| If you are reading this article chances are you have | | | | been its beautiful shade, warm homely feeling and |
| decided to purchase hardwood flooring for your | | | | durability, if not maintained or if the wood is of low |
| home or office. If you thought the tough part was | | | | quality it might be susceptible to easily pesky |
| deciding whether or not to buy wooden floors, you | | | | scratches. Quality products on the other hand if |
| are in for a surprise. The tough part is in fact deciding | | | | properly sealed and maintained will yield long-lasting |
| which shade or style of flooring would compliment | | | | use, have great durability to common causes of |
| your home or office the most, which style would | | | | scratches and can be refinished. For example, you will |
| best match with your wall, with your furniture and | | | | find that solid floors which are made from one piece |
| keep those pesky visual scratches down to a | | | | of hardwood timber are very stable and known to |
| minimum. Luckily having been importers and specialist | | | | last more than 100 years. Because they are made |
| suppliers of high quality wood products for many | | | | 100% real wood, solid floors are more durable and |
| years, and have been selling online for the last 5 | | | | you will be able to sand , refinish or re-coat several |
| years, Wood and Beyond has come up with 3 top | | | | times, making it appear new every time, thus greatly |
| tips for choosing the right hardwood floor style: | | | | extending the useful life of the floors. |
| 1. Have you considered patterned floors - This type | | | | 3. Make sure you now how it will look like - Sites |
| of flooring also known as parquet flooring is a colorful | | | | such as Wood and Beyond offer the possibility to |
| combination of natural colors of wood used to | | | | use a 'virtual room'. This handy online application |
| decorate a room's floor using geometric designs. The | | | | allows you to fully visualize how the room would look |
| most common style is block parquet where laid like | | | | like with type of floor you like most by customizing |
| wooden tiles are 'placed' in a geometrically uniform | | | | the color of the room's ceiling, the color of the walls |
| way. The second style, multilayer parquet is a | | | | and finally the color of the floor. By using the virtual |
| combinations of narrow wood strips which are | | | | helper and getting a snapshot of your room, you are |
| 'placed' in the form of ornaments. If you have not | | | | in fact eliminating some of the unknown factors and |
| already, consider patterned floors. | | | | concerns in the buying process, increasing the |
| 2. Scratch resistant flooring is also a possibility - While | | | | likelihood of ending with the style and color you really |
| the attraction of buying wooden floors has always | | | | like. |