Choosing the Right Flooring for Your New Home
One of the best investments you can make when building your new home is quality flooring. Flooring is the largest surface in your home and the foundation of all your family’s activity. Your family shouldn’t have to adjust to the floor; the floor should improve your family’s quality of life.
Not all floor materials are created equal. When choosing your floor, you should take a few major items in mind:
- Budget – While it is important to make a proper investment in your flooring material, you also should not break the bank doing it. Consider all the aspects of flooring, including installation, adhesion products, baseboards, stains, and more.
- Lifestyle – While you may love tile for the kitchen, it is impractical if you plan to spend hours on your feet cooking, as tile can be uncomfortable to stand on. If you have pets, you may want to have less carpet in your home, especially near high traffic doors and active living spaces.
- Style Preferences – Consider the overall feel of your home. Do you want a more modern aesthetic or is your preference southern comfort? Certain floor materials inspire different feels, so take these into consideration before you put them throughout your home.
Listed below are some of the most popular choices for home flooring solutions and what makes them so unique. The options seem endless!
- Hardwood – durable and classic in appearance, higher maintenance as far as sealing, coating, and cleaning
- Engineered wood – less vulnerable to climate changes, great if you are going to have an in floor heating system
- Laminate – top layer is produced and protected, and can give the illusion of a more expensive floor material (stone, tile)
- Linoleum – considered environmentally friendly
- Ceramic tile – can be glossy or matte and various sides and prices
- Carpet – most comfortable and versatile
- Vinyl – virtually maintenance free and less tacky now that printing techniques have improved
- Concrete – easy to clean, can be coated to fit a lot of design styles
- Stone – luxurious, require a little extra maintenance
Stay tuned for further explorations on choosing your home flooring material. The perfect floor for your family’s life style is out there!