Bayou Rustic Flooring

What makes doing business with us different? We tell the truth about the garbage sold as flooring. For example:

Vinyl, laminate, and LVT are all the same petroleum based products.

Does anyone remember in 2018 when the plastic straw got stuck in the sea turtles’ nose? The video went viral and people were (justifiably) horrified, and some places banned plastic straws. Ok, so the industry tells us we (planet) use 500 million plastic straws per day, which is a very big number. However, in 2024 5.8 billion square feet of plastic floors were sold, and in 5 -7 years they will be in the local landfill. Remember, this stuff cannot (or isn’t) recycled meaning in just a few years we will be dumping 15.9 million sq feet per day into those landfills, as they are replaced. So, since 1000 square feet of plastic floors equates to ½ million plastic straws; we are dumping the equivalent of 9 billion plastic straws per day into the ground.

We have been sold a bill of goods, and been led to believe that laminate and LVT are somehow benefiting the planet because real trees were not used.

The truth? This floor pictured below will outlive a dozen laminate ones; in fact, it will be the last thing salvaged before the house falls down one day. Probably repurposed as a table top or accent wall, but it will not be in a landfill leaking chemicals into our groundwater.

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Amazing Pine

If you were asked if real wood, as in 100% real, from trees is more eco-friendly than a composit such as Luxury Tile? Well, one of them last forever, or to be more specific; it will be the last thing of value salvaged and repurpased one day when the home is gone.

In 2018, in response to a viral video of a plastic straw being removed from a sea turtle’s nose, plastic straws were banned in communities throughout the world. Experts estimate that 500 million single-use plastic straws are used every day, making up a sizable portion of the plastic products thrown away daily.
By comparison, in 2024, 5.8 billion square feet of plastic flooring were sold. A little simple math reveals that equates to 15.9 million square feet per day. And since most plastic flooring has a warranty of only 5-10 years, and most cannot be recycled, that translates to a lot of plastic straws. A lot. In fact, just 1,000 square feet of luxury vinyl tile equates to about 570,000 plastic straws. At 15.9 million square feet daily, that equates to more than 9 billion plastic straws each and every day.

Interior real wood siding.

Wood Siding - Southern Yellow Pine Direct Wood siding includes V-groove, Ship-lap, and Gap Siding among others. Interior wood siding dates back centuries