Hardwood floors add a unique charm to your home, so you should take care of them to ensure their longevity and durability. At the same time, you may want to add houseplants to your home to bring out the color and grain of the flooring. This guide can help you protect your floors and bring out their beauty at the same time.

Houseplants Can Bring Out the Beauty of Your Hardwood Floors

The Benefits of Adding Houseplants Around the Home

Adding plants to your home can have a positive impact on your health. People breathe in oxygen and release carbon dioxide, while plants thrive on using the exact opposite process. Introducing more plants into the home will help you maintain a richer oxygen content, making it easier to breathe.

Not only do the plants produce more oxygen, but they help clean the air around them. Volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, are hazardous chemical compounds that thrive in the air we breathe. While it’s unhealthy for us to breathe these compounds, they benefit plants. A home filled with plants will have cleaner air as a result.

Finally, plants improve mental clarity. Research has found that rooms with plants increase our ability to concentrate and recall memories. This process means plants can help you become more productive and efficient in your home.

The Best Places to Put Your New Houseplants 

You should consider the plant’s needs in deciding where to place the plant. It may help to research the specific type of plant to determine which climates are best. For instance, you wouldn’t want to place a plant that thrives in cooler weather next to a heating duct. Additionally, determine how much sunlight the plant needs to survive. In the most general terms, you should place your plants in rooms with ample natural light, and they should be near windows whenever possible. The direct sunlight will help them get the nutrients they need to thrive.

How to Protect Your Hardwood Floors From Damage

• Always use a pot with a saucer.
• Never let water stand in a dish for long. Doing so leads to sweating, which damages your flooring.
• Use cork pads. They prevent a ceramic saucer from scratching the floor and keep leaking water from damaging your hardwood flooring.
• Set plastic saucers inside the pot to catch water.

Carolina Wood Floors, also known as CWF, offers hardwood floors to residential and commercial customers. Their broad selection of flooring and their dedication to customer satisfaction are only a couple of reasons to make them your next stop. To learn more about the flooring options they offer, browse their website. To get started, call them at (336) 765-0680.