An interior designer reveals what hardwood floor colors are making your home look dated and shares fresh stylish alternatives ...

Carpeting, hardwood, and tile have long dominated underfoot surface areas, but today's homeowners are increasingly turning to a different floor material: concrete. Don't let its industrial roots ...

In the words of the writer William Hamilton, "Concrete is, essentially, the color of bad weather." But it doesn't have to be. Treat gray or soiled concrete floors to a face-lift. When concrete is ...

Putting squeaky wood floors in their place. Skip to ... really, with footings of concrete tubes about 4 to 6 inches ... (better to stain it), and is a very good insulator. Wood is also good, ...

CAN-DO ATTITUDE: Jennifer Vitagliano has great faith in her husband's renovation skills. She likes to come up with ideas and persuade him to make them happen. "Ric will tell me, 'I can't do this ...

With stained decorative concrete floors, aesthetics are probably the main selling point. Stained floors offer customers an array of options including color, design and even custom logos or images.

Most black wood floors you'll encounter (even in fancy-pants homes) aren't real ebony—they're stained! And here's why we love them.

How to apply stain to concrete floors. First, you need to prep your floor. Remove any furniture and decor from the area and sweep up all dust and leaves.

A: Yes, hardwood can be installed. I know for sure because I’ve done it successfully several times. Put down a heavy plastic vapor barrier, seal the edges and seams with caulking, then fasten 3/ ...