Don't overlook hardwood floors while shopping for the perfect material

You might not realize it, but hardwood floors are likely to have everything you're looking for in an excellent floor covering for nearly every room in your home. It provides beautiful visuals that can be personalized easily, durability that lasts more than 100 years with proper care, and durability to protect you against daily wear. Let's find out more about these materials to see how they can get to work for you.

Hardwood can be personalized by choosing a perfect species, stain color, sealant, and finish, but you can personalize these floors through installation methods as well. Consider herringbone style installation or Chevron placement for flooring that is truly your own. No matter which room you're flooring, there is a particular look that will make all the difference, no matter what your décor style.

If you have basement rooms, we suggest utilizing engineered flooring for these spaces, as they hold up well in areas that experience moisture, dampness, and excess humidity. Even frequent temperature fluctuations won't damage these floors, constructed in layers and topped with a protective wear layer. The wear layer adds protection against all of life's daily wear and fends off scuffs, stains, scratches, and more.

Both solid and engineered flooring can be refinished once wear begins to show, and this process can be repeated up to several times. The number of times your engineered floors can be refinished depends on the natural wood veneer's thickness that sits just beneath the wear layer. If you prefer, you can even change your stain color and finish type during the refinishing process for floors that look like a new flooring installation.