| If you are tired of the same old wood flooring like | | | | wood flooring. Some of the brands to look for are: |
| oak, pine and maple, you have a great treat in store | | | | Bruce, Armstrong, Anderson, Columbia, Hartco, Shaw |
| next time you shop for wood flooring. In today's | | | | and Tarket. There are other good brands featured in |
| market you can get many more wood varieties than | | | | the stores near you. Looking at actual samples of the |
| in the past. There are woods from Asia, South | | | | hard woods will tell you which one is perfect for you. |
| America, Africa and other countries as well as the | | | | The wood flooring prices vary by how expensive the |
| United states. With the invention of laminate and | | | | wood is that makes them and by the costs involved |
| engineered flooring a little wood can go a long way. | | | | in manufacturing the final product. Woods that are |
| Engineered floors are a thin layer of real wood over | | | | from other countries or rare will cost more. |
| a layer of manufactured wood. These are finished | | | | When you are making the investment in exotic |
| with a tough wear layer and are hard to tell from | | | | hardwood flooring, make sure you get a good, |
| solid wood flooring when installed. Laminate flooring is | | | | professional installer. Badly installed flooring looks, |
| a very good example of one of many types of | | | | cheap no matter how much you paid for it. Well |
| wood glued to a manufactured wood substrate and | | | | installed wood flooring looks great, even if it is |
| covered with a very tough melamine wear layer. All | | | | bargain priced. You can get exotic hardwood flooring |
| these layers are put together with adhesive and heat | | | | prefinished or ready for your installer to finish. |
| forming a durable flooring that looks like wood down | | | | Prefinished floors are easier and faster to install, but |
| to the texture. | | | | ready to finish gives you more options in the final |
| For a good idea of the exotic hardwood flooring | | | | look. |
| available, go on line to a solid wood flooring site or go | | | | No matter what wood floor you choose, it will look |
| to your nearby building or home supply store. You | | | | beautiful when properly installed in your home. |
| can find Lowes, Home Depot and Lumber Liquidator | | | | Hardwood flooring lasts for the life of your home in |
| stores in most large cities. Most flooring stores and | | | | many cases. It is a very durable and easy care |
| home decorating shops will have resources for solid | | | | flooring choice. |