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Stylish home entryway with durable wood flooring

Your Entryway: Flooring That Makes a First Impression

Whether it’s a formal foyer or a well-used mudroom, your entryway is one of the most important spaces in your home.

It welcomes your family and guests while setting the tone for your home. It also sees a lot of use and wear and tear. From rainboots and muddy paw prints to sports gear and heavy foot traffic, this area takes a beating.

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Family home with a modern bathroom and tile flooring

The Truth About Waterproof Floors: What to Know Before You Buy

Finding flooring that can handle daily life and still look great should be a top priority.

Whether you have a busy household, a home with pets, or a room prone to moisture, you need a floor that can stand up to the challenge.

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Modern kitchen with marble tile flooring and gold accents

Considerations for Flooring Throughout a Multi-Story House

Choosing flooring for a multi-level home presents a unique set of challenges.

Each level has its own function, conditions, and usage. What works well for a quiet bedroom is not ideal for a high-traffic kitchen or a damp basement.

That’s why it’s important to look at your flooring plan as a whole, selecting surfaces that complement one another visually while meeting the practical needs of each space.

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Family home with wood flooring in a laundry room

Life-Proof Floors: The Best Options for High-Traffic and Active Households

Life gets busy—and messy.

From muddy footprints to scattered toys, pet claws to kitchen spills, daily life puts your surfaces to the test. That’s why choosing floors built for busy households is important. It’s about creating a home that supports your lifestyle and holds up to the pace of everyday activity.

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Timeless bedroom with hardwood flooring by McCools Flooring

Hardwood Styles That Never Go Out of Fashion

Flooring sets the foundation for your entire home. But unlike other elements, such as paint, furniture, or décor, your flooring is not something you’ll change often.

That’s why it’s worth choosing a material that can go the distance—not just in durability, but in style.

Hardwood is one of the few flooring options that can hold up to everyday life while also adapting beautifully to your evolving tastes. With the right style, it creates a steady backdrop that supports design changes year after year.

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Modern home with stylish outdoor patio

Best Flooring Options for Indoor Outdoor Living Areas

From sunrooms and mudrooms to enclosed patios and open-concept kitchens that spill into the backyard, transitional spaces help blur the line between indoor and outdoor living.

These rooms invite natural light, fresh air, and often a bit of dirt. That’s why the flooring you choose matters.

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Spare exercise room in a home with carpet flooring

Flooring for Rooms That Do It All

Your office might double as a guest room, or your living room often serves as your dining area. Your basement may be a family lounge and a home gym, while your upstairs is an open concept living area where cooking, dining, and relaxing all happen.

Today’s homes are designed for flexibility, and that means many rooms serve more than one purpose.

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Measuring tiles for flooring installation

How Humidity Impacts Flooring and What You Can Do About It

Humidity can be hard on floors.

Whether it’s from daily showers, cooking steam, or moisture buildup in the basement, excess humidity has the potential to affect the way flooring performs over time.

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Stylish bathroom with slip resistant LVP flooring

The Best Slip-Resistant Flooring Options for Your Bathroom Remodel

Bathroom remodels are a great way to refresh your space, increase your home’s value, and improve everyday comfort. But while you may be focused on colors, fixtures, and layout, there’s one decision that plays a major role in both style and safety: your bathroom flooring.

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Creative office nook in a stylish home with wood floors

Best Flooring Colors for a Calm, Comfortable Home

Flooring is one of the largest design elements in any room, and its color plays a key role in creating a relaxing environment. Whether you’re designing a calm bedroom retreat or a peaceful living room, the flooring color you choose directly impacts the mood and overall feel of your space.

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Coretec Vinyl flooring in a stylish living room

How to Choose the Right Installation Method for Luxury Vinyl Flooring

Luxury vinyl flooring has become a top choice for homeowners who want style, durability, and low maintenance in one.

But once you’ve found the perfect product, there’s an equally important decision to make: how should it be installed?

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Home renovations after water damage

Water Damage and Flooring: Tips and When to Call a Professional

Whether you’ve come home to a leaking appliance or discovered wet floors after a heavy storm, water damage can feel overwhelming.

It’s frustrating, messy, and sometimes hard to know what to do next. Acting quickly can help limit the damage and protect your home and health.

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Glue Down Hardwood Installation

Hardwood Installation Methods: Glue-Down vs. Nail-Down

Hardwood flooring is one of the most sought-after upgrades for any home. It brings natural beauty, timeless style, and long-lasting durability to your space.

But to get the full benefit of your hardwood floors, proper installation is essential. The method used to install your flooring doesn’t just affect how it looks on day one, it can also impact how it wears over time, how it feels underfoot, and how well it handles changes in your environment.

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Stylish kitchen with LVP floors

Selecting the Perfect Flooring for Your Remodel

New flooring is one of the most impactful ways to refresh your home during a remodel.

The right choice adds beauty, functionality, and long-term value to your space, helping you create a home that feels truly your own.

Selecting the best flooring for your renovation project means balancing personal style with the practical needs of each room.

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Mother and child in a cozy home with carpet flooring

Playroom Flooring Ideas for Active Kids

If you have fun, energetic little ones in the home, designating a room in the house as a playroom is an excellent idea! Having a dedicated space that is hospitable to kids will go a long way in ensuring that they actually use it, and that can really help prevent wear to the rest of your home. In addition to giving your children a special place just for them, you can use the playroom to reinforce chores and foster independence.

