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Laundry Room Redo

June 24, 2020

When you think of a ‘laundry room,’ you think of laundry baskets, piles of clothing on top of the dryer, dirty clothes on the floor, and disgusting lumps of detergent all over the detergent container. For most, no

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What Carpet Padding Does for Your Floor and How to Choose the Right One

What Carpet Padding Does for Your Floor and How to Choose the Right One

November 14, 2026  |  Carpet, Carpet Tips

When you shop for carpet, you probably have a few things in mind that you want to consider. You compare colors and textures until you find one you like at a price you can live with. You might not even think to consider the pad that goes underneath. 

 

But the pad has more to do with how your new carpet will perform than the carpet itself does. It determines how long the carpet holds its look, it shapes how the floor feels underfoot, and it supports the temperature and volume of the room it's in. 

 

This blog will discuss more about what the carpet pad does for your floor and how to choose the right one. 

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Wood flooring installation materials with stacked hardwood planks, a hammer, and adhesive, alongside text reading “How Much Flooring Do I Need? Estimates, Patterns, & Extra Material FAQs”

How Much Flooring Do I Need? Estimates, Patterns, and Extra Material FAQs 

Anyone ordering flooring ends up looking at an estimate. You'd expect one bottom-line number, priced against the exact square footage of the room. But the estimate almost always exceeds the room's exact square footage,

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Neo Deco flooring with bold black-and-white geometric tile pattern and people standing on the floor, with text reading “Neo Deco Flooring: Bold Geometry Comes Home”

Neo Deco Flooring: Bold Geometry Comes Home

October 5, 2026  |  2026 flooring trends, Design Trends

A brass sconce throws a fan of thin rays up the wall. Below it are oxblood velvet chairs and a scalloped mirror. The floor is black marble, inlaid with slender brass sunbursts that radiate toward the baseboards like

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Work Hard, Play Hard: What's the Best Flooring for a Game Room or Home Office?

Work Hard, Play Hard: What's the Best Flooring for a Game Room or Home Office?

Every home needs a place to get things done and a place to unwind. Sometimes that means a dedicated office and a separate game room. Sometimes it's the same room doing both jobs. Either way, the floor underneath has a

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How to Create a Sanctuary at Home with Soft, Comfortable Flooring

How to Create a Sanctuary at Home with Soft, Comfortable Flooring

A home holds a lot in a day, between the schedules, the noise, and everyone moving through it. So you want at least one room that lowers your shoulders when you walk in. Long before the decor registers, your body has

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How Humidity Impacts Your Floors (and How to Get Ahead of It)

How Humidity Impacts Your Floors (and How to Get Ahead of It)

A July afternoon in Cincinnati hangs so heavy and damp that it finds its way inside even with the air conditioner cranked up. By January, months of furnace heat have left the house dry enough to chap your hands. Around here, our homes run between those two extremes every year. 

Your floor lives through both. And it'll keep doing that for as long as it's in the house.

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