Working from Home: Six Multi-Tasking Spaces that Need Laminate Wood Floors
As many people have had to adapt to changing circumstances over the past year, living spaces have taken on new functions and purposes. Work, school, play and life are now converging at home more than ever before. If you’ve found yourself spending a lot more time at home than you used to, then by now you’ve noticed that your new way of life is wreaking havoc on your floors. You need a floor that is durable enough to handle your new lifestyle, but beautiful enough to deliver style you like looking at all day—like the newest generation of laminated wood flooring.Here are six versatile home spaces that can be updated with laminate flooring to accommodate living, working, educating and recreating at home.
Kitchen—Coffee Shop and Cafeteria
What was once a space dedicated to home-cooked meals and grab-and-go snacks is now pulling triple duty. If you’re a former office dweller accustomed to a daily trip to the coffee shop, the new work-from-home reality likely has you perfecting your home brewing skills. For parents of virtual learners, kitchens now transform at midday into school lunchrooms, complete with a line of hungry students.All this new foot traffic can lead to more spills, and you may be longing for a flooring option designed to handle the stress. This is definitely a job for laminated wood flooring! Not only do these floors stand up beautifully to frequent spills, but they offer greater comfort underfoot to bring a sense of calm to your inner barista or cafeteria worker (or both).
Dining Room—Classroom and Conference Room
Like the kitchen, the dining room has been promoted to a prime location for all manner of communication and education. Whether your dining room serves as the backdrop for virtual learning or simply offers the best lighting for video teleconferences, it certainly gets more use than it was accustomed to.Increased use often goes hand in hand with more wear and tear on your floors -- science project spills, chairs constantly sliding back and forth, and every kind of accident in between. With laminated wood flooring, you won’t have to worry about whether your floors will survive all these changes, as they’re designed for real life (even if your real life now involves homemade volcanoes in the dining room).
Living Room—Home Theatre
With limited entertainment options available outside of the home, you may have found your new favorite movie theatre just so happens to be in your very own living room. You’ve upgraded your television, added cozy cushions and throws to your couch, and leveled up your ottoman game—but what about your floors?More family movie nights in the living room means more spills and foot traffic, and while everyone loves going to the movies, no one wants a sticky movie theatre floor at home. This is the perfect time to get low-maintenance, durable laminated wood flooring to complete your home theatre.