Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Every two weeks, FCNews seeks out flooring retailers across the country to offer their advice on hot topics of the day. ” —Ben Boss, Boss Carpet One Floor & Home Dixon, Ill. ” —Chris Kemp, Kemp’s Dalton West Flooring Newnan, Ga. appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Granada Tile

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Yesterday, we shared with you some of Granada Tile ‘s large-scale cement tile designs. First up is a great cement tile installation by designer Jennifer Hamelet, of Mirador Builders , which showcases a perfect use of one of our concrete tile designs. They may be little, but the still pack a really stunning, dramatic touch.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 7, 2023

The National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) has announced the winners of its 2023 Wood Floor of the Year Awards. The awards were developed to encourage and recognize innovative craftsmanship and design in wood flooring installations. Best Circular/Curved: Ourada Designs | Nine Mile Falls, Wash. Winter Park, Fla.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 10, 2020

Rotem Eylor, CEO of Republic Flooring, stands with his new SPC display at the Flooring America convention. Republic Flooring may have just arrived on the SPC/rigid core scene, but its presence is already being felt across the flooring landscape—notably partnerships with the National Floorcovering Alliance (NFA) and CCA Global.

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Architectural Ceramics

JANUARY 22, 2018

Each play a different role or function within a design. As a result, a great feature of porcelain tile is that it makes an excellent flooring option in commercial and residential spaces. Delivering supplies after the flood to the Triumph Church Nederland, a local church in the Houston area. The answer was simple: go vertical.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 4, 2022

Chicago—OneFlor USA, an LVT supplier based in Houston, Texas, will showcase new products here at NeoCon 2022 on the 7th floor, space 7-8046, June 13-15. According to David Kim, CEO, OneFlor USA, the hottest flooring category—LVT—will get even hotter. Our one vision is Smart Flooring,” he said. “We

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Granada Tile

JUNE 27, 2018

If you’re a connoisseur of stunning interiors looking for a list of interior design blogs featuring beautiful cement tile images, practical advice on installing and incorporating cement tiles into residential and commercial projects and insightful tips on how to make the most of this popular material, you’ve come to the right place.

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Granada Tile

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

What was even more thrilling was that we found not just one tile pattern from our Echo Collection of concrete tiles used as restaurant floor tile (that’s our Serengeti cement tile, above, turned to create squares) but two tile designs (that’s our Fez cement floor tiles, below) used as concrete tile flooring.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 17, 2021

By Ken Ryan The never-ending task of recruiting and training installers has been a flooring industry bugaboo for decades. That said, it is crucial for flooring retailers to keep the good ones. Even when business was down about 40% in April and May (2020), Brian’s Flooring & Design in Birmingham, Ala., Cash is king.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

FCNews spoke with several flooring retailers who shared their secrets to mobile showroom success. Karyn Mitchell, Simply Floors, Denver, Colo. Karyn Mitchell and her husband Buddy started Simply Floors as a mobile operation with no showroom or warehouse. ” Alfred Soyar, Buffaloe Floors and Up, Houston. .”

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 19, 2020

RevoTile is a true porcelain tile flooring that features a click-style installation method and Daltile’s signature design-driven looks. Flooring retailers and contractors who took on the new product at its launch have already seen positive results. We sell a lot of it right here in Houston. By Megan Salzano.

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Granada Tile

OCTOBER 1, 2017

This fall, homeowners and interior designers are getting cozy with more color and charm, and less all-white spaces and ultra modern décor. As the weather cools down, this season’s top design trends are warming up and adding personality. Layering and Mixing Patterns and Colors on Backsplashes and Floors.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Specialty flooring retailers are the drivers of this industry. Today’s highlight is Lions Floor’s nominations and winners: Flooring 101 and Meek’s Midwest. Flooring 101. What Lions Floor had to say. We appreciate the partnership and their commitment to Lions Floor. Oxnard, Calif.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Houston, Texas—Galleher, LLC said it is significantly expanding its presence in Texas to support its acquisition of Trinity Hardwood Distributors in September 2021. Trinity said it will open a traditional branch and showroom in North Houston’s Spring, Texas area and a 100,000 ft. warehouse facility in central Houston.

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Granada Tile

JUNE 18, 2013

The colors and patterns they’ve discovered have informed many concrete tile designs in our collection and the stunning cities have even lent their names to a few. There’s Fez , of course, our Echo Collection ‘s flagship cement tile design. For this concrete tile design, dynamism is the name of the game.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 15, 2023

In fact, many successful flooring retailers know when to turn away business, even telling potential customers that they might be better served going elsewhere. We want customers to love the style and design of the products. Have you installed any new flooring in your showroom? And then we will discuss price and performance.”

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The stay-at-home economy continues to buttress the flooring industry as remodeling projects surge. With few exceptions, flooring retailers continue to report strong activity as they enter the final four months of what has been an unprecedented 2020. Brian’s Flooring & Design in Birmingham, Ala., A split consensus .

