Deciding what type of residential flooring you want before meeting with professional flooring professionals is like putting the cart before the horse.
Most people select flooring based on its appearance (form) rather than its suitability for the space (function), which can result in disappointing outcomes.
Creative Floors Ensures Casselberry Customers Select the Best Flooring For Their Homes
After over 25 years of serving as Casselberry’s premier residential flooring showroom, our clients have learned why prioritizing function over form yields the best and longest-term success.
Matching your flooring to your lifestyle means installing materials that:
- Honor the level of durability required in each space.
- Can easily meet the demands of children and pets.
- Offer water-resistant properties as needed.
- Accommodates an indoor/outdoor lifestyle or luxurious formal spaces.
- Can stand the test of time.
Steps For Choosing The Right Flooring For Your Home
Here are simple steps to begin choosing the right flooring for your Casselberry home.
1. Meet With the Creative Floors Flooring Design Pros
Our sales team combines flooring expertise with design experience so customers get the best of both worlds. During your showroom or an in-home consultation, we’ll speak with you about:
- Your overall flooring goals and preferences.
- The daily traffic pattern of your children or pets.
- Whether you plan to age in place or have parents/elders who frequently visit.
- Which living spaces are most vulnerable to indoor/outdoor migrations of adults/children/pets?
- Do you have a pool or jacuzzi (waterproofing becomes more important in those adjacent spaces)?
- Any plans to rent or sell the home soon?
2. Narrow The Focus to Carpet or Hard Surface Options That Meet Your Needs
The answers we glean from the questions above help us narrow your selection choices.
The excellent news is that within each category, we have options specifically suited to your aesthetic preferences, ease of maintenance, and durability.
For example:
Carpeting
Yes, we have a range of gorgeous, higher-shag carpeting ideal for a formal living room, dining room, or library. These carpets are also well-suited to a primary or guest bedroom that is off-limits to pets. However, we also have carpets that stand up to pets due to their easy-to-clean makeup and lower-profile fibers that are less prone to pulling or tearing.
We can also create a custom area rug that softens hard surface flooring in desired locations and we’ll use any carpeting you like to create that rug complete with binding or fringe that is made to impress.
Hardwood (Engineered, Laminate, LVP)
Hardwood floors are gorgeous, but natural hardwood doesn’t stand up well to our moister climate. Instead, Creative Floors offers the highest-quality engineered hardwood, laminate, and laminate vinyl planks (LVP) that look like wood but are far better options for Casselberry’s climate.
Not all laminate products are created equal. If you opt for laminate, ask about waterproof options for rooms or areas more vulnerable to moisture.
Natural Stone or Tile
Stone and tile are also beautiful, durable residential flooring options. Stone or tile flooring can be monochromatic, or you can create gorgeous tile patterns. We can also help you select accent tiles for other areas of the home.
One thing to keep in mind here is that both materials can feel cold on bare feet and are less forgiving than other hard surface options if you drop glass or ceramic objects. That said, they are excellent choices for rooms or living spaces more prone to direct contact with water.
You can also purchase tile-look luxury vinyl planks (LVPs) that replicate the look of natural stone. However, they’re easier to install (making them a more affordable luxury flooring option) and a bit softer than genuine stone, porcelain, or ceramic tiles.
Choosing Creative Floors = Professional Flooring Installation
Proper installation of subfloor and flooring materials is as important as the quality of the materials themselves. When you choose Creative Floors, you get to benefit from the longstanding partnerships we’ve forged with our area’s best flooring installation crews.
This is the only way to avoid improper installation, unsightly repeating patterns, or other issues that can negatively impact the overall look of your flooring or risk voiding the manufacturer’s warranties.
Our installers are reliable, professional, and fully vetted, so you can trust them in your home and know the final outcome will meet your expectations and then some.
It’s Time to Work With Creative Floors
Ready to select the best residential flooring for your home and lifestyle? Give us a call at 407-265-9566, or visit our design team at the Casselberry showroom. You can also schedule an in-home consultation, during which we will bring our showroom to you. Let’s get started!
