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Get to Know Our Featured Brands At Flooring 101

Living room flooring | Flooring 101

Since 1971, the team at Flooring 101 has been providing you with quality products and fantastic service. As the premier flooring choice for Ventura, Kern, and Santa Barbara counties, we’re proud to have been serving you for over 50 years. With the most extensive inventory of Carpet, Hardwood Flooring, Laminate Flooring, Luxury Vinyl Tile, Ceramic…

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4 Eco-Friendly & Green Flooring Options for Your Home

tile floor | Flooring 101

As interest in green living continues to soar, so do your home’s eco-friendly and green flooring options. In the past, eco-friendly flooring options were limited and often forced homeowners to decide between style and sustainability. But that’s in the past. These days, there is a wide range of trendy and attractive green flooring options that…

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Top Tips for Caring for Your Laminate Floors

laminate care | Flooring 101

With its wide assortment of styles & budget-friendly offerings, laminate flooring long has been and remains a popular flooring option for homes. More than just a stylish flooring choice that offers affordability and longevity, laminate also is an incredibly low-maintenance material that can withstand the wear and tear associated with children, pets, and general living.…

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Let’s Talk About Retro-Look Flooring

retro look carpet | Flooring 101

Flooring, much like fashion, is cyclical. Trends from days passed can become popular again without a moment’s notice, leaving parents and grandparents to look on with amazement as the stylings that were popular when they were young are very much in vogue. In relation to home design aesthetics, these sentiments are invariably true as each…

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The Best Flooring Options For Central California’s Climate

Cali vinyl floor | Flooring 101

With its sprawling coastline, stellar weather, and glitz and glam in abundance, who among us hasn’t done a little California dreaming? Whether you’re surfing in San Diego, sipping wine in the Napa Valley, or hitting the fancy shops on Rodeo Drive, California offers a great deal to homeowners and visitors alike.  For homeowners specifically, however,…

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Lacking Inspiration? Try These 4 Ideas To Help You Decide On Your Next Flooring!

hardwood kitchen | Flooring 101

Major purchases are just that, major! And if you are planning to spend some serious cash, you want to make sure that you love what you’re getting. Whether it be a television, a vehicle, or even a new home, you want to be confident in your purchase when it comes time to pay that bill.…

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What To Expect with Your Hardwood Flooring Installation

hardwood_installation_gluedown | Flooring 101

Beautiful, durable, and low maintenance, the benefits of hardwood flooring are as legitimate as they are plentiful. An eternally stylish flooring option that is guaranteed to add value to any home, hardwood flooring has long been one of the most sought-after flooring options on the market. But unlike other flooring options, hardwood installation can be…

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Why Choose Hardwood Flooring?

Hickory Engineered Hardwood | Flooring 101

Hardwood floors have been a household staple for hundreds of years, and for a good reason. When it comes to flooring within your home, truly nothing beats the beauty, durability, lack of maintenance, and value-added by installing hardwood flooring. There’s a reason hardwood has been and remains one of the most popular flooring options on…

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How to Prevent Your Floors from Fading

fade | Flooring 101

We all want our floors to age well. In fact, one of the main questions associated with purchasing new flooring for a home is how durable will it be? When making a significant purchase like new flooring, we as consumers want something attractive, budget-friendly, and, most importantly, that we won’t have to replace anytime soon.…

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3 Flooring Options That Will Add Value to Your Home

Hardwood flooring | Flooring 101

While flooring can be functional, comfortable, and attractive, it is not always viewed as an investment. But like any renovations, modifications, or significant changes made to our home, it should be considered precisely that—an investment. When we shop for flooring, we often think about how it affects us immediately, and rightfully so. Homeowners want flooring…

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