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Wood
Flooring- Showcase
your home - 
If
you want to showcase your home,
hardwood flooring is a must. The
arrays of
rich natural colors add warmth and elegance to any home. The woods
available
range the world: from home grown pine to exotic African woods. The Wood
you
choose is not restricted by decor, it lends itself to classic as well
as contemporary settings.
Simply put...wood puts all other flooring to
shame.
Unlike carpet there is no horrible aftermath if a glass of wine spills
or the
kids use it as a backdrop for their finger paints. Wood floors are easy
clean
up! They can be wiped, swept or vacuumed. If waking up and
stepping
onto a warm
carpet is priority, consider taking that beautiful oriental or for that
matter
any throw rug and placing it right were you need it. And as if that's
not
enough, the price of hardwood floors is comparable to that of carpet.
Wood
floors and tile floors have similar cleanup qualities however;
there is
marked
difference in the feel these two floorings lend to the house. Tile is
cold and
very geometric. The hardwood floors vary in color and pattern from one
plank to
the next. There are interesting artifacts like knots in your more
rustic
styles. Tiles are not a must for kitchen and bathroom either.
More and
more
designers are combining color-lacquered kitchen cabinets with wood
flooring to
give a more modern twist. A claw foot tube on wood flooring is classic.
The
beauty is not just visually but when your wood floors have seen years
of abuse,
traffic, it can be refurbished. If
for some reason you tire of the "look" of your existing wood flooring,
stain it
a new color and re-varnish.
You can select a stain as outrages as
slurped
grape. With care wood floors get a fresh look with a high gloss
varnish. Once
you've decided on wood flooring,
know that there are choices. Depending
on your
budget you can oufit your home with solid hard wood, engineered wood or
even a
wood laminate. All are easy to install. Back
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