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Wooden Flooring
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Wood acts as an excellent
flooring material, being completely natural and extremely elegant to
look at. The popularity of this form of flooring stems from the fact
that it is extremely versatile and can go well with, virtually, any and
every kind of furnishings. Wooden flooring also adds to the elegance as
well as the value of your home. There are basically three varieties of
hardwood flooring, namely strip, plank and parquet. Wooden strip
flooring comprises of 1½ to 2¼ inches wide individual segments, |
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while plank floors are made
up of wider strips. As for parquet floors, they involve individual
squares, laid down in a geometric pattern. Wooden flooring is best
suited for living room, den, hallway and stairs. |
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Benefits Of
Wood Flooring |
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One of the most
important advantages of wood flooring is that it is very easy to
clean and maintain. All you have to do is sweep or vacuum it and
keep it safe of water spills.
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If you undertake
proper efforts to maintain a wooden floor, it will surely keep you
company for years to come. In other words, it is quite durable.
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The homes that have
hardwood floors installed in them always command a higher price in
the real estate market. Such homes also tend to sell much faster
than wall-to-wall carpeted homes.
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There are numerous
options available in wood flooring such as oak, cherry and walnut,
so you will surely find something to suit your need as well as
budget.
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You can easily sand
and stain any hardwood flooring to suit your taste or your overall
home decor. This also makes it possible for you to change the look
of your wood flooring, as and when the fashion changes.
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Not only do
hardwood floors look beautiful, but they also impart a warm
and natural look to a room.
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Wooden
flooring suits almost all types of home decors, right from
the most traditional to the most contemporary ones.
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Caring For
Hardwood Floors |
- Always protect
your wooden flooring from water, as the latter might cause undue
damage to the floor. In other words, washing your hardwood floor
or cleaning it with a wet mop is a bad idea.
- The best way to
clean this type of flooring is to sweep or vacuum it on a
regular basis.
- Never ever use
self-polishing acrylic waxes on wooden floors, as they can make
the wood slippery and also dull its appearance.
- In case of any
spills, clean your wooden flooring with a dampened towel, as
soon as possible.
- Rather then
waxing, try buffing a dull hardwood floor.
- Before placing
furniture on hardwood flooring, put soft plastic or fabric-faced
glides under the legs, to prevent scuffing and scratching.
- Throughout the
winter months, blow pacifier in the room with wooden floors, so
as to minimize wood movement and shrinkage.
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