Note: Our decorative border started about 8-1/2 inches from each side wall and was 11-1/2 inches wide (close to a full-size tile), including the 2-in. special-order dark cork strips. Avoid placing ...

"Cork flooring has excellent thermal and acoustical properties," says Hirshberg. "It's beautiful, lightweight, warm to the touch, hypoallergenic, fire and insect resistant, moisture resistant, and ...

This flooring is "floated" in that it is not glued or nailed directly to the subfloor, but laid on an underlayment -- in our example, cork, although 1/8-inch foam is also used.