Eco Friendly Home Furniture Design Ideas

Engineered Red Oak Flooring is known to be one of the most popular materials used because of its strength, sophistication and beauty. Red oak flooring contains the distinctive reddish golden patina, which makes it stand out from all the rest. Engineered Red Oak Flooring is also considered to be one of the most durable and it retains its elegance and beauty through many years of wear and tear. It is a great choice for many residential and commercial spaces and will surely add a new dimension of style to any space.

In terms of pure natural wood beauty and attractiveness, walnut flooring definitely stands out from the crowd. A finished walnut floor looks very smooth and improves beautifully over time with age. Engineered walnut flooring in particular, looks elegant, is durable, and simple to maintain. Add another dimension to your home and improve the value of it with the rugged, rich textures of Virginia Vintage’s Engineered Walnut Floors. Available in 6 wood types and 12 colors, you’re sure to find the perfect fit for your home.

Engineered Hickory Flooring is just the ticket if you’re looking for a beautiful, durable hardwood floor. Hickory wood is much stronger than oak, and is well-suited for those high traffic areas of your home. If you want to add a country feel and some character to your home, look no further than this Engineered Hickory Flooring. Available in 6 different wood types and 12 colors, you’re sure to find the right match for your home decor.

Cork flooring really does come in a variety of colours, including colourful Jade! Not only an environmentally sustainable flooring choice, Cork Flooring has other practical benefits as well. Cork Flooring has a natural thermal insulation, therefore cutting down on expensive heating bills. Cork also has a natural ability to absorb sound, making it perfect for apartment dwelling. Other benefits of cork flooring are its naturally hypoallergenic and antistatic properties, making it beneficial for allergy sufferers. There are a multitude of colouring options for cork flooring as well, whether you’re looking for dramatic dark colours or colourful ones, like Jade and Rose.

This floor decking is a perfect solution to a mini home renovation, well, without the actual renovation. From IKEA, the Platta Floor Decking made of solid acacia and durable hardwood is highly suitable for outdoor, and even indoor use. Lay over tired concrete or grass for an instant make-over. Get creative and use indoors as a cool alternative to a bath mat. Just as a note though, wood contains tannic acid which, after a time, can leak out and discolor the sub-floor. Never lay wooden decking on a surface where it would matter if this happened. Remember to treat the furniture with oil at regular intervals in order to protect and retain the wood. Make sure that it is clean and dry before being re-oiled. If treated properly, it can stay outdoors and look beautiful all year round.

Cork is a resilient flooring option that is becoming more popular because of its green benefits, its softness and its unique look. But is it easy to clean? Yes, with these few points kept in mind. With any organic material floor (cork included) you must avoid using excessive amounts of moisture as this can ruin your floor. Lightly damp mopping after vacuuming about once a week will keep your cork flooring in excellent condition. Make sure that you do not use the beater bar on a vacuum, but a regular bristle ended attachment will suffice.

Bamboo flooring requires some special care. Start by using a cleaner that will not leave a residue that will inhibit bonding and re-coating. While bamboo is more resistant to moisture than most woods, never use a wet mop or sponge to clean the floor. When using any wood flooring cleaner that requires mixing with water, follow the mixing directions precisely.

A cloth that you wet with with water and then squeeze dry can be used to wipe up simple spills, provided the area is buffed dry immediately. Never rub and scrub the accident or you will be massaging it into the wood pores which can result in staining of the floor. Once all of the mess is wiped and lifted off of the wood, dry the area with a paper towel. Heel or scuff marks and stubborn stains may be removed by lightly rubbing with a cloth and a wood floor cleaner.

It is pretty important that you try to dust mop or use a soft bristled floor vacuum on the bamboo flooring daily if you can. You never want to allow dirt, dust, pet hairs or other grit that is tracked into the home building up on your bamboo flooring.

Available in polished, vibrated (matte), or sandblasted finishes, these 100% recycled aluminum or brass recycled metal tiles add a modern and textural design element to your kitchen or bathroom wall or floor designs - as well as making a fabulous looking backsplash. Metal tiles can also allow you to attain balance in your kitchen design when you start to feel like there is too much wood. For the urban loft or the suburban ranch, metal tiles appeal to our textural and visual senses and can be designed as contemporary or traditional as your design tastes dictate.

This unique distressed bamboo flooring combines the strength of strand woven bamboo material with the stylish and exotic look of hand scraped surface. The bevels and curves flow smoothly throughout each plank. The one-of-a-kind texture is crafted the technicians at J&L Bamboo Products with no machines involved which ensures that no two boards are identical.

Twice as hard as oak, strand bamboo flooring can take far more wear than your average wood flooring. It is made using an innovative manufacturing process different from all other bamboo flooring types. By heating long strips of bamboo and weaving them together, then compressing them under extreme pressure and heat you can produce flooring that is harder and more dense than traditional bamboo wood floors, already one of the hardest wood flooring products available. These Strand Woven Bamboo Floors have a warm and inviting look and feel that is perfect for any home.