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An Ode to Ceramic Floors

Tile of Spain USA

Serving as the foundation of a room, floors have a significant impact on the aesthetic and personality of a space. At its surface, floors can define a space, create the flow of movement, provide a sense of direction from one room to another and impact the emotional connection an individual has with a space. Natural and recyclable, resistant and hygienic, creative and timeless, ceramic tile has quickly become the ideal surface material to use for floors in both residential and commercial settings

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Week of March 23, 2020 – Spring Cleaning

Architectural Ceramics

Top 5 Design Posts of the Week. It’s the time of the year to dust off your shelves, bring out the Spring décor and store your cold weather apparel until the next winter season. Not only will this help prepare you for the warmer months, but it will also give you peace of mind that you are ready to enjoy Springtime! Take a look at our Top 5 Design posts for some ideas to keep in mind during this year’s spring cleaning. 1.

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What’s New in Tile for 2020

As The Tile Turns

A new decade has arrived — and with it, the desire for a fresh start. We're not just talking typical resolutions, however. Stylistic changes have the power to make us feel more confident than ever as we take on the 2020s.

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Flamboyant Flowerburst

Diary of a Tile Addict

A new, colourful celebration of life has been created at the maternity centre in the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. Master of vibrancy and London designer Adam Nathaniel Furman has demonstrated his signature zest with a playfully tiled “flowerburst” mosaic in the centre’s entrance and reception area. With a donation from the Reuben foundation, the hospital was able to reach out to Furman and comission the piece that will create an entirely new atmosphere, evoking feelings of

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Web Exclusive: How retail is coping with COVID-19

Floor Covering News

Flooring dealers are being forced to cope with unprecedented disruptions caused by the virus. At the same time, they want to keep their employees safe. By Ken Ryan. Like most of America, flooring retailers are faced with a challenge unlike anything they have ever dealt with before. In these trying times, these owners and entrepreneurs switch into survival mode in hopes of keeping their businesses afloat—even if it means closing down temporarily—and their employees paid as long as possible.

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Playlist of the Week – Design Trends

Architectural Ceramics

Week of March 30th, 2020. Design is an ever-evolving art form that draws inspiration from everywhere from art movements to fashion. There are lots of trends and styles to choose from, but ultimately it all comes down to what speaks to you. Check out our Design Trends playlist that you can enjoy while relaxing at home and see what inspiration strikes.

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How to Prepare for Tile Shade Variation

Ceramic Tile Education Foundation

How do you handle tile shade variation? Do you make a point of bringing it up with customers before starting a tile installation project ? If you don't, I urge you to do so. Not only is it a great opportunity to educate your customers about tile installation methods, standards and best practices, but it also helps you avoid what I refer to as the "Five-O-Five Surprise.".

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Armstrong Flooring offers digital CEU courses

Floor Covering News

While in-person sessions are not available, Armstrong is offering online CEU courses. Lancaster, Pa.—Armstrong Flooring is offering a series of online continuing education unit courses in April to make it easy for designers to enhance their knowledge and earn CEUs even when in-person sessions aren’t an option. The sessions–to be led by Armstrong Flooring’s sustainability manager, Amy Costello–are: The six pillars of sustainability – Thursday, April 2, 2020, 1 p.m.

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10 Inspiring Work-from-Home Office Setups

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

To help prevent the spread of COVID-19, most companies are shifting to remote work. As a result, plenty of people are reconfiguing their spaces and scrounging for the tools to effectively work from their homes. We reached out to our coworkers for some work-from-home inspiration. Some of us are having to make do and get creative with the space we have at home.

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COVID-19 Home Quarantines’ Hidden Health Risk

JG Kitchens

COVID-19 has millions of Americans self-quarantining at home. That will help slow the spread of this highly-contagious virus, which is vitally important. I’ve created a free guide to making your home safer, more comfortable, better able to handle home schooling and teleworking and offering some respite from stress and anxiety. You can download it here.

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Sketching is Hard

Life of an Architect

the point of today's post is that sketching is hard for most people and it's okay if you end up using other tools to help get you to your destination. As one of my college professors once told me, sketch until it hurts and then keep sketching. Continue reading Sketching is Hard at Life of an Architect.

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Rollmaster to host “Work From Home” virtual event

Floor Covering News

Rollmaster will be hosting a virtual event Wednesday, March 25, designed to provide flooring professionals with advice on how to set up a successful “work from home” environment during this interim period and potentially beyond. RollMaster’s staff works 100% remotely, and has since 2005. The company said it’s learned what works best for communicating with clients and other team members and believes this information presented in this format could be beneficial to several businesses and individual

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How Much Equity Is in Your Home?

