Building your own home is a rewarding experience. It may be hard on the pocket and demanding on your time, but the joy and pride that come with it is worth all the hard work. A big part of building or rebuilding a home is the design of a floor. A favorite choice of material is hardwood.Hardwood floors are already available in templates at all do-it-yourself or construction retailers. Customized hardwood floors are also available. And with easy installment procedures, all one needs is some resear… There are solid wood floors, strip, plank and parquet including herringbone, block and other patterns. Engineered wood floors, two strip, three strip, single plank, solidengineered or semi-solid engineered wood flooring in 2 ply, 3 ply and multiply construction. Not forgetting, of course the laminate flooring that is some sometimes confused with real wood engineered flooring products that are manufactured by a laminated construction process. Hardwood flooring is still the most popular type of wood flooring, but the price, maintenance and installation process means that people still look to other types of flooring which will create the wood effect, such as laminate wood flooring.