It’s really hard not to love hardwood flooring. For starters, it literally grows on trees. Which means it’s as sustainable as it is beautiful. Plus, wide plank wood flooring in particular truly does let the grain and personality of your new floor stand out.

Whether it’s engineered hardwood or traditional solid wood flooring, the general merits of hardwood are no doubt not new to you. But here are a few tidbits about what’s trending in this realm today.

How to usher the great outdoors in. With natural wood flooring.

There’s a reason why we all live here along the Front Range of the Rockies. Because we adore the outdoors. Gurgling creeks, majestic peaks, and quivering stands of aspens are all breaths of fresh air we get to enjoy here.

Yet if you want to make any even greater connection with nature, real hardwood floors can help. The best hardwood floors will indeed bring the outside in and make your whole home feel more cohesive than ever. The continuity will also provide you with an increased sense of tranquility.

A very green solution. Even if it’s a warmer-colored hardwood.

If you’re looking for an eco-friendly flooring solution, hardwood is it. It’s planted by man, grown, and then harvested into beautiful hardwood planks. And while those trees are growing, they’re also helping us eliminate greenhouse gases along the way.

From a color perspective, light white oak flooring and red oak flooring seem to be here to stay. That being said, natural tones like browns and light browns are enjoying a resurgence. In fact, even species such as honey oak and walnut hardwood flooring are experiencing a bit of a heyday.

There could be a pattern here. Like a herringbone wood floor.

When it comes to hardwood flooring, there are gobs of options for you to choose from. Like natural hickory flooring. Maple hardwood. And even pecan wood flooring if you’re feeling really nutty.

But the ways to make your home look truly distinctive just keep on going. Based on a look that’s incredibly popular in Paris, geometric patterns are once again on the uptick.

To create a herringbone wood floor, instead of having it installed in the traditional way, the individual hardwood planks are arranged in an eye-catching zig zag pattern. Which works great for the likes of hallways, entryways, and even great rooms.

While we’re at it, let’s dispel a little rumor. A herringbone hardwood floor and a chevron wood floor are NOT the same thing. Again, for herringbone, think zig zag. Whereas the chevron design appears to be row after row of the letter v stacked on top of each other. Either way, that’s a victory in our mind, since you get to choose what looks best for you.

So just stop by Carpet Exchange to see all of the alternatives for yourself. We promise to put a grin on your face in no time.