"Walking on overly hard floors creates energy that moves upward toward our muscles and tendons, causing them to vibrate," explains João Rui Ferreira, president of APCOR, the Portuguese Cork ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In our ongoing quest to make our homes beautiful reflections of who we are, the question of what to install underfoot is an ...

There are a lot of options on the market right now for builders and designers looking for sustainable floors. Recycled wood, reclaimed wood, bamboo and tile with a high recycled content are some ...

Cork is obtained from the bark of the cork oak, a slow-growing tree in the Mediterranean region that lives an average of 200 years. The valuable property of the cork oak is that it regenerates itself.

Cork is bursting from its low-profile haunts — the slim necks of wine and champagne bottles, the tack-riddled walls of elementary schools — to reclaim some significant space underfoot. Cork floors, ...

Greatly driven by the Covid-19 pandemic, interior design trends that prioritize comfort and well-being have become more prominent than ever in recent years. With former confinement restrictions and ...

Q. I recently bought a new-construction condo in which the living room and master bedroom are in the basement level. The developer/builder installed cork flooring down there and already the tiles are ...

This series highlights the expertise of Brownstoner's Services Pros. If you don’t have much experience with cork flooring, you might have the wrong idea about what it looks like. No one is suggesting ...

It sounds like the beginning of a joke: What type of floor is anti-fungus, anti-microbial and won't catch fire? Answer: cork. Although ancient Egyptians used it to stop bottles and Chinese fisherman ...

Q I am considering replacing our tile floors, which are damaged, with a cork floor. Is this a good idea, and what do I need to know? Could I stay in the house while the job is being done? A Cork for ...

If you are involved in the creative community, you will have noticed the slowly-but-surely growing preponderance of cork as a material used in design. Just in the past few months, my boyfriend bought ...