No one wants to be unfashionable I am aware that I write a blog about flooring -so what am I doing talking about high fashion? Believe it or not flooring is something that has a very heavy design influence. Typically this time of the year we see...
November is The Month for giving Thanks. Many times we are simply too busy or distracted to see all the things around us in our lives that we need to be grateful for, and that applies for individuals as well as organizations. 2013 marks the...
Buying your kid a toy can get pretty depressing. Seriously, can you name a single children’s toy made in the good ol’ US of A? When you get right down to it it really seems like nothing gets made around here anymore. I remember when I was a...
Ah the signs of spring! Flowers blooming, grass growing. And the inevitable return of the $39 whole house install” scam. Here is a post from the archive that breaks it down for you floorsforflorida In my last post I talked about how The major...
(photo credit goes to dogshaming.com, one of the greatest websites ever, period. check them out here) People in the flooring business are true animal lovers – in fact if we had our way we would give away a free puppy with every carpet order!...
Let’s be honest – we’ve all gotten some hard advice, probably uninvited, that we later wished we had listened too. Personally I’ve had plenty of those moments, in fact if I had listened during just one of those moments I wouldn’t be currently...
“Whadya mean tile floors are boring? Check yoself! My tile floor is stupid fresh!” I have news for you… Tile no longer sucks! ….no we’re being serious We know, we are in the flooring business and we have heard it for the last ten years; tile is...
One pointer I got when starting this blog is to not do the “Pet Peeve” post. Sure, it’s easy and satisfying, but the person reading your post might Also be guilty of doing the stuff you are righteously smashing- not the greatest method for...
“We want new Hardwood flooring but we are afraid our pet’s claws will scratch up the surface.” – Boy do we hear this one a lot. Hear are some hard truths: 1. Hardwood Flooring is a natural and cellular product, and under certain conditions it...
Okay I’m back – The family and I went down to the Keys for a little snorkeling and general R&R and I am jazzed to pick up where I left off in my series on flooring moisture…. crap- who am I kidding. Quite frankly I wish I was still in the...
