The Best Kid Friendly Flooring For Your Home

Kid cleaning floor | Gillenwater Flooring

You’ll soon be sending your kids back to school – if you haven’t already. And as you prepare for the new school year, you may find shopping for new flooring on your to-do list. Having the children home for the summer has likely revealed just how durable your flooring is…

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The Best Flooring Options For Rental Properties

Moving furniture | Gillenwater Flooring

When deciding on flooring for rental properties, landlords must make different considerations than they might were they shopping for their own home. Instead of prioritizing personal wants and needs, a landlord must consider how durable, low maintenance, and attractive a flooring might be in the eyes of a potential renter.…

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5 Reasons You’ll Love Carpet In Your Home

Carpet flooring | Gillenwater Flooring

A household staple for decades, carpet remains one of the most popular and sought-after flooring options on the market today. But what precisely makes carpet such a desirable option for homeowners? Opinions may vary, but the team at Gillenwater Flooring in Maryville, TN knows that carpet boasts a…

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How to Choose The Right Color For Your Floors

Floor samples | Gillenwater Flooring

Whether it’s time for a remodel or you’re building your dream home, you deserve to create a space that you’ll love for many years. That’s why it’s important to select the perfect flooring. Flooring is an investment that can last many decades, or even a lifetime, depending on what you…

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How To Layer Area Rugs On Carpet

Bedroom flooring | Gillenwater Flooring

The next thing you do after having your hard surface floors installed is to find that perfect area rug to complete your room. But, if you have wall-to-wall carpet in a room, you may not have even considered adding an area rug. After all, carpeting gives you softness and comfort…

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The Best Flooring For Your Laundry Room

Laundry room flooring | Gillenwater Flooring

When it comes to the laundry room, many prioritize functionality over style. What if there was a way to bring style and substance into your laundry room without sacrificing durability or functionality? When it comes to the flooring of your laundry space, this is most certainly a possibility. At…

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The Best Tile For Showers

Lavish bathroom tiles | Gillenwater Flooring

Don’t be overwhelmed by all your options for shower tile. There are more varieties of shower tile than ever before, so it’s more important than ever to choose the right kind. Aside from style and aesthetics, make sure to choose tiles that can handle moisture and heat from the shower…

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How To Use Warm and Cool Tones To Choose New Flooring

Wall design | Gillenwater Flooring

Your flooring choice helps set the tone for the room and should be taken into consideration in the overall design of your home. There are several decisions to make based on your preference, style, and lifestyle: Hard surface or soft? Pattern or solid? Focal point or background? And, of course,…

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The Top Flooring Options For Pet Owners

Kid playing with dog | Gillenwater Flooring

For many of us, pets are a very important part of our lives. Whether we are talking about our Labrador, our house cat, or our child’s hamster, pets are an important part of our family and because of this, they end up spending significant amounts of time inside of our…

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How To Choose Between Hardwood and Laminate

Lady look for flooring products | Gillenwater Flooring

The differences between laminate flooring goes beyond simple cost and personal taste. While most homeowners think of hardwood as the cream of the crop and laminate as a consolation prize, that doesn’t tell the whole story.Both types of flooring have their pros and cons, which is why we’ve put together…

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