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Written by Toby Johns   
These days, with so many great choices in flooring to choose from, it's especially important to know what your choices are. When you find yourself ready to upgrade your home's interior with new flooring, start the journey by becoming an informed consumer.
by TobyJohns


These days, with so many great choices in flooring to choose from, it's especially important to know what your choices are. When you find yourself ready to upgrade your home's interior with new flooring, start the journey by becoming an informed consumer.

The following design tips by Bruce should help ensure that your decision-making process is a snap:

* Light-colored floors tend to make a room appear brighter and larger while dark-colored floors create a more dramatic environment.

* A common misconception is that your flooring needs to match the graining and species of your furniture and cabinets. This, however, is simply not true and you can feel free to go 'against the grain'. The play between different kinds of woods provides an interesting contrast and personality to your room.

* Narrow strips of flooring in a room helps improve an otherwise boxy looking room by making it seem longer. Likewise, installing your room's flooring with the boards running across the room, or at a diagonal, can help create a visual look that makes the room seem more spacious and inviting.

* For mid-size and larger rooms, wide-width planks may work best, and also be more scale-appropriate.

* To help a room appear less formal, without diminishing its overall beauty or sophistication, consider beveled-edge details, light colors, bold graining, random width planks, surface irregularities and low-gloss finish.

* Use the same hardwood flooring in each room of your home to make it appear bigger and to create a pleasing visual continuity throughout.

* Area rugs are another way you can enhance the look and feel of your hardwood floors and help to define space. Be sure, however, to use a rug with a soft, non-abrasive back or one having a breathable under-pad. This will help to protect the floor.

* The website, Armstrong.com, can help you see how your hardwood floors might look in your own rooms through use of their 'Design My Rooms' CD. You can even shoot a digital photo of your room, then by outline the floor with your mouse, try other, various hardwood flooring to see how this would look in your living space.

About the Author:

Liven up your house with visually-stunning floors from Bruce flooring. Contributing editors, Toby Johns and Jacques Amo, provide information into discount Bruce flooring products along with a handful of hints to keep your hardwood flooring looking like new. Learn more tips and advice on Armstrong flooring products by visiting Discount Bruce Flooring today.

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