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

ITTIGallery/Shutterstock. Understanding home equity. When you take the current market value of your home that you receive after an appraisal and subtract it from the amount you currently owe on your mortgage, that’s your home’s equity. Your home equity is how much of the property that you truly own. This is the formula you will use to answer the question, “How much equity is in my home?

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Alluring coffee table styling ideas that make all the difference

Trendir Magazine

With a combination of plants, books and even candles having a coffee table can instantly become cluttered if you don’t take the necessary steps. The idea of having a coffee table comes from wanting to embrace the room and give it a chic focal point where and when you need it most. Furthermore, you might think there is no creative way of decorating your coffee table, but there is, and we are about to share them with you.

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Metsä Wood: Building D(emountable) – Fast Construction with Hybrid Structures

The A to Z of Building

The architectural office cepezed from the Netherlands wanted to build a four-storey office building that could be moved to another location, if needed. The end-result, Building D(emountable), is a.

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FCNews COVID-19: Effective tips on working remotely

Floor Covering News

With more and more employees being encouraged (or even mandated) to work from home in order to minimize transmission of COVID-19, workers around the globe are waking up to a new reality—trying to perform the daily functions of their jobs without the tools, equipment and resources normally available at their disposal. Another challenge—for those who work in a communal office environment—is maintaining lines of communication with fellow employees who are now spread out in different locations.

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8 Expert Tips on Organizing Your Home While Sheltering in Place

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

If you live in one of the many cities advocating for (or mandating) a self-quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic, you’re suddenly spending a lot more time at home. Whether you’re working from home, homeschooling your kids, or just need to arrange your space for staying in, it’s a good time to organize. . After consulting with some top-tier organizing influencers and the president-elect of the National Association of Productivity & Organizing Professionals (NAPO), we’ve compiled a list of w

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Cost to Build a House in 2020

The Armchair Builder

March 24, 2020 If you are looking for the cost to build a house in 2020, you’ve probably found it difficult to find accurate information. Most of the data focuses on averages and median pricing across the U.S. or across regions of the country. Unfortunately, these numbers may or may not be accurate for your […].

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Cintec West Block Restoration

The A to Z of Building

The West Block was constructed between 1860 and 1865. In 1897 the building was damaged by fire. The West Block is one of the three buildings on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario that forms the.

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FCNews, FloorForce discuss COVID-19 impacts

Floor Covering News

FCNews publisher, Steven Feldman sat down with FloorForce CEO Todd Saunders, to discuss the current COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on our industry. They discuss what the industry is facing today and how it differs from challenges it has experienced in the past; what FCNews is doing to stay informed and keep our partners that way; what restaurant he’s going to the minute restrictions are lifted and more.

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Don’t Stockpile: What to Buy for Home Quarantine During Coronavirus

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Getty Images. As the number of coronavirus cases increase around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to profoundly reshape daily lives and habits. If you’ve spent any time on social media, you’ve likely seen people in the U.S. and around the world “panic buying” in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, but it’s critical to remember that being prepared doesn’t equate to stockpiling or hoarding.

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CupaClad® Adds Meneely, Nickoloff

Stone Update

Both bring construction experience to slate producer.

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Give the Earth a place in your home

Kitchen and Residential Design

Nothing feels better than dressing with the season or decorating your home to accommodate the change in weather and daylight hours. Not only does wood signify the change of seasons, but if you use it for your flooring, it can signify a change in mood or atmosphere. If this is what you want then there is no better way than with luxury vinyl wooden flooring.

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DriTac remains fully functional amid COVID-19

Floor Covering News

DriTac Flooring Products president, Yale Block, issued the following statement regarding the company’s functionality during the COVID-19 pandemic. “DriTac remains open for business and in full operation across the U.S. DriTac is classified as a chemical manufacturer for the construction industry, which is considered an essential business of operation for all states currently enacting a “shelter-in-place” lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Best High-Speed Internet Providers of 2020

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

High-speed internet isn’t a necessity for everybody, and sometimes high-speeds just aren’t available in certain areas. Many people can get by with satellite or mobile hotspots for basic web browsing, but for those of you who need it, fiber and cable internet provide more reliable connections, download speeds of 25 Mbps or faster and more capabilities for internet use without interruption.

