Dear Judy: You will find parquet flooring “kits” that are intended for the average do-it-yourselfer. It is much easier to lay a parquet floor than a standard strip floor. The pattern of small pieces ...

There are certain areas of your floor that get more traffic than others. So what do you do when one heavily trafficked area of your hardwood floor looks worn while the rest of it is OK? A reader sent ...

Question: I like the appearance of a hardwood floor, but I think that installing one is beyond my expertise. I saw some hardwood parquet tiles for do-it-yourself installation. Is it really easy to do?

Kitchen trends have been veering away from the beige and mundane for quite some time -- but, while these patterned floors are ...