Granada Tile
JUNE 15, 2022
Beautiful floor tile design photos are an outstanding source of inspiration for your next bathroom, kitchen, outdoor oasis, or entryway project. With Granada Tile’s wide range of custom, hand-poured cement tiles, you’ll find plenty of options. Today, we will explore some of the trendy Instagram tile designs we are dying to share. Take your space to the next level with inspiration from these beautiful floor tile design photos.
Why Tile
JUNE 16, 2022
Thinking of adding some pizzazz to your lackluster walls? If so, you may be considering wallpaper. That’s right — a century after the 1920s wallpaper obsession, wallpaper is coming back into style, with options ranging from the traditional to the ultra modern. But before you roll out paper wallpaper, let us introduce you to the… The post Ceramic Wallpaper: Your Walls’ New Best Friend appeared first on Why Tile.
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Floor Covering News
JUNE 14, 2022
Garden City, N.Y.—Mohawk and Engineered Floors were the big winners in FCNews ’ Award of Excellence 2022 competition, with Mohawk winning Best Overall in the over-$5 billion category and Engineered Floors taking honors in the under-$5 billion category. Sponsored by FCNews and Informa Exhibitions, organizers of Surfaces, two-dozen awards were handed out during a special ceremony held here.
Rubble Tile
JUNE 15, 2022
Cement tile, which has been around since the 19th century, has taken off in popularity in recent years. There’s a good chance that the ornately patterned tile feature that caught your eye in a stylish café or a modern apartment was made from cement or.
JG Kitchens
JUNE 15, 2022
Not a green thumb myself, I'm just glad when I can keep my plants alive, and don't expect to be regularly blessed with blooms. Nonetheless, I've been adding to my plant collection and I greatly enjoy their greenery. I have plants in my bedroom, guest suite, living room and patio. The post Plants Add Wellness And Style Benefits To Home Spaces comes to you courtesy of Jamie Gold, CKD, CAPS, MCCWC, Wellness Design Consultant and Author.
Life of an Architect
JUNE 13, 2022
Today, we are discussing the concepts around business development, which is something that, with almost 99% certainty, no architect was ever taught in school. So we invited our long-time friend, who has dedicated himself to improving the business aspects of small firms across the country, to join us in this conversation. The post Ep 102: Business Development first appeared on Life of an Architect.
Floor Covering News
JUNE 13, 2022
Crossville, Tennessee—Crossville, Inc. said it has launched the Stone Fiction porcelain tile collection, an innovative series featuring the popular appearance of crosscut travertine convincingly interpreted in durable porcelain tile. “It’s not surprising that natural travertine is a very desirable look for a wide range of design applications,” said Lindsey Waldrep, vice president of marketing, Crossville.
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Floor Covering News
JUNE 16, 2022
Santa Fe Springs, Calif.—Galleher LLC, the largest flooring distributor on the west coast and third largest in the United States, partnered with Building Homes for Heroes. This national non-profit organization recognizes the tremendous sacrifices of men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces by supporting the needs of severely wounded or disabled soldiers and their families.
Floor Covering News
JUNE 13, 2022
Solon, Ohio—A worldwide leader in sustainable and innovative flooring solutions, Tarkett said it is launching a new collection, Inspired Nature, that imagines a more balanced world, one where mankind’s influence on nature is less apparent. Inspired Nature is a new collection of modular carpet and Powerbond hybrid resilient sheet, along with a coordinating digitally-printed LVT.
Floor Covering News
JUNE 13, 2022
W hether you’re selling high-end appliances, sports cars or hardwood flooring, there are some universal characteristics that separate the “good” salespeople from the “great” ones. (I won’t even discuss a bad or ordinary salesperson—an order taker who doesn’t understand the customer and doesn’t really care.). Generally speaking, the best salespeople know it’s better to understand than to be understood.
Floor Covering News
JUNE 15, 2022
Jackson, Miss.—The National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA) is launching a brand-new training module in its regional training program: Thick-Bed Installations. According to the NTCA, this program will debut at America’s Floor Source in Columbus, Ohio on August 26, 2022. The NTCA said Thick-Bed Installations regional training is open to NTCA members and other professional tile contractors and installers , with a class size capped at 20.
Floor Covering News
JUNE 15, 2022
Every flooring supplier desires that one product that is uniquely different, that truly stands out in a crowded market. Forbo Flooring Systems said it has such a product in Flotex Modular, a hybrid textile featuring a unique construction. How it differs: Flotex Modular features a surface of densely packed nylon 6,6 fibers that provide a surface with durable wear characteristics and abrasion resistance.
Floor Covering News
JUNE 13, 2022
Florence and Birmingham, Ala.—Customers and colleagues attending a recent Schönox Hands ÖN training session at the company’s Florence Support Center split their week between learning the speed and performance characteristics of both Schönox and Porsche, according to the company. “The Porsche Track Experience was one of the best times of my life,” said Les Lippert, president, Lippert Flooring and Tile.
