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Ceramic Tile Selection: A Guide to Choosing Format, Color, and Decorative Relief

Tile of Spain USA

One of the most exciting aspects of architectural and interior design is experimentation. Design provides an outlet to play with colors, dabble in shapes, mix and match textures, explore patterns and expand creative boundaries, to craft a space that is as unique as the individual who inhabits it. Mayolica, Nissel. It is with these design factors in mind that ceramic tile has become the top surface material of choice to use in both interior and exterior projects.

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What's New for 2022: Product Lookbook Recap

As The Tile Turns

Interior design is always in flux, but the pace of change was especially rapid in 2021. From dark, dramatic kitchens to borderless rooms, the goal last year was to simultaneously evoke creativity and calm. These efforts will continue in 2022, but we’re also looking forward to seeing intricate, artistic tiles that tell a story. Biophilic design will be a big deal this year, demonstrating our desire to build deeper connections with the natural world.

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Create Trendy Interior Designs Inspired By The Pantone Color of the Year 2022

Granada Tile

Trends play a significant role in interior design. You may want to showcase your style, but staying current will usually increase your return on investment. One of the more popular trends that inspire designers every year is Pantone’s Color of the Year. Learn about this year’s latest craze and how you can use our colors to create interior designs that are no less stunning!

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Unilin to launch SquareClic at TISE 2022

Floor Covering News

Waregem, Belgium—Unilin Technologies said it will launch SquareClic, a technology that ensures a perfectly aligned floor throughout the whole installation, at TISE 2022. According to Unilin, the flooring industry has been looking for a solution to make checkerboard pattern installations with a click system for a long time. The challenge for manufacturers has always been the accuracy that is needed to make an SPC tile perfectly ‘squared’.

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How to Become a Tile Professional

Ceramic Tile Education Foundation

If you have no experience in tiling and haven't been involved in a trade school program, how do you become a tile installation professional? Great question, and here are options for you to consider.

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Bigger, Better Kitchen Pantries Are A Covid-Inspired Wellness Design Trend

JG Kitchens

Pantries have gotten more important since millions of Americans started cooking and eating more at home in the past two years. Bulk storage has been a pandemic trend, but it's not always ideal for making fresh, healthy meals for yourself and your household. . The post Bigger, Better Kitchen Pantries Are A Covid-Inspired Wellness Design Trend comes to you courtesy of Jamie Gold, CKD, CAPS, MCCWC, Wellness Design Consultant and Author.

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Creating a Work from Home Policy

Life of an Architect

Creating a Work From Home Policy is a vital part of any business and there are a lot of considerations to work through as we move on from business as usual. The post Creating a Work from Home Policy first appeared on Life of an Architect. Continue reading Creating a Work from Home Policy at Life of an Architect.

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6 Warning Signs It's Time To Call A Plumber For Your Kitchen

Kitchen and Residential Design

You can use your kitchen area without hesitation if your plumbing is in good operating order. When your plumbing fails, however, it can feel like you're dealing with the most inconvenient situation you've ever encountered. Plumbing expenditures are something that most people, including yourself, are unaware of. It's the last thing on your mind, and you're more likely to get a plumber after the harm has been made.

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Masterpiece from Lea Ceramiche wins Archiproducts Design Award 2021

Ceramics of Italy

Adding yet another achievement to Lea Ceramiche’s pursuit of excellence, the Masterpiece collection designed by Ferruccio Laviani has won the “Finishes” category of the Archiproducts Design Awards 2021. This award is assigned to the best products in international design since 2016 and in particular recognises outstanding creativity, research and innovation.

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Unilin to present patented ceramic technologies

Floor Covering News

Waregem, Belgium—Unilin Technologies is presenting its SynchroTile & SynchroTile+ patent packages at the 2022 International Surface Event in Las Vegas, according to the company. These products are based on innovative print-in-register and digital texturing technologies for ceramic tiles, which the company said it started the R&D for in 2008.

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Merchandising: Sprucing ‘up’ during ‘down’ times

Floor Covering News

By Leah Gross Whether it was mandated shutdowns or local quarantines, the impact of the pandemic was felt by nearly every business across the globe. It’s safe to say, feelings of uncertainty and doubt took a toll. While some flooring store owners say they felt “frozen in time” during the lockdowns of 2020, others say they seized the opportunity to rethink, revitalize and reinvent the way they do business.

