Flooring Trends & Tips
Choosing the Right Flooring for Your Home and Your Lifestyle
The Importance of Flooring in Your Home Flooring is functional. We walk on it, we put our furniture on it, and it helps hold our homes together. But flooring is so much more than pure function. Flooring contributes to the overall aesthetic of your home. The right...
Using Area Rugs in Your Home
Area rugs are a wonderful addition to a room for a number of reasons. They are often used in tandem with hard surface flooring such as hardwood, tile, laminate or vinyl, because they add a level of protection over your flooring. They also protect against heavy impacts...
Commercial Flooring for Houses of Worship
At Martin's Flooring, we understand the diverse flooring issues you have in the worship environment, from addressing mixed use spaces and environmental considerations to the need for low maintenance and lasting value. We are here to serve you and your congregation to...
Welcoming entryway!
Whether spacious or cozy, the home entryway holds great importance in our everyday lives. It's both where we prepare to greet the day and where we are welcomed home in the evening. A well-appointed entryway can determine whether we leave the home in an anxious...
Choosing the Right Flooring for Your Home
Choosing the right flooring that fits your style, but that also works for your active family, can be challenging. We've been helping Lancaster and Reading families with making the right flooring selections for their homes since 1985. Walk into any room in your home....
Luxury Vinyl Flooring 101
The hottest trend in flooring over the last several years is luxury vinyl planks and tile. Again in 2019, luxury vinyl showed the most significant year over year growth of any flooring category. Market growth of luxury vinyl shows no signs of peaking at least through...
What to Expect When Your Flooring is Installed
Maybe you’ve recently purchased new flooring, or are thinking of starting the process. Choosing the right installation professionals is crucial to the expected outcome of your flooring project. Sometimes the anxiety of the installation process can overshadow the joy...
Wood Flooring and Cold Weather
With winter’s cold temperatures and wet days, are you experiencing any issues with your hardwood floors? Have you been noticing popping or crackling sounds coming from your floors? Even though wood floors are made from “dead” trees, the flooring reacts to temperature...
Solid Hardwood vs. Engineered Hardwood
Whether it is solid or engineered, hardwood floors are a sound investment. While the initial price tag can be higher than some other types of flooring, hardwood is durable, comfortable and beautiful.
Caring for your Hardwood Floors over the Holidays
It’s that festive time of year when families gather together to celebrate the Holidays and the beginning of a New Year. This usually means there will be lots of hanging out in the kitchen and living room for entertaining
Trends in Hardwood Flooring
If you are looking to add genuine resale value and even more importantly, beauty to your home, installing hardwood flooring is the
Carpet Tile for Your Home
Whether you call them carpet squares or carpet tiles, choosing them for your floors is a great option for today’s busy lifestyles.