Ambient® | Creating Sustainable Spaces, One Product at a Time

Beauty by Naure, Quality by Design®. Shipping high quality building materials around the globe since 2005

Ambient® was founded in 2005 as one of the first companies in the world to specialize in strand woven bamboo flooring, which has an unrivalled reputation for durability, eco-friendliness and affordability. Ambient was also one of the first companies in the world to popularize sending flooring samples by mail, allowing homeowners to see and feel flooring products in the comfort of their own homes - which something we still do today!

Since those innovative early years, we've built a well-deserved reputation for the quality of our products and the integrity of our people, so it's no surprise that Ambient is the preferred brand of the world's leading architects, builders and designers (and homeowners like us a lot too!). Since our early days, and at the request of our customers, we've expanded our product lines to offer more than just flooring. We're glad you found us! If you've been wondering where to buy bamboo flooring or other reliable, high quality and environmentally-friendly building products, look no further.

Screenshot of our website in 2005 courtesy of The Wayback Machine

We offer products in a wide range of colors and finishes at affordable prices that are safe for you and your family, with personal and professional service. We offer luxury vinyl plank flooring, Magpanel MGO boards, bamboo plywood, bamboo and eucalyptus flooring, and the nation's largest inventory of bamboo moldings and trim. We carry a wide selection of flooring to suit all tastes, budgets and styles, and our flooring has been installed all over the world. All Ambient floors are Lacey Act compliant, ensuring that they are legally sourced with the environment in mind. In addition, all our floors meet the CARB Phase II indoor air standard, the most stringent in the world.

What do our customers say? See our bamboo flooring reviews!

Honored Ambient as #870 on their list of the fastest growing 5,000 companies in America. Ambient maintains an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau and we are proud of our well-deserved reputation for quality and service.

Our Values

We are committed to being a leading provider of sustainable products. We've built our business around a set of core values that enable us to deliver the best possible product and experience to our customers.

Sustainability. We do our honest best to meet very high standards of social and environmental responsibility in line with our products. That's why we source all our raw materials from well-managed forests, can source FSC® certified products where appropriate, and constantly strive to reduce waste and energy consumption in our factories. It's also why we're a member in good standing of the U.S. Green Building Council.

Value. We've earned our hard-won reputation for quality and service by treating our customers fairly and offering a quality product at a good price, and always with integrity. We carry a full range of finishing products and installation supplies at affordable prices and are proud to offer a price match guarantee on comparable products.

Customer Service. Since 2005, we have been an industry leader across all building product brands in customer service. We're proud to maintain an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau. Check out our reviews on Yelp, ResellerRatings and Google for more than a decade of 5-star reviews.

Buying and installing products for your home is a big decision

We promise to give you honest information and advice to the best of our ability. We know that you have many suppliers to choose from and we're delighted that you're interested in learning more about Ambient. We will do our very best to provide you with a beautiful, high quality product that fits your budget and is safe for your family.

We insist on quality

We would never sell you something we wouldn't use in our own homes - and many of our staff live with Ambient® products in their homes! All our products are made from A-grade raw materials that are sustainably harvested. Our factory manufactures these products to a precise set of specifications using the most advanced, cutting-edge production machinery available. We carry out continuous testing - in the USA - of our products and services to ensure the highest standards..

We specialize in building products

As more suppliers and large retailers add sustainable materials as an afterthought rather than a core competency, it has become more difficult to find quality supplies, and consumers are often misled by questionable quality and testing claims. If you're wondering where to buy building materials for your home without compromising on quality, you've come to the right place. We test our products here in the USA and are happy to share our test results with you. We have become one of the nation's best building supply brands by providing exceptional products AND exceptional service; we have shipped our goods around the globe and earned the trust of a wide variety of homeowners, architects, designers and contractors.

We have happy customers

And our aim is to keep them that way! We do this by giving every customer the highest level of attention and care, no matter how big or small the order. Every time you call us during business hours, you'll speak to a product and installation expert. If you have a question or concern, we will answer it. We have warehouses across the country to reduce your delivery time and costs. Whether you're renovating or building, residential or commercial, we want to help you find the floor that's right for you.

We value your privacy

We do not share or sell your information with third parties, period. We understand that your personal information should be kept private, period. We have applied the most advanced levels of data protection and information security to all of our systems, including our website.

We invite you to stop in

We would love to meet you person! You are always welcome to stop by our showroom and offices in Jessup, Maryland to say hello! We'll have free samples for you to take home with you, and you can meet our dedicated staff and ask as many questions as you like. We're a child and pet-friendly office so feel free to bring your little ones, whether they be humanoid, dog, cat, wombat or whatever!

Trusted by more than 10,000 homeowners and companies worldwide

The Story Of Ambient - Timeline of Our Early Years!

Oct. 2005

Ambient is founded and becomes one of the first companies in the world to pioneer strand woven bamboo, an eco-friendly floor that is 2-3X harder than traditional hardwoods. Ambient also helps to initiate the new trend of mailing small samples of flooring through the mail, so that its customers can decided on color options from the comfort of their home.

April 2006

Ambient partners with PSI Engineering (now Benchmark), a nationally recognised engineering firm, to test all Ambient products for safety, strength and durability. When tested, all Ambient products far exceed OSHA, E1 and E0 standards. To this day, Ambient remains the only brand to test it's products annually for indoor air quality.

Oct. 2006

Ambient begins stocking a full line of moldings, trim, and stair pieces to match each type of flooring.

May 2007

Ambient introduces the first radiant heat safe bamboo.

Nov. 2007

Ambient continues to ship its product worldwide, including but not limited to Guam, Mexico, The Bahamas, Bermuda, France, and Canada.

Jan. 2008

While exhibiting at Surfaces 2008 Ambient unveils Granda Distressed, the first hand scraped strand woven bamboo. This floor combines strand bamboo's unrivaled strength with the beautiful aesthetic of time worn floors.

Aug. 2008

Ambient launches the first floor cleaner made specifically for bamboo (now called Bam-Brite Hard Surface Floor Cleaner), a biodegradable, non-toxic, non-acidic, phosphate-free floor cleaner that leaves no residue after cleaning. Ambient later improved the formula to allow use on traditional hardwood floors and even luxury vinyl floors with polyurethane finishes.

Jan. 2009

Ambient expands to larger warehouse and office space to handle rapid growth.

Feb. 2009

Ambient launches the market's first high dimensional stability version of engineered click-lock strand woven bamboo in a 5-ply construction, highly sought after by installers and architects for its low expansion and contraction characteristics and easy peasy installation method.

Jun. 2009

Ambient launches the first bamboo hardwood available in multiple width and lengths. Along with multiple sizes, multiple color and hand scraped options are available.

Nov. 2009

Ambient is awarded FSC Pure designation by the Forest Stewardship Council.

Jan. 2010

Ambient opens a new warehouse in Carson, CA reducing freight costs and transit times for West coast orders.

Jul. 2010

Ambient launches a new logo and revised user friendly website offering multiple new flooring lines.

Aug. 2010

Ambient comes in at #870 on the Inc. 5000 list of the Fastest Growing Companies in America.

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