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2021

Rose Carpets & Flooring, Burlington, Mass. Sam O’Krent, president/owner of O’Krent Floors in San Antonio—and a newly inducted NFA member (see article on page 5)—said he plans to make the most of his trip to Vegas. The post Vendors, retailers excited to be back at Surfaces appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The “show,” of course, was Surfaces 2022 —the first fully vested flooring convention since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Surfaces 2022 event, meanwhile, featured all the major players as well as top-tier flooring retailers. Judy Rosas, Sergio Rosas Flooring, Valencia, Calif., I am new to the flooring business.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Dalton—J+J Flooring kicked off their 7th annual Helping Hands initiative. Each November and December, this friendly competition engages designers and flooring professionals who team up and create festive Christmas trees based on different motifs chosen by kids. Galveston, Texas; and Portland, Ore.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 18, 2021

The new year is moving right along, and with it has come new innovations and product lines from top brands across flooring categories. When looking for new rigid core flooring lines to onboard or turning to a proven collection to make the sale, flooring retailers seek out specific qualifications in both the product and supplier.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Houston—Shaw Sports Turf has been named the official synthetic turf provider of the College Football Playoff (CFP). This sponsorship also designates Shaw as the official flooring provider of the College Football Playoff. Launched in fall of 2020, one field of pad produced equals one turf field diverted from the landfill.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 21, 2020

Houston—EarthWerks takes the wraps off its new visualizer tool, EarthWerks Visions. The technology is designed to provide a streamlined, customizable approach t o finding and matching flooring to customers’ spaces. The post EarthWerks introduces new visualizer tool appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 2, 2020

Working in conjunction with Houston-based Cutified, FCNews was able to donate scores of coordinating masks and caps to nurses and doctors at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, N.Y. Mask and cap sets from Cutified provide protection while allowing workers to make a personal design statement. By Reginald Tucker.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Image: Ed Sologa Design Build The top 10 on the Rattiest Cities list include, in order: Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Washington DC, San Francisco, Detroit, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Baltimore, and Denver. Spots 21-30: Milwaukee, Charlotte, Houston, Portland, Columbus OH, San Diego, Raleigh-Durham, Buffalo, New Orleans, and Norfolk.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The National Wood Flooring Association Expo moved from Baltimore in April to Orlando in July. I sat down with Bill Sonntag, owner of Suburban Floor Coverings in Minnesota’s Twin Cities, who told me he “couldn’t wait” to get on a plane and come to this Mohawk event. “I M ohawk knew they were bucking the trend. So, there you go.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

No, Don’t Decorate An elaborately-decorated home in Houston. Image: Regina Gust Designs Our first two realtors are against decorating for the holidays if you’re trying to sell your home. A stunning silver holiday design. Image: RJ Elder Design Our next two experts are in favor of decking the halls – and the rest of the walls.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Living room with a view at Memorial by Windsor in Washington Avenue/Rice Military Intro and neighborhood guides by Elisabeth Carroll Dawson When people think Houston, they think big — and for good reason. Houston has it all: an iconic skyline, a robust economy, a thriving arts scene and, yes, notorious traffic jams and humidity.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 26, 2021

Once inside the show floor, the group size is limited by social distancing protocols as well as scheduled appointments for all. I’m glad they took the initiative to do this; I wish others would,” said Kirt Krystynik, owner, Buffaloe Floors and Up, Houston, Texas. Buffaloe Floors and Up’s Krystynik simply said he’s not a fan. “We

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Lions Floor has taken another big step toward building its national supply chain infrastructure with the recent grand opening of a new, state-of-the-art distribution center in Houston. In addition to flooring products, we have moldings, transitions and moisture barriers. Lions Floor is not one of those companies.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The floor-to-ceiling walls are made from Blanc Absolute Marble. The sculpture’s design required precision engineering and innovation with every solution. With stone panels up to 4,200 kgs and thicknesses exceeding 700mm, a robust but simple steel frame system was designed for primary lateral support.

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Kitchen and Residential Design

AUGUST 24, 2020

It may also be essential to try and fix minor cracks in the walls and floors yourself to save costs. Some of the common reasons you are experiencing problems in your problems are as a result of Temperature Changes The repeated heating and cooling of your basement walls and floors could put your building's substructure at risk.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

AUGUST 23, 2018

Do you have aging relatives or are you thinking of designing a home that you want to live in forever? Then you may have heard the term Universal Design. But it’s hardly just a building and interior design buzzword. It’s a whole way of looking at a home’s design to plan for long-term use and accessibility. Image: T.R.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

JUNE 18, 2016

This is largely due in part to the white on both the walls and the custom Italian cabinet faces, which pair beautifully with light hardwood flooring. And because they’re centered around attracting young artists and designers, Factory 63 boasts impressive work and common space for residents. Their tagline, “CUBIX. Everything you need.

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Stagetecture

JUNE 6, 2019

Finally, if you want to go big, you could do something dramatic like knocking out a wall, adding in an island, or redoing the floors. Not to mention, brighter designs makes it look larger and more relaxing.”. The Bathroom. Another essential area in your home is the bathroom. Next, you’ll want to consider the bedrooms in your home.

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Stagetecture

JUNE 6, 2019

Finally, if you want to go big, you could do something dramatic like knocking out a wall, adding in an island, or redoing the floors. Not to mention, brighter designs makes it look larger and more relaxing.”. The Bathroom. Another essential area in your home is the bathroom. Next, you’ll want to consider the bedrooms in your home.

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Stagetecture

JUNE 6, 2019

Finally, if you want to go big, you could do something dramatic like knocking out a wall, adding in an island, or redoing the floors. Not to mention, brighter designs makes it look larger and more relaxing.”. The Bathroom. Another essential area in your home is the bathroom. Next, you’ll want to consider the bedrooms in your home.

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