We have a weekender near the beach that we love spending time in. When we bought the house, it had shaggy white carpet which was a nightmare with sandy children, muddy dog prints and fur all building up in the flooring. I felt like I spent half of my life cleaning those floors! After a while, we tore up the old carpet and went to a polished floor, and it's been such a dream to clean. It's really changed my life. This blog has tips on finding hardy flooring for beach houses so that you can spend less time cleaning.