The A-MAX Blog

There are dozens of different ways to process wood before it gets to your home to be installed as flooring. The most basic option is that wood is cut from…

In the 21st-century, customers are becoming more and more aware of the chemicals that they are using in their daily lives. They’re more knowledgeable about the foods they eat as…

Two hardwood flooring trends are converging to make reactive staining more popular in the 21st century. First and foremost, more people are choosing hardwood floors for their home. They have…

The mixed-width hardwood trend is exactly what it sounds like. Hardwood flooring installers are installing hardwood that is made of planks of several different widths. Obviously, the standard option is…

If you’ve seen a great hardwood floor that looks like it belongs in an antique home, you’ve likely seen a reclaimed wood floor. The most popular types of reclaimed wooden…

If you have been looking for new flooring or just looking through social media, you’ve noticed that wood floor planks seem to be getting wider and wider. This new trend…

Typically, when you buy hardwood flooring, you buy enough of one kind of wood to cover your entire space. That means you’ll buy, for example, cherry oak planks that are…

A few trends have been prominent in the last few years and show no sign of fading. Sustainability and responsible flooring are popular right now, but there’s no reason to…

Wood flooring goes through a series of trends, as with any other type of design element. There are elements of hardwood flooring that remain constant and don’t change with changing…

For a very long time, lightly colored hardwoods were the most popular for floors, cabinets, and furniture. Recently, dark hardwoods and bold stains have become very popular. However, a light…