dimanche 1 décembre 2013

Choosing The Right Floor Covering

By Susan Vint


The real challenge when deciding the best flooring for your home is to choose one that will add to the overall value of your home. A reasonable well maintained floor accentuates your home and helps to bring the beauty of your rooms to the surface. For the home owner determining the flooring which will best serve each room can often be a challenge.

Taking into consideration what the purpose is for the room, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of each different type of flooring will help you to best ascertain the kind of flooring that you want to use for that room.

When deciding what kind of flooring that you'll want in each of the different rooms in your home, you'll have to consider your budget, the practicality, your own tastes as well as the aesthetics. One of the first things to do is to take into account the lifestyle that you and your children lead. Plush rugs which are in very light colors will quite likely not be reasonable for rooms in which you'll enjoy spending time with both children and pets. This is particularly true if there is minimal time to care for the house and the carpets. In rooms which will double as game rooms or rooms where pets will spend a lot of their time, it's probably best to use darker colored, shorter carpets rather than to risk the lighter ones. A wiser choice still may be tile or hardwood flooring to ensure that the means to clean them easily is there when you need it.

You might also want to take under advisement the architectural features along with the period design of the rooms. In addition, think about the varying humidity that will be in the room and whether there is enough heat and light to readily dry the rugs if you're considering doing that. In the bath and the kitchen, quite often humidity can be a real issue. Keeping a damp floor for a longer period of time allows for the growth of mold and mildew, both of which can cause real problems in the home.

There is definitely an endless array of flooring available. There are so many options with the different patterns, design options, colors, and textures, that this part of your decision will definitely not be an easy one. Consider what look you would like to present and what would you prefer.

Using your imagination will be very important because of the endless kinds of flooring available. The design options and the floor patterns are numerous and the hardest part will be deciding on a color and then settling on the kind of pattern or texture.

The same process is used if you are choosing carpet. First you need to decide do you prefer plush carpet or a low pile carpet. This decision will be based on the type of room you are going to redo. After choosing the type of carpet, add the choices of color which you will consider. Once you have narrowed your options, you will find it easier to choose when you arrive at the store.

The options from which you might choose when it comes to refurbishing your flooring include these:

Hardwood-this is one of the sturdier types of flooring which is really suitable for nearly any floor although a high traffic area may require a great deal more care.

Carpet-plush or slender in nature, the carpet that you purchase will allow you a very broad range of choices in texture, color and length of pile as well as in different perks such as scotch guarding to keep the flooring cleaner.

Laminate flooring is fashioned after other textures, such as hardwood or brick. The laminate flooring is typically less costly than the original material it is fashioned after. The really good thing about the laminate flooring is that it is easily maintained and is appropriate for any room in your home.

Laminate-This is made to look like brick, hardwood or other textures. The laminate flooring is less costly than the original material it is fashioned after. This flooring is easily maintained and can be used in nearly any room of your home. Many times, people will install the laminate flooring and then use and area rug to cover part of it. This type of flooring is very easily cleaned and relatively easy to maintain.

The choice in flooring today is literally endless. Remember to take into consideration all the different aspects of the room prior to making your choice of flooring. Choose the flooring you believe will be the most usable and the most practical for your home, but yet will add the most value.




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