Home furnishing Hardwoods

Before you get out the hammer and nails, be sure you've defined the hardwood choice that makes the most sense for your space.

Refinishing hardwood flooring improves your homes interior appearance and therefore adds value to your home. Hiring flooring professionals to do the work can be expensive and while the thought of doing the job yourself can be intimidating, just about anyone can do it! Save your money and get the job done yourself.

If you're remodeling a home, chances are you want wood flooring in at least one of your rooms. Wood flooring has a timeless look, and it gives a house a warm feel. But there's almost too much information out there about wood flooring, making it hard to know what's what.

To refinish a hardwood floor, the first thing you need to do is sand off the old finish. You need a walk-behind floor sander, which you can rent. You also want to rent a handheld power edge sander for sanding tight against walls and in corners and doorways.

There's a dizzying variety of flooring available today, including carpeting, plastic laminate, ceramic tile, and vinyl. Yet, according to the National Wood Flooring Association, Americans bought more than 900 million square feet of wood flooring every year from 2002 to 2011.

Some years ago, after our finished (not by me) basement flooded for the third time, and we decided that the carpet posed too much of a health risk to spend serious time down there until we redid it (a project that's still not finished, FYI), we decided to convert the 3rd bedroom in our house to an office.

Hardwood flooring may be your home's greatest asset, so maintain it, cherish it. Polish your skills by taking this hardwood flooring tips quiz.

Part of keeping a household clean and neat is knowing how to clean your home properly. Certain surfaces, such as ceramics, hardwood flooring, and laminate or linoleum surfaces, require the proper care to keep looking their best year after year. Here are some tips for how to care for ceramic, hardwood, and more.

Find tips and techniques about hardwood at HGTV.com

We recently moved into a new home and have been busy re-vamping, tearing down, and re-constructing this/that in our new home. It's been fun......but a complete learning process. If you'd like to see other Home Improvement Projects that we've been figuring out (from the help of friends, family, and the ol' internet), be sure to check them out.