were planning to have bamboo flooring installed…
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Flooring Tips for First-Time Homeowners
Few things in life bring as strong a sense of accomplishment as owning your own home. For many, home ownership is the culmination of years of hard work, prudent financial planning, perseverance, and personal sacrifice. However, those proud feelings can fade fast when faced with routine maintenance or costly repairs. Your home’s flooring is perhaps…
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Maintaining and Cleaning Laminate Floors
Thank Scandinavian design trends for laminate flooring. Just like the way iconic Swiss brand Ikea revolutionized the way people furnish their homes, entrepreneurial Swedish engineers and manufacturers transformed the flooring industry by developing laminate flooring techniques in the 1920s and bringing high-pressure laminate flooring to market in 1979. Global laminate flooring sales are expected to…
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Maintaining and Cleaning Vinyl Floors
Vinyl flooring has come a long way since European chemist Eugen Baumann inadvertently created the material while tinkering around the gas vinyl chloride in 1872. Homeowners choose vinyl flooring due to its many benefits and cost versus other types of flooring materials. Vinyl construction and composition methods continue to evolve as well, bringing popular products to…
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What is the Best Flooring for Kitchens?
The kitchen is arguably the heart of the home. It’s where we start our mornings, make food for family meals, and invite friends and family to gather. Because the kitchen is such a high-traffic area, it makes sense to find the best kitchen flooring that not only looks good but can also withstand parties, spills,…
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Maintaining and Cleaning Tile Floors
Tile is a popular flooring choice among homeowners for a variety of rooms in the home. This type of flooring is usually readily available, and the floors come in versatile designs that accentuate any home décor. Additionally, the materials are environmentally-friendly and long-lasting. Tile maintenance and cleaning is not time consuming and quite easy to…
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What Is the Best Flooring for Bedrooms?
The bedroom is where most people start and end their days, making it one of the most frequently used rooms in any home. That’s why it’s important that when you consider a bedroom remodel, you think carefully about the best types of flooring for bedrooms. Modernize created this guide to help homeowners choose the best…
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Concrete is one of the most durable flooring materials available to homeowners. Its unyielding hardness makes it nearly impervious to the normal wear-and-tear from children, pets, furniture and everyday life that typically causes damage to other types of flooring materials over time. In addition to being extremely resilient, concrete also is a cost-effective flooring solution…