Cork flooring – beautiful and an eco-friendly choice for your home
Are you thinking about replacing the flooring in your home? Perhaps tearing out your wall to wall carpeting and putting down a beautiful wooden floor?
That certainly seems to be the trend these days. I can even say that my own home has no carpeted floors. We tore them out when we first moved in because we both have allergies to dust mites, cats and dogs and the former home owners had had a cat. We were also lucky enough to discover that the flooring beneath the carpeting was in fairly good shape and only needed a little bit of work in order to regain it’s former beauty.
If we’d found that we had to replace the current flooring we might have chosen to go with cork. I’ve actually thought of replacing the not so nice looking laminated fake wood flooring that’s in our kitchen with cork flooring.
Have you ever thought of using cork flooring? It’s durable and comes in many different styles and colors from natural honey tones to red, green, chocolate, black and many other shades. Have a look at three different types I’ve selected to show you:
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The first image is a natural bamboo style cork flooring, while the second cork flooring image is called Stone Cream (both by Valencia) and it almost looks like marble doesn’t it? The last image is called Mediterranean (by DaVinci) and it has a rich red tone to it.
You could easily purchase a style and color of Cork Flooring to suit any room in your home.
As someone who tries to live green the idea of using an easily renewable product such as cork flooring in my home is appealing.
When cork is collected for use in the creation of flooring and other products no trees are cut down. No. Instead, the bark is peeled from parts of the tree without harming the tree at all. New bark grows back within nine to ten years and is ready to be harvested once again.
See how environmentally friendly cork flooring really is? No trees are cut down or harmed at all. The fact that the trees remain in place and standing likely means that the delicate eco-systems that live in an around the trees probably have very little disruption.
Floormall.com carries several cork flooring lines made by some of the top manufactures in the business. Valencia, Da Vinci, Natural Cork, Wicanders, and APC cork floors are featured cork flooring manufacturers at the Floormall.com. I believe the majority of the cork flooring styles sold at the Floormall.com website are glue-less joint systems, which means they should be easy to install in your home.
If cork flooring sounds like it might be a great choice for your home visit the floormall.com. You can talk to a live service representative 7 days a week/ 24 hours a day if you have questions.
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September 14th, 2007 at 9:24 pm
We recently remodeled the kitchen in our 1911 house. The rest of the main floor has hardwood floors, and for the kitchen, we opted for cork. There are a lot of different kinds and variations out there: some have a veneer surface. Ours does not, meaning you can sand it, if need be, to refinish it, just like wood. We love it, the look, the feel and the environmental aspect of it as well. It was definitely a learning curve in selecting it, so look around if you’re thinking of it.
April 29th, 2008 at 2:57 am
I strongly believe that everyone needs to start doing their part to be more environmentally responsible. It seems that we are just playing catch up but at least the movement is motivating. I work in the trade show industry and it ranks number 2 under construction and demolition for filling landfills. I am trying to persuade my customers to buy green trade show displays that are made out of environmentally friendly materials. These materials are basically recycled trash that when finished can be recycled again or if thrown away will break down faster than petroleum based products. Our Bio Carpet tiles are made with PLA fibers. PLA (polylactic acid) fibers are completely compost-able and biodegradable back into lactic acid at the end of their service lives. I tell my customers that they are doing their part to help heal our sick planet. See if there is something you can change in your industry to start becoming green an deco friendly.
September 9th, 2008 at 10:07 am
I love how this looks! I saw an episode on Cribs where a guy had his whole bathroom done in corks from champagne bottles. It looked great!
November 19th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
What a great post! There is such a great need for people to become educated about sustainable alternatives home improvement/building. Besides, a cork floor is very comfy to stand on, and is easy to maintain!
June 30th, 2009 at 9:14 am
The flooring looks nice.
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October 27th, 2009 at 6:33 am
Cork is a great idea. We put down cork after removing wannabe wooden flooring. we have found it to be warm and durable as well as looking good. I would highly recommend it!