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Flooring Trends
provided by FLOOR360 Your home is a mirror. It is a reflection of the person you are, and the person you aspire to be. It is how you see yourself. It is how the world sees you, too.
The interior style of your home depends on many items working together to create your homes personality. Just as a foundation supports your home, flooring choices can be the foundation of the interior design and style of your home. FLOOR360 recognizes the importance of providing homeowners with the choices and information to construct a timeless home. New species of hardwood, varying sizes and materials for tile and stone, and updated patterns and colors of carpet can help create your new Dream Home. Fashion leading flooring stores such as FLOOR360 have reacted to this trend and are displaying almost equal amounts of carpet, tile and hardwood as well as showing room scenes using tile and wood. The sales/design staff are also trained and experienced in working with all three elements to coordinate the foundation (floor) of your home design palette. STYLE UPDATES Hardwood Floors  Options for hardwood flooring are now much more varied than choosing a wood stain color. The width and lengths of planks, worn and distressed looks as well as the multitude of exotic wood species available requires an educated decision.
The combination of the style of your home (Traditional, Tuscany, Contemporary) as well as your lifestyle (children, pets, entertaining) should determine your hardwood flooring choice. The hardness of the wood, amount of graining, color, type of finish and sawing technique all determine the style and visual durability of your hardwood floor.
All wood floors dent, scratch and "move" to different degrees based on the type of wood, climate and use. A "clean" maple or birch is a beautiful contemporary look but "shows" dents, scratches and gaps. Whereas a wide board, hand-scraped walnut or cherry can enhance a classic or Tuscan style and although they still dent, scratch and gap they are less noticeable and can actually add to the beauty of your floor.
With all the options available, and new products and suppliers at a wide range of quality and costs it is important to work with a trusted source. Even "Exotic Wood" species such as Brazilian Cherry, Santos Mahogany, Bamboo and Amendiom may have the same name at a variety of outlets but can look and "react" differently based on the forest location, age of the tree, drying time and cutting process.
A Reason to "Choose Carpet"
 Patterns using color, texture and pile height will continue to be developed to add style options in carpet. The popularity of hard surface flooring is also having an impact on the color of carpet. As a result carpet colors have more mid and dark range neutrals, softer sages, and tinted taupes. Color lines are rich and warm to complement stone, ceramic and hardwood floors.
TECHNOLOGY UPDATES Steam Showers
Having a Steam Shower at your home is easier than you may think. The Schluter System installation system used by FLOOR360 has increased the reliability and decreased the expense of installing a steam shower. If you have ever had the opportunity to experience the relaxation and revitalization of a steam shower at a health club or spa you can now have that experience whenever you want it at your own home. "Engineered" Hardwood Floors
Have you seen the hardwood floors with a thinner layer of wood on the top that are backed by layers of different plywood? Do you wonder why they make this instead of "real" 3/4" solid wood? These engineered wood products are designed for structural stability and can be an improvement over "real" wood. The base levels of plywood help absorb "movement" and reduces gaping between boards caused by changes in humidity levels which is very prevalent in Wisconsin. This attribute also allows installation of wood floors in lower levels or on concrete. Depending on the thickness of the visible top layer engineered floors can be sanded and refinished as many times as a solid ¾" floor. Note: There is a wide range of quality and prices on engineered wood product, trust a professional for direction. FLOOR360 offers both engineered and solid wood floors. Pre-finished Wood Floors vs. Site Finish
 There is sometimes a misperception that a factory finished hardwood floor is somehow not a "real" wood floor. The fact is that in most cases a pre-finished floor is BETTER than a site finished floor. The many layers of protection applied in a climate controlled and dust free environment provides a strong and smoother finish than is possible to apply at a construction site. FLOOR360 is a national leader "Style Focused" company. FLOOR360 provides "one stop shopping" and design services for hardwood, tile, stone and carpet for style conscious homeowners throughout the Midwest. FLOOR360 is located in the new Delafield Design Mart at I-94 & Hwy 83 Interchange and in the Madison Design Mart on Hwy 151. FLOOR360.com
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