Wood Flooring: An Added Enhancement with Wood Furniture in Home Decor

Most Popular Colors

Red oak natural or Maple natural or Oak white, Pine yellow are the preferred choices. Infact any wood color looks good. For formal or traditional interiors , darker colors look good and for country, casual and contemporary settings, lighter colors are preferred. There are many choices when selecting the right wooden floor for the rooms in your home.

Types of Wood Floors

Solid Hardwood Floor: This is solid constructed floor made of hardwood. Solid hardwood flooring come in a wide range of styles and dimensions, with each plank made of solid wood and milled from a single piece of timber.

Engineered Wood Floor: Engineered wood flooring is made of two or more layers of wood in the form of a plank. The wood grain alternate in opposite directions giving this product more stability. The top layer is the wood that is visible the installation is done. This product comes in various ply's ( layers), most being 3-5 ply.

Acrylic Impregnated Wood Floor: Here a real wood veneer or the wood grain is injected with an acrylic material or liquid acrylic and then hardened using a special process. This type of wood is very durable and hence suitable for applications in high traffic areas like kitchen, restaurants and malls etc.

Wood Floors Styles

Strip: Strip Wood flooring has a linear effect and a groove construction. Available in 1-1/2", 2 1/4", or 3 1/4" thick, they can be solid or engineered, unfinished or prefinished. This type of style gives the illusion of a larger and more open space.

Plank: Plank hardwood flooring is linear, and has more width, starting from 3" to 8". There are wider planks as well that can be 12-14" wide . Like strip, they can solid or engineered, unfinished or prefinished.

Parquet: This style represents a series of wood pieces joined together in such a manner that they create a geometric pattern on the floor. The pattern often repeat in the piece from 5/16" (glue down) up to 3/4" (nail & glue down).