Interior design in general and hardwood flooring in specific are susceptible to going through different trends. Typically, what happens is some designer and/or company begins doing something new. Then, customers see it and start asking for it. Other companies begin...
Hardwood flooring is popular with homeowners of many different incomes and different stages of life. However, one type of homeowner is particularly concerned about hardwood floors. That would be dog owners. Dogs are notorious for damaging hardwood floors with their...
When you think about parquet floors, there are certain types of flooring that come to mind. You probably think of the cheap engineered wood of the 1970s and 1980s. Others think of the imitation wooden flooring of the 1990s or early 200s. Whatever the case may be, the...
There are two basic kinds of hardwood flooring planks that you can buy: solid hardwood and engineered hardwood. Solid hardwood is exactly what it suggests; it is a solid piece of hardwood. An engineered hardwood plank is a layer of hardwood over several plies of a...
Racquetball was invented in 1950 to utilize American handball courts. American handball at the time was a very popular sport at YMCAs and Jewish community centers. Both games are designed to be played adjacent to basketball courts, and thus, they utilize hardwood...
After a wood floor is installed, it needs to be protected in some manner. There are two basic ways to protect a hardwood floor: a penetrating finish or a surface finish. Surface finishes such as varnish and polyurethane sit on top of the wood and protect it by forming...
