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What’s the difference between engineered and solid hardwood?
The main difference is that engineered is more stable and handles water better than the solid version of hardwood.Both are real wood, so much so that real estate sales associates around the country are legally allowed to advertise engineered wood in their marketing materials. Both increase property ...
LVP: Your answer to wood floors in a leaky home
Kitchens aren’t the only rooms that can leak! Wetness can be just as common in living rooms or bedrooms, depending upon where the roof needs to be repaired, or where the chimney is. That’s why LVP is the perfect answer.It’s fast becoming a preferred flooring choice, not just for humid, wet rooms ...
Getting the most from your carpet, every single time
Choosing a carpet for your home is an exciting time, especially if this is your first experience with the material. It’s the only soft surface floor covering on the market and comes with a unique set of benefits that can be perfect for many homes and homeowners. The underfoot softness is ...
Add area rugs and decorate with confidence
Adding area rugs to a space can certainly inject much-needed style, no doubt. However, the truth is, there are indeed a great many other reasons why you might want to use area rugs to decorate your home. From enhancing a boring room to tying a space together visually to simply wanting to create ...
I love farmhouse style. Can I get it with LVP?
Yes! LVP stands for luxury vinyl plank and it’s a terrific mimic of hardwood, stone, or tile. There’s a large assortment of species, colors, patterns, and designs. It has visual appeal for any room in the house, and is very budget-friendly.Simply, it provides all the style without the high price ...
Three features of quality engineered hardwood explained
When it comes down to it, engineered hardwood has a whole lot of excellent features. And, when you select quality planks, you’re promised even better attributes. But, with so many options on the market nowadays, how do you choose which slats are ideal for your home reno? Or, equality essential, how ...
Help! My carpet looks like it has a beard!
This might be an amusing image, but it’s not laughable when it happens to you. One day you notice a fuzzy, hairy and even beard-like appearance on your carpet. It usually has something to do with infrequent vacuuming; if it’s done frequently and thoroughly enough, dirt can act like little razor ...
How to get the most from your area rugs
Are you looking for a little extra when it comes to the flooring in your home? If so, area rugs might be just what you’re looking for. For some, they add that extra hint of personality you need for your decor, and for others, the protection is worth even more than that. When you can find that ...
Four ways LVP will change your mind about vinyl flooring
LVP, or luxury vinyl plank, proves that vinyl floors just aren’t the ones remembered from decades ago.First introduced in the 1940s as an economical alternative, modern technology has made it evolve into one with an incredibly realistic resemblance to hardwood flooring (or tile, or stone). To make ...
What is the average lifespan of engineered flooring?
Nowadays, engineered flooring is a very popular surfacing material for home makeovers. Even so, many homeowners don’t quite understand what it is and how it differs from solid wood. At our Specialty Flooring showroom in Ridgeland, SC, our on-site professionals answer a lot of questions about ...
Three reasons to love carpet
There are a lot of flooring materials out there to choose from, but none can quite measure up to the sheer elegance and plush comfort of well-made, properly installed carpeting. While we all know that carpeting is comfortable and decoratively versatile, there are some lesser-known features of ...
Five benefits of area rugs
Area rugs add color and texture, so dress up a hardwood floor or bland room with these little gems. For instance, my own kitchen was mainly white, and it didn’t seem minimalist but cold and bland. I added a couple of colorful throw rugs and it immediately warmed the space up. You can also do this ...
Wondering about LVP and what it can offer?
LVP is an industry term for “luxury vinyl planks” and it’s one of the most versatile, beneficial floor coverings you could possibly consider for your home. Not only does it come in appearance options that allow you to decorate or match what you already have in place, but it has so many things going ...