Floor Covering News
JUNE 14, 2022
Oberlin, Ohio—The Natural Stone Institute (NSI) said it has become an endorsing partner of Hardscape North America, a trade show for hardscape contractors, dealers and landscape professionals. Held annually in Louisville, Ky., the HNA and Equip Expo shows co-locate and host over 20,000 hardscape and landscape professionals. As of July 1, the current event producer, the Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute (ICPI), will unify with the National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA), making ICPI-N
Floor Covering News
JUNE 17, 2022
In the realm of trendy, resilient flooring lies SPC—a dimensionally stable, strong, vinyl flooring option for demanding applications. But in order to ensure the product will perform as designed for years to come, it’s important to invest in the proper underlayment to go along with it, cushion marketers say. “Although marketing wordsmithing like ‘waterproof’ have helped escalate vinyl plank flooring growth along with other winning attributes, what we have found out over the last two years is that
Floor Covering News
JUNE 15, 2022
Chicago—NeoCon revealed the winners of the 2022 edition of the Best of NeoCon Awards. Now in its 32nd year, the program annually attracts scores of groundbreaking product submissions from leading manufacturers in the commercial design industry , according to NeoCon. A total of 99 awards in 52 categories were announced during a lively breakfast celebration on June 13, here at theMART. officeinsight publisher/editor-in-chief, Bob Beck, once again took the helm as the official master of ceremonies,
Floor Covering News
JUNE 15, 2022
The remodeling world, including flooring, is awash with business right now. However, with rising interest rates and hyper inflation, some economists are predicting a recession within the next 12–24 months. Will this happen? Maybe, maybe not, but dealers who have implemented strategies to prosper during a recession will be far better off, whether we go into one or not.
Floor Covering News
JUNE 14, 2022
Critical thinking is like the study of logic—it relates to how we make decisions and use our judgment. It’s more than thinking about thinking; it’s thinking about how we act and understanding how and why we act in certain situations—even during interactions with customers, co-workers and vendors. The ability to think clearly and rationally is often considered one of the characteristics of being human.
Floor Covering News
JUNE 17, 2022
Dalton—In the next episode of Taylor Time Live, set to air June 21 at 1:30 a.m. EST, topics will include some things every installer and flooring contractor will face : callbacks and inspections. The episode will feature guest expert, Bob Blochinger of Blochinger & Company, with host Seth Gladden, director of marketing, Taylor. Reginald Tucker, executive editor for Floor Covering News , will also be joining the “In the News” segment of Taylor Time Live.
Floor Covering News
JUNE 15, 2022
Lancaster, Pa.—The latest high-performance flooring products from Ecore are designed to raise the game of today’s modern sports facilities and health & wellness spaces from the courts and workout areas to the locker rooms, according to the company. Developed per ASTM F2772 Class I and Class II certification guidelines for indoor sports floor systems, Ecore said it has engineered a comprehensive and cohesive line-up of five unique surface options—Baller Motivate Class I, Baller Rally Class II
Floor Covering News
JUNE 16, 2022
San Diego—Shaw will be exhibiting at Apartmentalize 2022, which will take place here June 22–24. Shaw said booth visitors can engage in a variety of sensory experiences and explore multi-family flooring through touch, sight, sound and smell. “We want multi-family professionals to envision how choosing innovative flooring, bathroom shower walls and backsplashes can take the multi-family experience to a whole new level,” said Matthew Walker, vice president of sales for multi-family specification.
Floor Covering News
JUNE 13, 2022
Chicago— NeoCon 2022 takes place here this week at the Merchandise Mart to showcase the latest in commercial design across industry categories. Representing markets ranging from workplace, healthcare, hospitality, retail, education, public space and government, the show prides itself on offering the commercial design community a place to connect, learn and do business each year.
Floor Covering News
JUNE 16, 2022
Every two weeks, FCNews seeks out flooring dealers across the country to offer their advice on hot topics of the day. This week we asked: How is business faring in your market? Here are their responses: Business is still strong, but we do a lot of new construction—jobs that “have been in the works for six months or so. Our walk-in retail traffic is still good, and I feel like we will have a strong second and third quarter.
Floor Covering News
JUNE 13, 2022
Miami—Brazilian hardwood flooring manufacturer Indusparquet has always had the reputation for producing some of the finest exotic hardwood flooring available. But the company has evolved into so much more. Supply chain issues and global events have put the company in a position to capitalize on its competitive advantages, more so now than ever before.
Floor Covering News
JUNE 13, 2022
Export, Pa.—In business for nearly 50 years, luxury vinyl specialist Karndean Designflooring is giving its consumer and retail-facing brand identity an updated look and feel. The new look can be seen in the company logo, brand color palette and greater emphasis on Smokey the Great Dane—a staple in the brand logo since the company’s beginnings in 1973.
