When hardwood flooring works best for your home

Homeowners know the importance of quality flooring materials and that’s why many of them choose hardwood flooring right from the start. With an impressive lifespan, it’s likely to be the last floor covering you ever have installed. It’s also one of the most elegant flooring materials, no matter what space you install it in, and it has many benefits that make it the perfect choice for room after room. It’s also easier to personalize than many people think, with several choices that will make it completely yours. In fact, it’s likely to meet most, if not all, of your requirements for flooring.

Prestigious Flooring and Design has been serving the flooring needs of our customers since 1998. In that time, we’ve come to offer excellent, high-quality floor coverings and service that we stand behind. Our sales staff is knowledgeable and experience and we have installers who are licensed, insured, and certified so you know the job will be done right the first time. From our Alpharetta, GA showroom floor, we proudly serve the communities of Alpharetta, Roswell, Cumming, John’s Creek, Milton, and the Atlanta area. We invite you to stop in at your convenience to find out how we can help with your own flooring project, no matter how big or small.

Personalization is easy to achieve by considering all the factors you’ll need to address in the first place. For instance, it all starts with the perfect wood species and the variety of looks they offer. Of course, you’ll need to pick a species that best suits your needs. If your home is a very busy one, or you have children or pets, you might need a harder species rather than a softer one. Softer varieties can be placed in areas such as private bedrooms or walk-in pantries or closets, where very little foot traffic finds its way.

Next, you’ll be able to choose the perfect stain color, which can go a long way in matching your existing decor or interior design scheme. It’s important to know, with regard to hardwood stain colors, that you’ll have more options with site finished materials than you will if you choose prefinished wood. Other factors can come into play, however, that will change your decision. For instance, prefinished wood is a much faster installation, while site finished projects take longer.