What types of kitchen floors do new home buyers look for?

Most popular types of Kitchen flooring for new homeowners Believe it or not, hardwood flooring is currently the most popular type of new flooring installed in kitchens for Westchester County NY!  In fact, I continue to be amazed by how many new homeowners actively rip up the tile in the kitchen and change it over to hardwood flooring.   In Westchester County, most homeowners that are remodeling their kitchen select either hardwood or tile.  The...

Kitchen flooring Trends – Westchester County

Trends in Kitchen Floors for Westchester NY Kitchens are the heart of the home and remodeling kitchens is a hot ticket item for many homeowners in Westchester County. When you are remodeling your kitchen, there are a lot of considerations as you need to color coordinate floors, cabinets and countertops. On top of that, there are functionality considerations for the floor in terms of use, subfloor and cost. So, everything needs to be considered in the...

Hardwood flooring: 5 reasons that hardwood is so popular in Westchester County

Hardwood is the preferred flooring for Westchester County and it continues to grow. We get so many requests for hardwood flooring – either to add new hardwood floors or to refinish the hardwood floors that are underneath the carpet.  In case you hadn’t heard… hardwood is in style.  Here’s why hardwood floors are so popular.   1.  Hardwood floors are stylish, authentic and timeless. Everyone loves the look and feel of...

6 reasons why laminate flooring has become popular in Westchester County

Laminate flooring has been growing in popularity, and we’ve been getting more and more requests for laminate flooring in Westchester NY.  Some of our customers are choosing laminate as an alternative to hardwood and others are upgrading from carpeting to laminate floors. So, why is laminate flooring on the rise? 1.  Laminate flooring looks like real hardwood.  It is amazing how far laminates have come these last few years, and they come in a...

Trends in Basement Flooring – Westchester NY

Trends in Basement Flooring – Westchester NY Given all the flooding that we’ve seen in Westchester NY over the last year (Hurricane Irene, tons of rain, October snow storm), there has definitely been a trend towards hard surface options that are waterproof and can withstand water in the basement.  These options cost more than carpet, but they will definitely last longer and avoid unnecessary expense and inconvenience from flooding and/or...