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Why Wood Floors Are a Healthy Choice

by Arimar | Jul 2, 2019 | Blogs

Ever think about how safe the flooring is in your home? When it comes to flooring, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finds that hardwood floors improve indoor air quality, according to the National Wood Flooring Association. In fact, wood floors can significantly improve indoor air quality when compared to other flooring options.

As members of the National Wood Flooring Association, we at Arimar checked in with the experts to bring you reasons why wood and engineered wood flooring make for a healthy choice for your home.

Flooring is one area of the indoor environment where the number of indoor allergens can be controlled. Certain types of flooring, such as carpet, are simply better gathering places for allergens. Small microorganisms, pollen, dust, dust mites, mold, animal dander, and other substances tend to accumulate in carpet fibers.

Other flooring types, such as wood, tend to minimize the accumulation of allergens because there are no fibers to trap these substances. Wood floors don’t trap microorganisms, allergens or pesticides that can be tracked in from outdoors. Hardwood floors minimize the dust, mold and animal dander accumulating, which makes wood floors a healthy option for you, children, pets and everyone who enters your home.

While outdoor allergens can be hard to control, there are ways to minimize the impact of allergens that occur indoors. Frequent dusting, vacuuming, and washing will minimize many indoor allergens, but these activities can stir them up as well. One way to prevent allergens altogether is to eliminate many of the areas where they can gather.

Taking steps to minimize these kinds of allergens can result in improved indoor air quality.

3 Tips To Protect Hardwood Floors This Summer

by Arimar | Jun 19, 2019 | Blogs

Hardwood flooring is one of the most practical and popular forms of home improvements today that offer the luxury of choice. They not only add style but also adds great aesthetic appeal and provides an air of class and elegance. However, proper care and maintenance is needed especially during seasonal changes for preserving the beauty of your wooden floors. Even the most carefully installed wood floors tend to expand and sometimes cup or even buckle due to high moisture content and high relative humidity in the air. Here, we give you some tips to maintain hard wood flooring.

Tip 1: Protect flooring from sunlight

Due to the natural qualities of the wood, sunlight can quickly damage or discolor this type of flooring. If your current windows are not equipped with the proper coverage, it may be wise to get new drapes or shades installed. Rule of thumb is to protect your floors from the sun when applicable, so close your curtains and blinds before you head out for the day to avoid unnecessary exposure.

Tip 2: Control indoor humidity levels

During the summer months, hardwood flooring can move as changes in humidity occur. If your floor planks are swelling over the summer a small amount, don’t be alarmed. If you have major shifting or floor swelling occurring, call a professional to see if it’s a bigger problem. You can control the humidity levels by maintaining air conditioning systems, watching for spills and leaks and installing a dehumidifier.

Tip 3: Ensure proper floor maintenance
The summer brings about the time when people are most enjoying the great outdoors, and more likely to trek in dirt, mud, outdoor allergens, and other contaminants back inside more often than during any other season. It’s a good idea to place floor mats by all entrances. You may also want to kindly ask family and visitors to kindly wipe their shoes before stepping on your beautiful hardwood floors. If spills occur or dirt makes its way in, vacuum right away. Vacuuming is preferable to sweeping because it allows the dirt and dust to be pulled from between the boards.

5 Reasons to Love Wood Floors

by Arimar | Jun 10, 2019 | Blogs

Wood is one of the oldest and most durable flooring types in the world. Professional designers will tell you that wood wins on its innate, natural beauty and prestige. The fact that they’re just as practical as they are pretty making wood floors a top choice for any space, whether personal or commercial. Here are five more reasons to love hardwood floors.

Wood floors make an eco-chic statement. Made from renewable resources, wood floors make a “green” statement in every room. Plus, wood’s natural qualities also encourage you to bring the outdoors in, which is a trend in modern interior design.

Wood floors keep homes healthy. Wood floors by themselves help maintain indoor air quality. Because they are easy to care for and tend to collect fewer allergens and less dirt than other flooring varieties, wood floors can help you keep a home healthy.

