Fri.Apr 08, 2022

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Coverings names best booth awards 2022

Floor Covering News

Arlington, Va.— Coverings , the preeminent event for the ceramic tile and natural stone industry in North America, released the winners of its 2022 Best Booth Awards. The program recognizes exceptional exhibitor booths based on design, creativity, display of product, use of space and overall presentation. “The Coverings 2022 best booth award winners are a collective group of highly creative tile and stone industry companies,” said Jennifer Hoff, president of Taffy Event Strategies, the show mana

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3 Effective Techniques To Update Your Kitchen Style

Kitchen and Residential Design

Photo by Sidekix Media on Unsplash Your kitchen is one of the most important rooms of your home. It’s not just the place where food is prepared. In most cases, it is also the spot where the family meet, passing each other as they go about their day. That’s the reason it is still generally referred to as the heart of the home. However, no matter how central it is to the home, your kitchen can still start to look tired and dated.

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Armstrong Flooring remembers Di Anna Borders

Floor Covering News

By Reginald Tucker— Di Anna Borders, the award-winning vice president of design at Armstrong Flooring , lost her brave battle with cancer on March 17. She was just 50 years old. Michel Vermette, Armstrong Flooring CEO, reflected on Borders’ talents and positive attitude. “She was a strong-minded girl from Mississippi with an infectious smile who grew to become one of the most respected designers in the flooring industry,” he said.

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External Covering of Invertebrates May Help Create Damage Tolerant Materials for Future Building and Construction

The A to Z of Building

At Monash University, scientists have come up with a new design motif that has been derived from the stiff external covering of invertebrates that might help in making more damage tolerant materials.

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Shaw Industries joins Fuse Alliance

Floor Covering News

Dalton—Shaw Industries’ commercial division has joined Fuse Alliance , a member-owned organization of professional commercial flooring contractors, as a new preferred supplier. “We look forward to collaborating with Shaw Industries, which shares our passion for elevating the commercial flooring industry and enhancing our shared customers’ experience,” said Geoff Gordon, executive director for Fuse Alliance.

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NeoCon 2022 to host CEU-accredited programs

Floor Covering News

Chicago, Ill.—In addition to daily onsite keynotes and special programs, this year’s NeoCon , which will take place here June 13-15, will offer 47 virtual CEU-accredited programs from an impressive roster of leading industry experts from a wide cross-section of fields. According to the company, the sessions will span eight program tracks: workplace, healthcare, education, facilities, wellness, sustainability, design skills and industry direction; and delve into the topics that are making a

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NAHB: Recession risks are rising

Floor Covering News

NAHB chief economist, Robert Dietz, provided this housing industry overview. Washington D.C.—Rising mortgage interest rates, spurred by expected, significant tightening of monetary policy by the Federal Reserve, will aggravate housing affordability challenges in 2022. This is particularly the case for prospective first-time home buyers, who face higher costs and elevated home prices without the benefit of gains in home equity and household wealth possessed by existing home owners.