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Posts tagged “hard flooring”

CHI Good Questions: Carpet or Wood?

Cara sent us an email: My parents are replacing their living room flooring and are trying to decide between carpet or laminate/engineered wood. (Hardwood is not an option right now, unfortunately.) ...

Flickr Finds: Liquid Stereo's White Epoxy Floor

We just stumbled upon Liquid Stereo and the photos he's been taking of his loft-in-progress. He's made lots of great design decisions but the one that jumped out to us, as both gutsy and glamorous, w...

Carlisle Wide Plank Floors

We are in awe of these floors! Farmhouse chic thrives at Carlisle but we've also never seen wide-planked flooring look so modern and fresh. Yet in green terms, this flooring is the furthest thing fr...

Look! Installing Our Cork Flooring

Desperate to get our kitchen up and running so we can stop devouring take-out, we're inching closer and closer each day. The latest production: installing our cork floors over roughed-up wood floors t...

CHI Good Question Revisted: Karen Decided on Dark Tiles

AfterKaren asked a good question last November and has completed the job. She sent us an update on how she feels about the final results, along with a thank you......

Look!: Wood Floors in the Bathroom

Hardwood floors in the bathroom?! Can this be? We know that it's possible (as evidenced above) but should we be so bold as to tempt the water gods with this choice of flooring? Jump down to see why...

Lumber Liquidators

No frills, but to the point. Our trip out to Arlington Heights to check out nationwide Lumber Liquidators was quick, painless, and fruitful. We'd been on the hunt for new cork flooring for the kitchen...

Dirt Devil Kruz

"Swerve. Twist. Pivot. Coast." The latest evolution in Dirt Devil's Designer Series is the upright Kruz. The Kruz is obviously different because it's full length, as opposed to the preceding hand he...

Green Idea: Recycled Leather Tiles by Ecodomo

Leather paneling, whether it's on walls, desktops, or even floors, is decadent. Ecodomo's recycled leather tiles offer this same feeling of luxury but also the sense that you're making use of the en...

Anyone Reclaim Hardwood Floors??

AT reader Tiffany spotted this ton of flooring on Craigslist (it's free). Anyone interested? The rehabber writes: I am rehabbing my 3-story greystone house and I have plenty of flooring. I am hesita...

Look!: Our new bedroom floors

The process was a bit painful. Take every single book (two walls full), each piece of furniture, every article of clothing, and all the toys an eight year old owns and move them from the bedrooms ...

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