Do Hardwood Floors Fade Over Time?
If you are a homeowner, you know that personal touches, love, and memories, are really what makes a house a home. For many, this can be as simple as having all of their loved ones at home each night, slumbering under the same roof. For others, it can mean filling the...
Fight the Light: How to Combat Floor Fading
Fight the Light: How to combat floor fading.Time marches on and all things age. Your hardwood floor is no different. As your floor matures, some degree of color fading is going to naturally occur. However, as is the case with most things, there are steps that can...
What is Your Solid Hardwood Flooring Style?
Are you traditional & timeless or rustic & unique? Traditional | Sophisticated | Timeless Nantucket SeriesClean, uniform appearanceVery few small knots & color variationsMicro-bevel/square edge SERIES OPTIONS: Golden | Graphite | Gunstock | Red Oak | White...
Solid Wood | Engineered Wood | Waterproof Flooring
Getting To Know: Solid Wood vs Engineered Wood vs Waterproof Flooring The first thing you’ll need to know about flooring is that it can be made from many different materials. With Impressions Flooring and our Summit Collection, we have three great options:...
The Differences Between Red Oak & White Oak
Not all oak species are the same. Red Oak vs White Oak 1. COLORRed Oak is lighter and pink or reddish.White Oak is darker and more yellow. 2. GRAINRed Oak has short, closer markings.White Oak has longer, wider markings. 3. GROWTH RINGSRed Oak rings are more spaced...
The Value is Worth the Price
It's not an increase in price.It's an increase in value. You're standing in the store, trying to decide between two doggy beds for your cute little pup-pup. One has a good price, the other has memory foam and an air conditioner. You're standing in a car lot, trying to...
Myth Busting – Engineered Hardwood Wear Layers
If you're anything like me, when you first heard 'engineered hardwood' you probably thought of something similar to plywood with a faux wood look. Something that didn't compare in durability and beauty to a solid hardwood. Fortunately, that isn't true! Let's talk...
Get The Look – Thanksgiving Table
Happy Thanksgiving! Here's some inspiration for pulling together a refined but rustic Thanksgiving table, perfect for gathering with friends & family!Set the foundation for this look with beautiful floors! This room features Esteem in Mocha, an engineered Hickory...
Get the Look – Cozy Christmas
Whether you're team 'Decorate November 1st' or team 'Christmas is in December' - I think we can all agree that there's nothing like a cozied up house in the winter!Set against the beautiful white washed European Oak flooring from our Denali series, this style is cozy...
The Amazing Janka Hardness Test
Most of the following story is true. There once was a man named Gabriel from Austria who pondered some of the great questions in life. Perhaps the greatest among these questions was the simple, yet diabolically complex query “just how hard is wood?” Gabriel worked...