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Call FOR ENTRIES: TILE OF SPAIN AWARDS 2021

Tile of Spain USA

The Spanish Ceramic Tile Manufacturer’s Association (ASCER) announces the call for entry for the monumental 20th annual Tile of Spain Awards of Architecture, Interior Design and Final Degree Project. Sponsored by Endesa, the Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade (ICEX), and Port Valencia, the Tile of Spain Awards have forged a prestigious reputation, promoting the use of Spanish ceramic tiles in architecture and interior design projects worldwide.

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Looking back: Jeff Lorberbaum

Floor Covering News

All the right moves: Mohawk Industries chairman and CEO, Jeff Lorberbaum, shepherds company through the highs and lows. What he witnessed in 1986… “In the 1980s there were hundreds of small carpet mills scattered across northwest Georgia, and carpet and rugs comprised about 80% of the flooring sold in the U.S. At that time, most carpet manufacturers sold their products through distributors, so the relationship between the manufacturers and flooring retailers was largely indirect.

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A Fresh Faced Enhancement: Color Blox 2.0

Garden State Tile Blog

Color Blox 2.0 by Crossville is a fresh faced enhancement to the Color Blox line that reignites the collection with bright playfulness grounded in nature’s roots. With warmer, on-trend neutrals, blues and greens rooted in biophilic design trends, and a brighter, cleaner white, this concrete inspired line brings a modern, clean sensibility to tile. The addition of eight new colors- four saturated deeps, two trending biophilic-tinted mid-tones, a versatile mid-tone neutral, and an even brighter wh

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Crossville launches Color Blox 2.0

Floor Covering News

Crossville, Tenn.—Crossville, Inc. has launched its new Color Blox 2.0 porcelain tile collection. The concrete-inspired line is a new generation of the brand’s longtime favorite collection, Color Blox. According to the company, the new collection brings a modern sensibility with warmer, on-trend neutrals, as well as fresh blues and greens. Colors that are returning for the original collection are enhanced with an updated facing.

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Client Feature: Kristin Dittmar

As The Tile Turns

The road to brilliant design often includes significant obstacles along the way. This is certainly true for local interior designer, Kristin Dittmar. Talented and tenacious, she refuses to let recessions or pandemics stop her from producing remarkable results.

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Tile of Spain Awards open for entry

Floor Covering News

Miami, Fla.—The Spanish Ceramic Tile Manufacturer’s Association (ASCER) has opened the call for entry for the 20th annual Tile of Spain Awards of Architecture, Interior Design and Final Degree Project. Sponsored by Endesa, the Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade (ICEX), and Port Valencia, the Tile of Spain Awards have forged a prestigious reputation, promoting the use of Spanish ceramic tiles in architecture and interior design projects worldwide.

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Kährs Flooring featured in HGTV’s ‘Good Bones’

Floor Covering News

Altamonte Springs, Fla.—Kährs has been chosen as the featured wood flooring in an episode of the HGTV series, “Good Bones.”. In the episode’s home remodel, the Kährs flooring featured is a custom version of the brand-new Oak Henna product: a warm, mid-tone brown with soft white graining and neutral undertones. Oak Henna is one of the newest additions to the popular Kährs Canvas collection, along with two other new colors released for 2021—Oak Heather and Oak Fawn.

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Looking back: Bob Shaw

Floor Covering News

Telling it like it is: Industry legend, Bob Shaw, candid assessment of carpet’s evolution through the years. It was DuPont vs. the mills for control… “Nobody had any real capital in this business. The woven manufacturers—the Lees and the Bigelows—had some capital but they were not in the real mainstream of the tufted industry. We had a few public companies—Coronet, and I think Galaxy had gone public.

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Housing affordability plunges in Q2

Floor Covering News

Washington, D.C.—Soaring building material costs, high demand and low inventory have added tens of thousands of dollars to the price of a new home and caused housing affordability to fall to its lowest level in nearly a decade during the second quarter of 2021, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). According to the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index (HOI), 56.6% of new and existing homes sold between the beginning of April and end of June were affordable to famil