How to Choose your Wood Floor Color
Renovation projects involve numerous decisions from picking out new floors, to paint color, cabinetry, furniture, and more. Subtle interplay between design elements and differences in tone and texture will impact the way a space comes together. When it comes to picking out your wood floor color, follow our quick guide to choosing a color that fits your taste and lifestyle needs, while complementing new and existing pieces. 1. SHADE: LIGHT OR DARK The first step is to decide whether you want a light (or neutral) or dark color shade. Light floors create a feeling of spaciousness and are typically considered modern, perfect for pairing with mid-century modern pieces and minimalist design elements. While there is no real advantage of...
How to Pick your Floors
Love the look of hardwood floors and don’t know where to begin? Picking out new floors is as important as picking out new paint for your walls and just like paint color selection, floor selection can be overwhelming when it’s your first time shopping for it. Floors come in various structures, design styles, colors, protective finishes, installation methods – the list goes on and on. To help you kick start your search, consider our top three things when shopping for flooring. 1. NARROW DOWN THE CATEGORIES Flooring categories include solid hardwood, engineered hardwood, vinyl plank flooring, and laminate flooring. Choosing your flooring category type...
Why I Started Harper Floors
The history of Harper Floors dates back more than 80 years, when my grandfather founded a lumber manufacturing business in South Sumatra, Indonesia, distributing lumber all throughout Southeast Asia. When the time came for my dad to join the family business, my dad decided to expand to the United States and took lumber one step further. He wanted to develop pre-finished hardwood flooring that could be put down without additional sanding, staining, coating and finishing on the job, and he worked with manufacturers to do just that. My dad’s hardwood flooring company quickly became a trusted US distributor for exotic hardwood floors and...