2013's Hottest Trend: Bamboo Flooring

The results are in, 2013 is the year of Bamboo. Bamboo flooring that is. One of the most environmentally friendly ways to floor your home is now one of the biggest trends sweeping the nation, and for good reasons.

Bamboo offers a sleek, modern take on hardwood floors. Where traditional hardwood floors boast small cracks and indentations that make them unique and romantic in their own way, bamboo floors provide a symmetrical, more streamlined alternative. Often lighter in color than traditional hardwood floors, bamboo gives the entire home a brighter, lighter feeling. Of course, bamboo floors can be stained to any color, just as traditional hardwood floors can, but many people prefer to maintain the light, brisk appearance of the natural bamboo color.

The trend of bamboo flooring could not come at a better time for many people. The past five years have brought a great deal of economic hardship from shoreline to shoreline, but that doesn't remove the desire to have a home that reflects all of the love and care that you've put into it. Hardwood flooring is expensive, but bamboo flooring is a more affordable alternative with comparable results. And what is even more, the investment in bamboo flooring is more likely to pay off long term, as bamboo is harder than both oak and rock maple, making bamboo a durable flooring alternative for even the most trafficked areas of your home.

Here are a few of the leading benefits of bamboo flooring:

• Eco-friendly: Unlike many other forms of wood that are used to create fashionable flooring, bamboo grows rapidly. This means bamboo is highly renewable, as new trees can be grown while existing ones are used to spare the lives of other specimens that take decades longer to reach maturity.

• Hypoallergenic: Carpet becomes a hotbed of allergens in no time at all. Bamboo keeps your floors clear of dust, dirt and environmental debris that could be triggering your family's allergies.

• Affordable: Bamboo is a highly affordable flooring option when compared to other types of wood used for flooring. Bamboo costs about half of what it would cost to install walnut or pine flooring.

• Strong: Don't underestimate the strength of bamboo. It's tensile strength, or the level of strength associated with how much stress a piece of material can handle, is greater than that of steel.

Installing bamboo is exactly the same as the process of installation for any other type of wood flooring. For more information about bamboo flooring, contact us.

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