Radiant Floor Heating Makes Hardwood Flooring Comfortable Throughout the Winter Here in the Reno-Tahoe region we like our homes comfortable, and radiant floor heating is exactly the right addition to keep your hardwood flooring warm and comfortable through the coldest of winters. Not only that, rooms warmed from the floor up require less energy and heat Read More
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Cork Flooring – A Sound Choice
Cork Flooring is a Quiet Durable Green Option When most people think of cork, they imagine the easily gouged, porous material used for bulletin-boards. Worse yet, they assume it’s only as strong as the cork they remove from a wine bottle. Happily, today’s cork flooring is a more durable, quiet and green option than most Read More
Hardwood Flooring Choices – Maple, Oak, and Hickory
Maple, Oak and Hickory are the Three Most Popular Hardwood Flooring Choices There are a number of reasons Maple, Oak and Hickory are the most popular hardwood flooring choices today. Each wood type brings a unique look and feel to the area they are installed, and each has characteristics which make them perfect for hardwood flooring. Because Read More
Hire a Professional Hardwood Floor Installer
Hire a Professional to Install Your Hardwood Floors I cannot emphasize enough how important it is that you hire a professional hardwood floor installer when you have any work done on your hardwood floors. Even if you choose some other fine professional contractor instead of Artisan Hardwood Floors, you will still be doing yourself a favor. Read More
Hardwood Floors in Custom Homes
The Benefits of Hardwood Floors in Custom Homes Here in the Reno/Tahoe area, it’s no big secret that we love our custom homes and scenic views. The beautiful vistas afforded to those of us living in the Truckee Meadows and Tahoe National Forest, make life truly worth living. Whether you use your home as a Read More
Area Rugs on Hardwood Floors
Area Rugs on Hardwood Floors – A Good Choice Sometimes I get so caught up writing about the beauty and lasting quality of hardwood floors that it may seem as if I discount beautiful area rugs. My apologies, that couldn’t be farther from the truth. Well made, quality area rugs over hardwood floors enhance and augment the Read More
Preventing Hardwood Floor Scratches
Chair and Other Furniture Scratches Can Be Avoided Now that you own a magnificent new hardwood floor, saving it from scratches is probably high on your priority list. Of course you will want to preserve that shine and almost reflective finish for as long as possible. Some of the suggestions I’ll make today might seem Read More
Site Finished Hardwood Floors
Site Finished Hardwood Floors Offer Many Advantages There are several benefits to choosing site finished hardwood floors vs pre-finished. Site finishing your hardwood floors makes it possible to closely match existing flooring, or make your floors completely unique and personal. Color and gloss need not be guessed at or approximated as is the case with Read More
Hardwood Floors in a High Desert Climate
In the Reno/Tahoe High Desert Climate, We Can Always Count on Changing Weather Here in the Reno/Tahoe area some wonder about the weather’s effects on their hardwood floors in a high desert climate. Just in the last month we have had beautiful warm sun one day, then rain and hail the next, followed by a snow and freezing conditions in the higher elevations. Read More
Hardwood Floor Care – Reno, Tahoe
Maintaining Your Hardwood Flooring Summer may be coming early this year, and it is a great time to let your hardwood flooring shine. Unlike our winter months here in the Reno/Tahoe area – when we have to take precautions against water, mud and snow being tracked onto our hardwood floors – Spring and Summer are Read More