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Laundry Room Redo
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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Neo Deco Flooring: Bold Geometry Comes Home
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?
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
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
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.
Flooring Around the World: 5 Global Styles You Can Make Your Own
Somewhere in your saved photos, there's a room you've never forgotten. For some, it's zellige shimmering up a Marrakech courtyard wall. For others, it's pale oak running the length of a Copenhagen flat. Photos like these are easy to collect. What they never include is a path into your own house: a name for the look, the craft behind it, and a local source for the materials.
This guide supplies that path for five traditions in global flooring design. While the styles come from around the world, every material behind them is sold and installed right here in Greater Cincinnati.
How to Pick Living Room Flooring You'll Love for Years
Few rooms see as much daily life as a living room, and the floor wears every bit of it. That's why choosing a living room floor is a different decision than choosing flooring for any other room. In this guide, we'll walk through what your living room actually puts a floor through, how the most popular materials hold up, and what to think about before you commit.