Leather flooring is one of the most luxurious and decadent flooring imaginable. Walk bare-foot and the surface immediately adjusts to your body temperature. It feels warm in the winter and cool in the summer. It also, never loses that wonderful, pleasing leather scent. Over time, the increased wear creates the appearance of rich patina, or the look that gives leather its unique character.
Leather tiles are available in a myriad of earthy colors as well as custom shades, inlay, laser engraving and embossing. They are approximately 1/8" thick and come in all sizes. Go for the standard 12"x12", 24"x24" or go for decorative borders, inserts, herringbone patters or custom layouts. Design choices are limited only by your imagination.
In addition to flooring, leather makes a luxurious covering for wall paneling or even crown molding. The styles range from traditional and sophisticated, to modern and contemporary.
Leather tiles work well in most areas of the house, adding a rich and inviting feel to a dining room or living room. They create a warm and relaxing atmosphere in a sitting room or library, and work well in media rooms because leather is great for sound control. The comfort of walking barefoot on these floors makes it a popular choice for the bedroom. Installation in the kitchen or bathroom is not suggested, due to the large amount of moisture, and harsh cleaners the tiles would be subjected to.
Maintenance
When first installed, the tiles require an initial coating of paste wax followed by two or three coats of bowling alley wax. It’s very important to apply the paste wax first or you may get a white haze on the leather. Subsequent tile maintenance is fairly easy; consisting of a regular dry dust mopping and intermittent damp mopping for general cleaning. Spills should be wiped up immediately to avoid any build of moisture for an extended period of time. Things to avoid
Never wax leather wall tiles.
Refrain from using abrasive cleaners, soap, furniture polish, varnish, solvent, ammonia products, or wax containing a high concentration of Carnauba.
Never place rubber backed or non-ventilated rugs, rug padding or mats on top of the leather.
Exposing the tiles to direct sunlight for extended periods of time may cause fading or color variations.
Installation Leather tiles can be glued to any wood or concrete surface. Painted or treated floors need to be sanded or roughed up prior to installation to ensure the glue will adhere to the surface. Floors need to be clean, level, with any cracks filled and sanded. Just one grain of sand will surface under the tile, making it appear larger.
The glue should be a non-flammable water based adhesive applied to both the back of the tile and the floor. Once it has dried to the touch, it can be pressed in place. Leather tiles are prone to curling and shrinkage, so it’s imperative the tiles are stuck extremely tight.
Wealth has to begin as a state of mind, or it will never build, or last, at least for not very long. In a recent survey of Australian Lotto winners, more than half were worse off five years later, and no way near as happy. Broken families, lost friends and homes, the story after the big cheque doesn't always end happily ever after for everyone. These winners all learned the hard way that money doesn't bring happiness.
Why, when these people started out with fantastic riches, couldn't they hold on to their wealth? It boils down to attitude. Their state of mind towards an outcome affected their future. Beginning, as they did, with a faulty concept that if they won all this money, they would automatically be happy forever, they painfully learned that money isn't magic.
So how does anyone gain or hold on to wealth?
The answer is simple: contentment. However, the application can be far more difficult, because contentment has to come from a deep inner satisfaction with what a person has. Without that satisfaction, people tend to run from ideal thing to ideal thing trying to purchase happiness with quick cash; soon all they have is more things that lead to temporary happiness or didn't satisfy them at all.
This, of course, does discount the chances of an unexpected emergency arising to break the bank. Life moves from surprise to surprise. How a person deals with these surprises can show clearly the mindset of the involved person. Some rush into long term debt to get over a short-term shortage. An option often not considered is a payday loan. Using a payday loan can help get them over the hump because this is a type of short tem loan. Payday loans don't allow the interest to build up over the long term. Long term thinking like this is the way to build financial wealth.
It is this kind of long term thinking that puts the day to day into the perspective that can bring contentment. It can be much easier to forgo that new iPod when it is viewed in terms of what the purchase could become over time. Items like an iPod not only have a purchase price in the immediate future, but then they lead into having to make a series of secondary purchases, like a computer, adapters, earphones and the music to play on it. Then as any electronic device it soon becomes obsolete. Something bigger and better replaces your item and the money spent on it is still gone. Looking at in the longer term that purchase could be delayed, and the price would come down. Meanwhile the money could be working in an interest-bearing account.
Well thought out decisions is the key to building wealth, and the proper mindset is the key to making the right decisions. While being content below your means does allow the cash to build up, wealth can only come with the state of mind that you have.
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