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White marble tile floors

Luxury Vinyl Tile: A Versatile Choice for Modern Homes

Regardless of your season in life, whether you are part of a new family just starting out or an empty-nester, you don’t want to waste precious time with fussy cleaning chores. Most of today’s busy households don’t have many spare moments but we still want our homes to look updated and modern. If this is you and it’s time to update your space with a stylish, versatile surface, Luxury Vinyl Tile is a perfect option to explore. Realistically mimicking the appearance of natural stone, there is a luxury vinyl tile product that will elevate your space effortlessly. Why should you consider LVT for your flooring upgrade? Keep reading to find out!

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Open room with greige carpet flooring

Carpet and Wall Color Combinations: Tips for a Harmonious Space

Coordinating home decor is not unlike styling a great outfit. Both decor and personal style can be classified by type: formal, classic, casual, or bohemian, for instance. Style is reflected in choosing the major pieces and then adding accessories. In decor, two of the major “pieces” are wall color and flooring; think of them as the “clothes.” The rest of the style comes from “accessories”, such as filling the space with furniture and smaller items to enhance the desired vibe.

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Plush carpet flooring

Understanding Carpet Pile: Plush, Shag, Frieze and Berber

Installing new carpet is one of the best ways to quickly improve the look and comfort of the rooms in your home. Before you head to our showroom, it’s a good idea to review some carpet basics so that you have a better understanding about which type will work well for your household conditions and suit your performance needs.

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Sisal area rug in a stylish home

Complementary Rugs and Flooring: Creating a Cohesive Look

When you have hard surface flooring, whether it’s solid or engineered hardwood flooring, luxury vinyl, or a tile variety, you probably have at least considered purchasing area rugs. Attractive rugs can be useful for absorbing sound, curtailing dirt, and protecting your floors from messes and scratches, as well as making your home feel cozier.

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Engineered Hardwood Flooring for Kitchens: Classic Look, Modern Benefits

It’s been said that the kitchen is the heart of the home. Think of all the moments from cooking and eating to scrolling social media and having late night heart-to-heart talks that take place there. Many people work from their kitchens, taking calls and answering emails. It’s where homework help happens while dinner is made. Since so much time is spent in kitchens, it’s crucial that they look like the inviting spaces that they are, and we spend just as much time achieving style as we do function!

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Cozy home with Luxury Vinyl flooring

High Traffic Flooring for Living Rooms

A lot of life happens in our living rooms, which means they can take a beating. Between family members, pets, and guests that attend everything from birthday parties to video game battles, we need to certainly select flooring in our living areas that will stand up to the high level of activity without displaying wear. Some options are durable, but colder underfoot, like tile. Some are soft and inviting, but can show wear and tear more easily, like carpet. So, what are some of the best flooring options for living areas that are comfortable and will also age well? Keep reading to find out!

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PureTech flooring in a pert friendly home

Safeguarding Floors from Pets: Tips and Tricks

It’s safe to say that pet owners simply adore their cats, dogs, and other domesticated animals! Why else would we put up with all the accidents and chaos they bring to our orderly households? Simply put, pets are a big part of what makes a house feel like a home. However, whether you have a big or small pet, canine, feline or something else, they can take a toll on flooring. If you love your pets and also your floors, keep reading for ways you can keep flooring safe from paw and claw damage.

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Waterproof LVT flooring in a bathroom

Luxury Vinyl Flooring for Bathrooms: Waterproof and Modern

Due to its waterproof properties, tile flooring has been an industry standard for moisture-prone bathrooms for the better part of the last hundred years. When properly installed and grouted, tile is impenetrable to water, easy to keep clean and durable. However, tiles do sometimes crack, can present a slip hazard, and grout can become difficult to maintain. If you are in need of a bathroom upgrade, there are other options that are easier to install, and offer many style options to fit your decor. A client favorite you should consider? Luxury Vinyl Flooring.

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Carpet tiles in a bright home

Create a Serene Space: Noise Reducing Flooring

For many homeowners, an open floor plan with tremendous space and a wide view of your entire living area is a dream come true! In an active home, this same luxurious feel can also contribute to higher noise levels. Many types of flooring can enhance this unwanted effect by echoing and amplifying the sounds of everyday life, resulting in a somewhat noisy environment.

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Walking on hardwood flooring

Tips for Maintaining Hardwood Flooring in Busy Hallways

We all have at least one hallway or area in the home that ends up collecting dirt and other debris from an excessive amount of foot traffic, no matter what we do! Whether you have lots of company, full-time kids, active fur-babies, or all of the above, an abundance of feet tromping through your home can take a toll on your stunning hardwood floors. What’s the solution? Keep reading for some helpful ways to maintain your hallways, despite how busy things can get.

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Stylish kitchen with durable LVT flooring

Floor Plan: The Best Flooring for Every Room

Happy 2025! Just a few weeks ago we were finalizing our gift lists and planning festivities, and here we are in a brand new year! The holiday season passes by like a whirlwind and frequently we need a breather when the dust settles. Welcome to January! Feel free to take a deep breath and let it out slowly.

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