
Waterproof vs. Water-Resistant Flooring: How to Protect Your Floors From Spills
How luxury vinyl, hardwood and laminate handle water, why the locking system matters as much as the plank, and what to ask before you buy.
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How luxury vinyl, hardwood and laminate handle water, why the locking system matters as much as the plank, and what to ask before you buy.

Estimating for new carpet may seem confusing. Most rooms aren’t perfect rectangles, so it’s hard to measure. Then when you go shopping, some prices are in square feet, some are in square yards. And what about padding and installation? How do you know

Picking new carpet for your home can be a demanding process, but you’re not in it alone! Ashley Phipps is an interior designer turned DIY and craft blogger who went through the process of picking new carpet for her home and documented the entire proj

If you are looking for advice or pointers on your new hardwood flooring project, you’ve come to the right place.

It’s not hard to fall in love with hardwood flooring. Strong, natural and gorgeous, it’s everything we love in a stunning surface. In fact, the more difficult part is deciding which hardwood look you love the most. Different species, grains, stains,

Your mind is made up. You want new hardwood floors in your home. Great choice! Wood floors instantly add warm, rustic charm and natural beauty wherever they are installed. But that is only half of the decision dilemma. With so many options on the mar

Wood consistently ranks as one of the most popular flooring options on the market, and people appreciate it for a myriad of reasons. Wood is natural, beautiful, and if maintained properly, it can last for decades. Recent innovations have increased st

In an active home, a little love will always go a long way in keeping your beautiful surfaces sparkling throughout the rigors of daily life. This rings especially true for gorgeous wood floors that are now as innovative as they are timeless: Whether

Making a new flooring decision can be difficult. There are so many different types of flooring, from carpet to hardwood and tile to laminate. Figuring out where to start is often the hardest step.

The most popular trend in laminate flooring has nothing to do with your floors. More and more, everyone from DIYers to high-end designers are installing laminate flooring on walls. That’s right—walls.

Dogs are awesome. That’s a fact! But know that with dogs come wear-and-tear to your floors. From Great Danes to Teacup Yorkies, you can be sure that scratches and pet accidents will inevitably occur. While our ultimate goal as homeowners and dog owne

Parents of active kids know just how much wear and tear their little ones can dish out inside the home. The floors will be played upon, spilled on, chased on and will need to resist scratches and anything from markers and nail polish to sodas and mes

Although fulfilling, life with children and pets usually requires compromise, especially when it comes to decorating. You may be dreaming of a stunning suede couch in creamy white, for example, and unless you’re going to cover it in plastic, that dre

When creating a new look in a room or building a new home, beautiful wood flooring immediately comes to mind. From the natural look of fresh cut wood, to genuine details like grain and knots and the warm tonal variation found in many styles, wood flo


Tile is a great flooring option for families with children or pets. It can give you the gorgeous look of wood, natural stone and a myriad of other materials, but with incredible durability and cleanability. No matter how hard your family lives, a til

There’s one steadfast rule about using tile in your home that you should never forget: Never use wall tile for floors. Got it memorized and written in stone? Now that we have that out of the way, here’s a twist - you CAN use floor tiles on walls!

When you decorate a room, you want the result to be special and customized. Tile offers endless possibilities to make every installation unique, and the variety of tile designs you choose, coupled with a distinct pattern for the layout, make the opti

Heidi Rew, a blogger and home design enthusiast, never would have imagined a plumbing disaster could turn into one of the best decisions she'd ever made. Three years ago, she came home to a partially flooded basement. The cause? A cracked pipe (origi

There’s a loosely kept secret among places like restaurants, hotels, offices and other hip, chic establishments that see lots of foot traffic, and it’s all of three letters long: L-V-T. This sleek acronym stands for “luxury vinyl tile,” never to be c

With kids come messes. It’s an unavoidable fact of life. They track in dirt, they spill juice, they drop food. It’s amazing that such tiny, adorable, innocent beings can leave such disaster in their wake. When choosing flooring for a home with childr

Julia from the popular lifestyle blog Lemon Stripes talks about her home and why Mohawk SolidTech luxury vinyl flooring is the perfect foundation for her sunroom.

SolidTech Plus, Mohawk’s newest rigid vinyl product, adds elevated style and performance to SolidTech’s perfect blend of style and durability. Designed for any room and any climate, SolidTech Plus is three times more scratch resistant, 100% waterproo

Every parent has felt that unmistakable chaotic energy building up in the home. Like fast-forming, dark clouds moving across an angry sky, everything comes to a head at the most inopportune time. Dinner is cooking on the stove while the dogs bark at
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