Trends aren't just a part of the fashion world.
Trends are even a part of the hardwood flooring world. Installing and
refinishing hardwood flooring for the past 25 years, we really have seen it all
here at Palatine Hardwood Flooring company Chicagoland Pro. What are
today's homeowners looking for in their hardwood flooring today? Here are
a few today's hardwood flooring trends:
(1) Sustainability: As time goes on we
become more and more concerned about preserving the environment. Concerns
for forests and the environment has began impacting how hardwood flooring is
being produced. Sustainable domestic species of wood have become popular
as the days of cutting down forests just to produced lumber has began fading.
Homeowners are choosing materials like bamboo or cork, which offers peak
performance like that of hardwood flooring, but there's no need to cut down
trees. Bamboo, cork and other similar materials are great sustainable
products, which is great for environmentally friendly folks.
(2) Authenticity: Homeowner's today are
looking for authenticity in their hardwood flooring. The idea of
incorporating more nature into our homes comes through in our flooring choices.
Hardwood flooring gives a touch of nature to our homes and perhaps that's
why homeowner's today seek out authenticity in their flooring. Authentic
flooring harkens back to the flooring of the past reminding us of a life-style
that was slower paced and perhaps that's part of why homeowner's are liking the
authentic flooring.
(3) Wide-width wood planks: Buildings and
homes constructed in the 1800s feature hardwood flooring with wood planks with
wide-widths, different from our hardwood flooring today. Typically boards
today are 2 to 3-inch widths, whereas older flooring was commonly 5 to 8-inch
widths, depending on the wood species. Manufacturers are looking to
provide wider-widths for homeowner's looking to again bring back parts of the
past.
(4) Distressing wood flooring: Instead of
the perfected look, homeowners are starting to like the distressed look of
hardwood flooring again. The 1970s ushered in a want for distressed
flooring, but typically that meant the floor looked extremely distressed.
Gouges, stains, slices, marks show some authenticity.Today distressing is
making a comeback, but is more toned down then distressed floors from the past.
(5) Color: Homeowners usually want their
flooring to match the rest of the decor in the room, so it's only natural that
color is a popular trend. Homeowners today aren't just interested in
different shades of brown flooring. They even show interest in a wide
variety of other colors including whites (off-whites), blacks, grays and reds.
Stain allows you to pick your color choice.
If you have comments or questions, just comment on
this post or contact us. We're always happy to talk hardwood flooring.