3 wooden floor styles to decorate your home for christmas 2009

Thursday, 08 October 2009

Just like buying many other things in live, in interior design trends change, technology improves and because you are likely to live in your home for some years to come, make sure you are up to speed on what's hot and what's not. Decorating your home is an expensive investment both financially and in terms of your time. If you are reading this article you have likely to have spent time on research which style fits your vision the most, no more so if you decided to change your floor to hardwood flooring to give your home that extra warm look and feel. Following your decision to furnish your home with wooden floors, an important step in the buying process, which is often overlooked is to ensure that the style of hardwood floor does not 'just' fit the bill, but is very much current in terms of fashion and style. 
 
3 wooden floor styles to decorate your home for Christmas 2009: 
 
1. Oiled and Brushed Finish Solid Oak - Solid floors are made from one piece of hardwood timber and are available in UV Lacquered, Oiled and Brushed or just Oiled finish to compliment wooden based interior design theme. The Oiled and Brushed finish look is extremely popular in terms of fashion as it gives the floor its sapwood, knots and natural grain pattern look while the brushed affect gives a naturally textured surface that gently highlights the natural grain structure. 
 
2. Prime Oiled Oak Engineered - Engineered hardwood flooring (also known as semi-solid flooring) is made up of a core of hardwood, plywood or HDF and a top layer of hardwood veneer that is glued on the top the surface of the core. Fantastic looking and very current for 2009, this quality wood can therefore be expensive and would considerably increase your interior design budget. For 2009 the oiled affect prime engineered oiled oak with its uniformed look due to having slight color variation between the boards is the floor to have for 2009, especially if you would like that stunning visual look that will transform the room. 
 
3. Smoked, Brushed & Oiled Rustic Engineered Oak - The engineered smoked oak has been designed to provide greater stability, particularly where moisture or heat pose problems making it very versatile in terms of where best to use it and makes it the perfect choice for old structures. For 2009 this old school floor style is still going strong especially for those who are after that deep natural look as the smoke technique gives the Oak floor that stunning dark color and is perfect for those who are after extra strong natural wooden look. 
 
Now that you are fully up to speed on the current <a xhref="http://www.woodandbeyond.com/">hardwood flooring</a> trends for Christmas 2009, there's nothing stopping you buying your dream floor to get that home deco look you always wanted.

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