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I’ve seen different finish sheens on wood floors; some are shiny and some are not. Which is better?
​It really is a matter of preference. If you choose to install a site-finished floor, you can choose any sheen that you like. Gloss finishes offer the most shine, and will reflect the most light. Semi-gloss finishes offer some shine, and will reflect some light. Satin or matte finishes offer the least shine,
and will reflect the least light.

Generally speaking, the less sheen, the less you will notice small scratches and other wear that is normal with wood floors. If you choose to install a factory-finished floor, you will be limited to the sheen available for the material you select. All sheens will offer the same protection for your floor,
so it truly is a matter of which look you like best.

​Source:  National Wood Flooring Association

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Both solid and engineered wood floors are made using real wood,
so both are environmentally friendly.  
 
Solid Wood Floor

Solid wood flooring is exactly what the name implies: a solid piece of wood from top to bottom. The thickness of solid wood flooring can vary, but generally ranges from 3/4” to 5/16”. Solid wood can be used in any room that is above grade (above ground). One of the many benefits of solid wood flooring is that it can be sanded and refinished many times.  Solid wood floors are ideal in family/living rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms, and even kitchens and powder rooms. About the only place you can’t use solid wood flooring is in the basement, but there’s a solution for that area too.  
 

 Engineered Wood Flooring

Engineered wood floors are real wood floors that are manufactured using multiple layers of wood veneers.  The layers that you can’t see can be of the same species, or of different species. The grain of each layer runs in perpendicular directions, which makes it very dimensionally stable. This means that the wood will expand and contract less than solid wood flooring during fluctuations in humidity and temperature. 

Engineered floors can be nailed or stapled to a wood subfloor, or glued down to a wood or concrete subfloor. This makes engineered wood floors ideal for slab and basement installations, but they can be used in any room above, on or below grade. While this type of flooring can be sanded and refinished, it cannot be done as many times as solid wood flooring.

Source:  National Wood Flooring Association

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We appreciate the beauty of walking into a home or apartment with wooden floors since they are very eye appealing.  They have the effect of making the room look larger.  Wooden floors are easy to install.  They can be purchased in finished or unfinished wood.  They are easy to clean by just sweeping or vacuuming and damp mopping them. Another plus is that they are very durable.  Wood floors increase the value of your property and offer a good resale feature.  They come in a variety of options in style, color, width, and various types of material.  

Let Dreamland Interiors, Inc.  help you with your floor remodeling project.

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I came across an article in the Real Estate Section of the New York Times on how to deal with the problems one experiences with aging wood floors such as the scratched and worn finish, dings in the floor, a floor that is too thin to sand, and the plain unsightly wood floor.  There were recommendations to fix all these problems.  Click here to check it out.