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Glossy, Matte, or Textured? How to Pick a Finish You’ll Love Living With
When planning a new floor, most people start with color. It’s exciting, visual, and deeply tied to your style preferences. But once the flooring is installed, it’s not just the color that shapes your daily experience: it’s also the finish.
The finish of your floor influences how light behaves in a space, how dust and scuffs show up, how soft or smooth the surface feels underfoot, and even how relaxed or formal the room feels overall. Whether you’re working with hardwood, vinyl, laminate, tile, or stone, the finish is what truly defines how your floor fits into your life.
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What Your Floor Color Says About You and How to Pick the Perfect Fit
You walk into the room and feel it immediately. Clear, calm, and alive, there’s just something special about the space. The light feels balanced. The atmosphere feels intentional. There’s a sense of ease that’s hard to put your finger on until you realize what’s holding it all together. It’s the color of the floor.
Smart Ways to Keep Your Floors Looking Beautiful with Pets Around
Every pet owner knows the unmistakable sound of paws racing across the living room, the suspicious silence that often means trouble, and the baffling mystery of how pet fur magically reappears moments after cleaning. We adore our furry friends, yet their playful antics can sometimes test our patience—especially when it comes to maintaining our floors. At A Step Above Flooring, we completely understand the delicate balance between pet love and home pride. The good thing is, having durable flooring options that withstand pet wear without sacrificing style is genuinely achievable.
8 Inspiring Ways Flooring Can Redefine Your Home’s Personality
Every room has a personality—and flooring helps bring it into focus. It plays with light, complements texture, and adds a layer of expression that shapes how the whole space comes together.
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Why Most Floor Maintenance Advice is Wrong
Floor care advice is everywhere. Walk down any store aisle, scroll through social media, or ask a neighbor, and chances are you’ll hear a tip about how to clean hardwood floors or the wonders of a vinegar floor cleaner. It sounds helpful — but in reality, a lot of these "tried and true" methods are quietly causing long-term damage to floors across countless homes.
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Floors We’re Loving for Summer 2025—and the Years Ahead
There’s something about summer sunlight that has a way of highlighting every scuff mark, scratch, and dull patch on your floors. It’s no wonder so many homeowners start feeling the urge to refresh their spaces this time of year. But while a new season can bring inspiration, a flooring update deserves to last far longer than a few months.