When choosing what sort of flooring to put down on your newly decorated home, it nice to be able to consider an eco friendly alternative, but what are the choices?

Cork – The only occasions when most people come across cork is normally in frame on the wall with all the notices pinned to it or the most popular has to be out of the top of a wine bottle. Yet cork can be a very sophisticated and different type of floor covering.

Because cork is a natural product you may be wary of using it, yet cork is only harvested from sustainable sources, as it is the bark of an oak tree and harvesting will not do anything to the tree itself. But being a natural product the colors and lines are going to be varied which makes this flooring so exciting.

Reclaimed floorboards – These of course are eco friendly because they have already been used so they are eco friendly as no trees were cut down just so you could have a lovely floor. The floor boards would have come from another property that has been demolished or totally rebuilt. There are many places to get these from like reclamation yards and possibly even if you see some work being done on a building it may be possible to do a deal with the owners and take the floor boards off their hands.

Bamboo – Now this is unusal and yet is catching very fast, and because the bamboo plant is a fast growing plant or grass, this is eco friendly because the wood can be easily replenished within no time at all. Bamboo is not like any other standard wooden flooring product, it comes in many different forms and will also have different shades, colors and styles. This flooring is probably more eco friendly than the others, but will not be to everyone’s liking, as there are many different options available.

These floor coverings are very good for keeping the he house clean, all you need is a broom to quickly sweep through and your done, even with pets and kids, unlike carpet the flooring is easy to quickly lightly mop through.

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