What kind of floor do you like in your home?

Are you a wood floor person, or ceramic tile, porcelain tile, or do you like to go carpet all the way? Think hard before you change you home flooring. Look at all the options and characteristics of each available type of flooring.

Think about things like, do your feet get cold easy, are you on a slab foundation or have a basement. Do you have dogs or cats or both? Having children should even play a roll in deciding on the type of floors you choose.

If you have pets, you might want to consider doing without carpet, real wood floors or linoleum. The dog’s nails will leave marks on the real wood, while cats are notorious for scratching on carpet and linoleum. Dogs too love to chew on carpet. Birds will scatter lots of seed, water and fruits between the bars of their cages and onto the floor. If you have carpet, you can’t easily get the food products out of the carpet.

Children tend to spill drinks more, so carpet might not be the way to go. Not to say that we as adults don’t spill things, but children seem to spill more.

Linoleum is more old school, but more and more, the manufacturers are creating more beautiful patterns to make you think you have more expensive type flooring.

Ceramic tile tends to chip and crack when something heavy is dropped on it. Porcelain is a good bit more durable and comes in some really neat patterns. Sizes range from 1” to 36” tiles.

So really put some thought into what you want to walk on and to see in your home when it comes time to change flooring.

A comfy way to make those much needed repairs!

Are you thinking about making some changes around the house, doing some remodeling or need some repairs? Well, join the crowd, you wouldn’t believe how many of us are in the middle of remodeling and repairs or plan to do them before the end of the year.

Some things as simple as painting a room or as complicated as adding on a room are in the planning stages. On average, the normal homeowner will change the color of at least one room, once a year. Carpet is changed out about every five to six years.

Believe it or not we must be one of those normal homeowners. A couple of years ago we yanked up all the carpet and put down alternative flooring. The next year we had our living room completely redone, another new floor, a new ceiling fan, some new furniture and of course the walls and ceiling were painted. The only thing I could do of all that was pick out the new furniture, flooring and paint colors. The work itself had to hired out.

Where did I go to find the right person, the internet, of course! Most all of the home remodelers and contractors advertise on the internet. Why? That’s because 90% of all homeowners have a computer and use it to do searches, instead of using phone books. We don’t even have a phone book in the house anymore. The other 10% of homeowners usually have access to a computer at work or at the public library. The good thing about using the internet is there are usually reviews from existing or past customers.

So, next time you need to find someone to do those repairs or just to help with redecorating, pour yourself a cup of tea, turn on the computer and find that perfect person to assist you. It’s a lot more relaxing sitting in your comfy chair taking your time to look!