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Department of Labor issues new guidance on paid leave act

Floor Covering News

Washington, D.C.– The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued more guidance to provide information to workers and employers about how each will be able to take advantage of the protections and relief offered by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) when it takes effect on April 1, 2020. The new guidance includes two new posters, one for federal workers and one for all other employees , that will fulfill notice requirements for employers obligated to inform

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Retailers react to sub installer crisis amid COVID-19

Floor Covering News

By Ken Ryan. There is fear among industry observers that sub installers may not be around after the COVID-19 crisis has ended. When the coronavirus pandemic is in the rearview mirror, and business is back—and perhaps booming from pent-up demand—will flooring dealers have the installation crews to do the work? That’s a big question these days. Most installers on the residential side are subcontractors, meaning they are independent and can work for themselves.

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Corporate sector, foundations pitch in to fight coronavirus

Floor Covering News

The world has experienced this in past crises, and now we’re seeing it again in the fight against the current coronavirus pandemic—unified efforts to not only protect the public by controlling the spread, but also supporting research aimed at developing treatments, vaccines and the like. As governments in scores of countries around the world pursue a tri-fold strategy of protecting their own citizens, coordinating research efforts with other nations and mitigating economic repercussions where po

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FCNews.net: Your daily source of information

Floor Covering News

While we continue to deal with hardships and uncertainty across the country and within our industry, we want to remind our FCNews readers to keep abreast of the latest news—both industry specific and COVID-19 related—by coming to fcnews.net throughout the day. We have a dedicated COVID-19 page and are constantly updating the site with relevant news stories and features on an array of topics.

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10 steps to help small business survive a global pandemic

Floor Covering News

The coronavirus, more specifically COVID-19, presents challenges on many fronts—the most critical of which entails ensuring public health while at the same time putting measures in place that prevent the economy from completely tanking. It’s an unprecedented challenge that’s affecting industries and sectors around the globe, but it’s taking a particularly heavy toll on small businesses, which account for roughly 50% of the U.S. workforce.

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Email marketing in an era of social distancing

Floor Covering News

Experts advise retailers to take greater advantage of email marketing to stay in touch with their customers. By Reginald Tucker. With so many businesses temporarily closed across the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become nearly impossible for many retail- and service-related establishments that rely on face-to-face contact with customers to conduct business as usual.

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Creating Your Space to host COVID-19 dealer webinar

Floor Covering News

San Rafael, Calif.– Creating Your Space will host a webinar focused on providing support to dealers during the COVID-19 crisis. The call is scheduled for Tuesday, March 31 at 12 p.m. EDT. The agenda for the call is as follows: Data on Google flooring related searches. Essential website tips. New consumer online measuring tool. Ideas for marketing through Covid-19.

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CARE cancels 2020 conference

Floor Covering News

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, CARE’s Robert Peoples, executive director, issued the following message. March 23, 2020. “Dear CARE recyclers and stakeholders: CARE’s concern for our staff and all stakeholders is our top priority as we all respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. We will continue our operations in accord with public health instructions and encourage our community members to do the same.

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Floor & Decor top execs take pay cut amid COVID-19

Floor Covering News

Atlanta-Floor & Decor reported Thursday its top executives will be taking temporary pay cuts due to the coronavirus pandemic. According to Bizjournal.com, the retailer reported that beginning today, March 27, CEO Thomas Taylor will receive no salary other than an amount covering benefits provided by the company. In 2019, Taylor received an annual salary of $950,000, according to bizjournals.com.

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 I4F releases COVID-19 message

Floor Covering News

Continuing to be impacted by COVID-19, I4F CEO John Rietveldt released the following heartfelt message: John Rietveldt. “To our dear friends, valued employees, licensees, partners, business relations and media: Life as we know it has dramatically changed in just a matter of weeks. 2020 will go down in the history books as one of mankind’s darkest periods, and it’s certain to say that none of us will ever forget this unprecedented moment in time—nor will generations to come.

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Companies retool to fight coronavirus spread

Floor Covering News

Liquor distilleries are stepping up to make hand sanitizer for those who need it. The worst of times often bring out the best in people. That age-old adage certainly applies to the challenges currently facing humanity as it deals with the coronavirus pandemic. Several industries are doing their part to help stop the spread of the virus by protecting both healthcare workers and the public at large, including both liquor distilleries and car manufacturers.

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CFA postpones upcoming events

Floor Covering News

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, CFA president Fred Scharm released the following message. March 23, 2020. “Members of the CFA, In light of the current Covid19 situation, the CFA has made the decision to postpone our events for the immediate future. As this situation changes, we will reevaluate our event calendar accordingly. What is slated for 2020?