Everybody appears to love a hardwood floor. Besides being easy to maintain, a hardwood floor is attractive and adds a certain intricate feel to the room. This makes it a great choice for any home. Certainly, you can choose from a number of different hardwood floor species since they each create a different look and feel.

Below are the different hardwood floor types you can choose from:

Maple

Maple is especially popular because it has a nice light color. It also has grain though it is very minor. Maple is also a great option because it’s very durable.

Ash

Ash is a good choice because it is uniform and has light texture as well as grain. The majority of folks go for Ash because of its beauty and strength.

Pine

Pine has been used as a flooring material for centuries because it was always readily obtainable. It is in the softwood class, and all through history you could generally expect to find it in older, more rural kind of homes. Currently, since it is so easy to take care of Pine and has a nice look and feel, it is starting to appear in modern homes.

Birch

Birch is in the soft wood category, but we have to mention it for the reason that it can actually make a room look wonderful. It is rather similar to pine because of the swirls and knots on the surface.

Bamboo

Bamboo is formally considered a grass, but has become a very popular flooring option. In fact, Bamboo is more durable than most of the hardwood species. Lots of people are choosing bamboo flooring nowadays because the plant can be harvested every 5 years. Besides, it is affordable.

Other good floor types are Fir and Oak. Fir sometimes makes too much of a statement and oak will offer you a wide variety when it comes to color. On top of its beauty and strength Oak is also affordable.