3 Tips To Protect Hardwood Floors This Summer

by Arimar | Aug 8, 2017 | Arimar International, Blogs, Floor Art Collection

3 Tips To Protect Hardwood Floors This Summer

St. Tropez Rustic European Oak

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.

Tip3: 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.

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Design Inspiration: Bold Interiors

by Arimar | Aug 1, 2017 | Arimar International, Blogs, Floor Art Collection

Design Inspiration: Bold Interiors

Why play it safe with uninspired design, when out-of-the-box styles, like these, make such a big impact? As popular as neutrals are, they’re not entirely exciting. Decorating wisdom recommends keeping major investment pieces like sofas and cabinetry neutral, but sometimes the unexpected can be just what your client is looking for. You can play with patterns and mix-and-match colors and fabrics in the bedroom, infuse color in expected spaces like the kitchen cabinets, make space for quirky pieces of furniture that inject personality into an otherwise muted living room. The point is, there are many ways to bring in bold design into décor, and it doesn’t always have to be bright colors or richly patterned designs. Here are five bold original interiors for inspiration.

Albatron Rustic French White Oak

Combining different shades and hues of a single color is a popular design move in monochromatic schemes, but it becomes bold and original when you layer in dark, stately pieces of furniture and add unexpected design elements like a zebra-striped rug like these homeowners did.

St. Tropez Rustic French White Oak

Stairs are an oft-overlooked place to take a chance with design. Stairwells are small, contained spaces without furniture and other elements that might compete with an unexpected floor or wall treatment. This is a staircase we saw in Lourdes, France, and we thought it simply stunning.

If you’re ready to go all out with an expressive color, but aren’t quite ready to commit, then find a knock-out accent piece of furniture that excites you and weave that into the room’s décor. You don’t always need a ton of patterns to make a bold statement. Sometimes, the combination of a striking color and single pattern (like with this magenta chair) is enough.

You can still get an original, eclectic look without going wild. Try painting an accent wall or mounting colorful artwork like these homeowners did when they wanted to start experimenting with color.

Find more inspiration in our Gallery.