No matter if you opt for engineered or solid hardwood floors, considering upgrading your home with wood floors is always an exciting change. With any color scheme, wood floors look great and have a classic charm that can easily be incorporated into any interior design. Wood floors are fairly easy to maintain and can last for quite some time if they are well cared for as they have countless benefits. When it comes to wooden floors however, there are some rooms where they make a great addition, and other rooms where they may be a little risky. Today, we at Flooring Solutions of Oklahoma would like to share the best and worst places in a home for wood flooring.
What Rooms are Best for Hardwood Floors?
Dining Room. The hardwood floors will contribute to the look and any spills can be easily and promptly wiped clean for simple maintenance and to prevent any damage, no matter if your dining room is design for a more formal setting or a cozy casual family orientation.
Living Room. Typically, in a living room, wood flooring makes the space comfy and gorgeous at the same time. The wood floor is the perfect touch, no matter if you enjoy hosting events with family and friends or love quiet nights with the family. Doormats at the entrances minimize the dirt from getting tracked in and soft and shaggy area rugs add color and cozy places to walk or lounge.
Den. Hardwood flooring has the perfect conditions in a den. The general décor and setting of the den offers make rich tones of wood floors pop, making wood floor ideal in the general climate of a den.
Places Where Wood Flooring is Not Recommended
Foyer. The worst thing on wood floors is water and the second worst thing is dirt and other granule particles. Foot traffic creates friction creating unsightly scratches on your beautiful wood floors, these particles are natural abrasives. They will easily track in sand, dirt, mud, and even let rain and possible snow inside, making the wood floor look appalling since the foyer is the main entrance where people open and close the door.
Laundry Room – The laundry room is a place where humidity and water can easily make contact with the wood floor. Detergents can be easily spilled, and the washing machines have a high probability to leak, putting the wood floor at risk. Also, drying clothes can produce the humid conditions as well. Hardwood floors is not an ideal place for hardwood floors, in any case.
Bathroom. As we stressed, water is not wood-floor friendly. Bathrooms generate the most water and humidity. There are a number of sources that can get the floors from splashing, flooding, and dripping. Making bathrooms the worst place to install wood floors, hardwood floors are quickly damaged with direct contact water.
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Call Flooring Solutions of Oklahoma when you decide to install wood floors in your home and let our professionals perform a quality install to ensure your wood floor looks amazing and is done correctly.
