Laminate floors are popular and easy to lay as well as more sanitary than carpets
But vary the pattern with lighter or darker colored strips to mark out room areas
Make stripes by alternating contrasting-colored panels with the main color
Or make checks if you’re handy with an elect…

Many options in home flooring are available, but it is important to pick flooring that matches your lifestyle.
Carpet
Carpet (like Empire Carpet) warms up a room and helps keep the noise down in a room. It is great for bedrooms and formal spaces where there isn’t a lot of food and drink, especia…

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If you are old, like me, you remember the ’60s and ’70s, which I now consider to be the black hole of architecture and design — especially interior design. Reflective flocked wallpaper, those velvet paintings of Don Juan, avocado and mustard-colored appliances, dark red shag carpeting. Gives me…

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Beneath a raised, finished floor there is generally a subfloor, supported by joists and beams, posts, and, in a two-story house, bearing walls. Joists may have solid or diagonal bridging between them to provide extra strength. A slab is just a flat, thick surface of concrete poured on the ground.

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As a matter of fact, many people choose bamboo as the flooring martial for their floors. The reason is simple. Bamboo has wooden effect and the way it looks after being installed in your house is awesome.

Other than the look of the wood, bamboo is also durable. This is resistible against  moiste…

Apart from sounding like marmalade, many of us have never heard of marmolueum flooring. What is it, and where can it be used?

Marmoleum is manufactured in England and is an all-natural product. Made from wood flour, pine rosin, linseed oil, jute, and limestone, it is a biodegradable form of floor…

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The old saying - measure twice, cut once - is a lesson most DIY’ers learned the tough way, and whether you’re like me, learned more than once. We’re replacing some old carpeting on our stairs and upstairs landing. I did some quick measurements that daylight, and we headed out to look at carpet….

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Green flooring reduces damage to the environment and avoids the toxins that other flooring might expose you to. Building green is increasing in popularity and DIY’ers are among the pioneers in that area.

Here are 6 soil friendly flooring materials. The composition Green Floors: Six materials to h…

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All my friends know that I’m nuts, so they all take it in stride when I tell them about my plans for building green. While there are lots of cool green methods that are fitting popular among those with lots of space to spread out or few neighbors to have to look at it. However, for those of us who h…

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Leveling compounds are ideal for smoothing out a subfloor surface prior to installing ceramic floor tiles. To ensure your ceramic floor tiles will not crack over time, it is critical that they be installed on a rigid and level subfloor.

Leveling compounds are cement based and are easy to ap…

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If you are installing ceramic tile, there is a good chance you will have to cut a hole or notch in the middle of one or more of the tiles. Here is one way to doing it.

Hold the tile in place and mark the area that has to be removed. You can mark the hole a little larger then needed if you have a …

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Part of the charm of hardwood floors is their imperfections. Slight variations in grain and color, as well as the minor spots and specs in the wood help provide an aged-to-perfection look for your floors. However, you may encounter a cracked plank or damage to a section of your floor that doesn’t lo…