Floor Covering News
JUNE 14, 2022
As Armstrong Flooring seeks a buyer through the Chapter 11 bankruptcy sale process , an attorney for the Lancaster, Pa.-based company said in court proceedings that interested buyers of the company do not want to pay retiree health and life insurance benefits. This latest development, which took place June 3 in U.S. bankruptcy court in Wilmington, Del., affects an estimated 1,660 Armstrong Flooring retirees receiving health insurance benefits and about 2,000 receiving life insurance benefits.
Floor Covering News
JUNE 17, 2022
Salem, N.J.—Mannington Mills was awarded a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for its SimpleStairs product line. The patent covers the production method and equipment utilized to produce SimpleStairs in the United States. According to the company, SimpleStairs is an exact match stair tread that features the same gloss, texture and performance of the select Mannington LVT collections that they are designed to complement.
Floor Covering News
JUNE 13, 2022
D espite all the challenges facing the commercial contract market today—the residual effects of the pandemic, sky-high inflation, ongoing supply chain challenges and the war in Ukraine—key end-use sectors for commercial flooring are showing signs of recovery, stimulating hope that market conditions will improve in the second half of 2022. “Early in [2021], there was little investment in office and hospitality segments in particular,” observed Greg Mather, president of Crossville.
Floor Covering News
JUNE 14, 2022
San Diego, Calif—To better support summer building projects, Cali, the omni-channel flooring and decking company, is introducing four new installation products—a 6 mil moisture barrier, Titebond 675 LVT flooring adhesive, Titebond PVC trim adhesive and sealant and TrapEase composite deck screws. All of these products are now available for purchase on the company’s website. 6 mil plastic moisture barrier.
Floor Covering News
JUNE 14, 2022
Chicago, Ill.—Küberit USA won the Silver Award in the Best of NeoCon competition for its Küberit Expansion Profile product. According to the company, this is the first year the company has shown at NeoCon and it first participating in the competition. “We are delighted to see Küberit’s hard work and innovation recognized by the commercial interior design community and the Best of NeoCon jury,” said Karen Bellinger, executive director, Küberit USA.
Floor Covering News
JUNE 14, 2022
T he retailers have spoken, and after all the votes were tallied, we have our Award of Excellence winners for 2022. The winners were announced at our annual awards ceremony and dinner here on Long Island last month, all of which appear on pages 28-29. All the awards are well deserved, and this year we were able to recognize even more companies after revamping the contest a bit.
Floor Covering News
JUNE 14, 2022
The Stanton Carpet executive team poses in front of a Rosecore display at their Woodbury, N.Y., headquarters. Rosecore is the leading luxurious soft surface brand in Stanton Carpet’s impressive repertoire, representing the best of the best in soft surface. But even the best can get better. To that end, the mill is launching a new yarn system called L.I.O.N.
Floor Covering News
JUNE 13, 2022
LOUIS, Mo.—The National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) said it has provided flooring for its 62nd home in support of the Gary Sinise Foundation R.I.S.E. program (Restoring Independence Supporting Empowerment). According to the company, the R.I.S.E. program builds mortgage-free, custom, specially adapted smart homes for severely wounded veterans and first responders.
Floor Covering News
JUNE 13, 2022
W hile the world continues to evolve and the built environment responds to ever-shifting challenges, one thing remains relevant: we as humans and designers must create points of connection as we reinvent the spaces we inhabit. The workplace, whether in-person, remote or a hybrid of the two, impacts our perception of the world around us and helps us tap into deeper meaning behind team collaboration, togetherness and productivity.
Floor Covering News
JUNE 15, 2022
There’s no doubt Main Street commercial was one of the hardest hit segments in the flooring industry during the height of COVID-19, with thousands of small businesses closing their doors, some never to return. However, just as Americans have a resolve to fight through adversity, so, too, did Main Street business entrepreneurs. “The pandemic took an incalculable toll on small businesses in America, but it does seem that we have pivoted,” said Kimberly Hill, director of marketing and creative desi
Floor Covering News
JUNE 15, 2022
Palos Verdes, Calif.—The last time Shaw hosted its Circle of Distinction (COD) event in 2020, the world had just started shutting down. The NCAA tournaments were being canceled. spring training came to a halt. Two years later, COD was held here without that uncertainty as the company’s top sales associates from 2020 and 2021 were acknowledged. During the event, FCNews publisher, Steven Feldman, was given the opportunity to host a wide-ranging roundtable with seven of these associates during the
Floor Covering News
JUNE 14, 2022
New Social Canvas collection from Mohawk Group. Mohawk Group said it will be present at NeoCon as its shows six forthcoming collections. NeoCon attendees will be able to experience several new collections, including Social Canvas and Painted Perspectives, both part of a collaboration with ArtLifting which offers an inclusive platform for marginalized artists, as well as Pattern of Time LVT.
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