Funky fun with flooring

Rammed earth, bamboo, cork—when building or remodeling a home, there are a number of beautiful green flooring options to choose from. However, if you're someone whos has grown accustomed to the charms of lime green shag carpet or some sort of psychedelic linoleum, then a lot of these choices might be just a little too tame for your tastes. If your kids like bright colors, then a bamboo floor in the playroom might not cut it.

Luckily, there are a couple flooring options out there that are as playful as they are green.

Take marmoleum for example: Marmoleum is a natural product made of linseed oil, wood flour, rosin, jute and limestone ... and, you can order it in just about any design and color combination imaginable. Want a natural, healthy floor that matches (or clashes) with that wild painting you bought at a flea market 20 years ago? Marmoleum is the way to go.

Then there's concrete. Yes, believe it or not, concrete can be a beautiful, warm flooring choice (just make sure to install that radiant in-floor heating). And yes, there is such a thing as decorative concrete. It doesn't have to be grey; your concrete floor can be colored and texturized. It can be etched with a beautiful design, or carved in a pattern to look like tile.

In other words, no matter your particular taste—from funky to formal—there's a green flooring option out there for you.

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