Wood floors offer variety. No other flooring choice can match the character, impact and warmth of a beautiful wood floor. When you consider the various species, colors, surface textures and plank widths available, the variety of options available for hardwood floors is almost endless.

Wood floors increase home value. Not only are they proven to enhance beauty of a home but also home value. Wood floors say: “This home is built of quality.” Additionally, realtors will tell you that having hardwood floors throughout your home not only increases the resale price of your home but can also limit the amount of time it spends on the market.

Wood floors last a lifetime. Quality wood floors can last virtually forever when properly installed and kept. Every piece of wood also has its own story with unique qualities making each plank truly one of a kind. And when you bring wood into your home, it also develops its own character in its home.

Wood Flooring Trend: Chevron Patterns

by Arimar | May 6, 2019 | Blogs

Chevron has gained popularity in recent years in flooring, and trend forecasters say we can expect to see more of these striking patterns into 2019 and beyond. It’s easy to see why – the flexible design makes it versatile enough to use for traditional or modern design.

Often found in formal living rooms, dining rooms, and entrance halls, the elegant zig-zag design elevates a room from the ground up. The intricate pattern also adds a new dimension to an otherwise plain square in a room.

This classic motif is rich in history and has been around for centuries. The zig-zag pattern experienced a resurgence during the Haussmann era in 19th-century Paris, when the city was rebuilt in a major urban planning effort. Many of the new apartments at the time featured parquet floors with a chevron pattern. Today, you will see many famous historical buildings around the world, especially in Europe, featuring this exquisite design.

Chevron planks are achieved by ensuring that each “zig” and “zag” are connected at a 45-degree angle, creating an inverted V formation. This distinctive pattern’s clean lines also bring out nature-inspired wood grain patterns and work well in both light and dark wood finishes.

This modern and innovative flooring solution is great for those who want to stand out and look for something unusual. Think about installing the flooring either in the entire room or cover only a part of the floor area. Chevron flooring is also used to make an impression that a room is bigger than it is. Engineered wood flooring is a very universal flooring solution and is ideal for creating the chevron pattern.

If you are interested in more information about choosing the best hardwood flooring for your residential or commercial project, contact us and tell us more about your project.

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Herringbone Wood Floors

by Arimar | Apr 30, 2019 | Blogs

Designer’s Choice: Herringbone Wood Floors

Herringbone has always been a popular choice among flooring design patterns, and it is now very much on trend in both homes and commercial spaces. Why the uptick in herringbone-patterned floors? For starters, it’s an excellent way for designers to set their projects apart plus homeowners love the look, says interior designer Emily Morrow Finkel in an article for Hardwood Floors Magazine. Herringbone hardwood flooring makes a bold design statement that encapsulates “elegance and timelessness,” she notes.

The Backstory: The herringbone style draws inspiration from the look of intricate brickwork designs from centuries-old churches and other distinguished structures. Herringbone goes back to ancient Egypt, woven into twill fabrics, jewelry designs and inlayed into iconic architecture. Roadways across the Roman Empire, for example, were also all constructed using herringbone brickwork patterns.

The Look: Herringbone wood flooring is made from relatively small rectangular blocks of hardwood laid in a pattern that looks like the skeleton of a fish, specifically the herring, hence the name herringbone. The herringbone floor pattern creates geometric designs to give interesting detail and draw the eye to the floor.

How to Bring It Home: There are many different types of hardwoods you can use to create your perfect floor layout using the herringbone style. Each hardwood material has its own wood grain and color expression patterns. White Oak flooring is an excellent choice that works very well with herringbone patterns. (Explore our Floor Art Wide Plank Flooring Collection featuring high quality rustic European White Oak floors.)

You can use a single hardwood type or choose contrasting colors and patterns to give your flooring a personalized touch. Floor designers have also started adding modern touches in the form of stains to highlight the grain of the wood.

Here at Arimar, we specialize in the creation of high quality, high end hardwood floors. We are always available to discuss our hardwood flooring options and assist with your project plans. Call us today, and ask about our flooring specials.

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