Bamboo is a great building material that we are seeing more and more in home design, not only in landscaping and furnishings, but also as wall accents and flooring. Bamboo is one of the world’s most durable, sustainable and renewable materials. It’s natural aesthetic is beautiful with its subtle variances. It is a great material for flooring as an alternative to wood, and it comes in a variety of colors. It’s unique structural properties give it a higher tensile strength than any traditional hardwood and even many alloys of steel.