Flooring That Will Floor You
When considering new flooring, consider three equally eco and chic alternatives to traditional laminate and hardwood: bamboo, cork and concrete.
Bamboo looks beautiful without taking from the environment. Because the process is so similar to regular hardwood, contractors can install bamboo with little difficulty. What is there to love about bamboo? Grown from sustainable forests, the smooth planks can look as sleek as hardwood and even laminate.
Cork is similar to parquet, without the noise. Insulating against extreme temperatures and softening the decibel level in your household, cork is soft to the touch while remaining durable in daily traffic and usage—even withstanding such pricks and pressures as stiletto heels.
Great for nearly any room in the house, concrete flooring looks sleek and smooth. Using less energy in production than most flooring types, concrete also sustains for years with minimal upkeep, and lowers your energy consumption in the process. Radiant heat concrete can more efficiently heat a home in the winter than traditional systems. Although you’ll need to reseal the floor a couple of times a year to keep it up, concrete is a great industrial-chic alternative.
Though exhibiting all of the beautiful unique floors on Houzz isn’t possible in one ideabook, here are some great examples of unique choices that will floor you.
Bamboo looks beautiful without taking from the environment. Because the process is so similar to regular hardwood, contractors can install bamboo with little difficulty. What is there to love about bamboo? Grown from sustainable forests, the smooth planks can look as sleek as hardwood and even laminate.
Cork is similar to parquet, without the noise. Insulating against extreme temperatures and softening the decibel level in your household, cork is soft to the touch while remaining durable in daily traffic and usage—even withstanding such pricks and pressures as stiletto heels.
Great for nearly any room in the house, concrete flooring looks sleek and smooth. Using less energy in production than most flooring types, concrete also sustains for years with minimal upkeep, and lowers your energy consumption in the process. Radiant heat concrete can more efficiently heat a home in the winter than traditional systems. Although you’ll need to reseal the floor a couple of times a year to keep it up, concrete is a great industrial-chic alternative.
Though exhibiting all of the beautiful unique floors on Houzz isn’t possible in one ideabook, here are some great examples of unique choices that will floor you.
Refinishing wood can be done in a variety of ways, including this unique pattern. It's perfect in places like apartments where painting is okay, but not ripping up floors. (And who wants to do that when you don't own it anyway?)
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