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Builder: State of industry 2022

Floor Covering News

Builder State of the Industry. By K.J. Quinn—”Volatile” is a word often used to describe the homebuilding market—and with good reason. While single-home production is posting double-digit increases over last year, building materials and labor shortages, housing affordability and backlogs are tempering growth prospects for 2022, observers said.

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FCEF celebrates new flooring install program

Floor Covering News

Dalton—Last week, the Floor Covering Education Foundation (FCEF) celebrated a significant milestone in its efforts to spread awareness, recruit and scholarship training for flooring craftsmen. A pilot program for technical colleges and trade schools was launched at Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC). The basic flooring installation program developed in partnership with FCEF is designed to prepare men and women of all ages for a lucrative career in flooring installation.

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AHF Products wins multiple Platinum ADEX Awards

Floor Covering News

Mountville, Pa.— AHF Products has been awarded a total of four ADEX Awards—all Platinum—for Dogwood Densified Wood Flooring by Bruce; LifeSeal Reserve rigid core flooring from Bruce; the line of contract vinyl sheet and tile flooring first featured in Hartco; and Parterre Commercial Hardwood A&D Flooring. ADEX stands for Awards for Design Excellence and is among the largest and most prestigious awards program for product and project design in the architecture and design industry.

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The Great Reveal 2022 is here

Floor Covering News

This is an overview of FCNews ‘ Great Reveal 2022. For the full product details, please see The Great Reveal 2022 issue (Jan. 10/17, 2022). As the flooring industry kicks off what is typically a busy winter selling season, specialty retailers are in search for that next difference-making product, be it a hidden gem no one saw coming or perhaps a new iteration from a winning collection.

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Revolution Mills showcases its own brand of innovation

Floor Covering News

Tom Pappas, left, and Zach Kennedy, of Revolution Mills, attending the Dallas Market earlier this month. R evolution Mills, a five-year-old carpet mill boasting decades of executive experience, is looking to make a big splash in 2022, with Surfaces 2022 serving as the launchpad. The company was started by Charlie Kennedy, who served for 35 years as president of Gulistan Carpet, as well as director of development for Gulistan.

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Forbo partners with E.J. Welch

Floor Covering News

Hazleton, PA—Forbo is partnering with E.J. Welch Company , one of the fastest-growing flooring distributors in the U.S. Effective immediately, E.J. Welch will represent a selection of commercial vinyl flooring products from Forbo throughout its distribution footprint. Currently, its footprint spans over 26 states, offering close to 45 warehouse locations and 25 ProShops across the central and upper midwest, southwest, southeast and the mountain states.

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William M. Bird returns to SEFM

Floor Covering News

Charleston, S.C.—Top 20 flooring distributor, William M. Bird, will return to the Southeast Flooring Marketing (SEFM) in Atlanta from Jan. 26-27, 2022. The show, which is organized by Market Market Events , will serve as the kickoff to the company’s sales theme “Ready. Set. Go!” which signifies the distributor is set with inventory so its customers can win in 2022.

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Mohawk to host reception at Surfaces

Floor Covering News

Las Vegas—At its fourth stop of the Momentum Roadshow , Mohawk is inviting customers and partners to celebrate the opening day of The International Surface Event on Tuesday, Feb. 1 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Mohawk’s exclusive VIP event in showroom 5803. “We are thrilled to host Mohawk Momentum Roadshow in Vegas for the 11th consecutive year,” said Jeff Meadows, president of residential sales, Mohawk.

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Single-family starts post double-digit gain

Floor Covering News

Washington D.C.—While single-family starts dipped in December due to ongoing supply side challenges, they still managed to post double-digit gains in 2021, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). Overall housing starts increased 1.4% in December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.70 million units, according to a report from the U.S.

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Stanton expands sales team

Floor Covering News

Woodbury, N.Y.— Stanton Carpet Corporation has made additions to its sales team. Brian Witkin has joined Stanton as northeast regional vice president. In addition, Dawn Macias, Brian Locklear, Susan Kates and Rachel Preciado have also joined the sales team. According to the company, Witkin has an impressive career in the flooring industry, most recently as president of north american sales for Aperion Surfaces, and was instrumental in building the company from its inception.

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Karastan to unveil new Stacy Garcia collection

Floor Covering News

Las Vegas—With the Winter 2022 Las Vegas Market quickly approaching, Karastan Rugs said it has been working behind the scenes with designer Stacy Garcia to create unique, one-of-a-kind lines. The company will highlight Garcia’s “Rendition” collection launched at High Point 2021 to its west coast account base with the addition of four new rugs at the Las Vegas market.

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Home builder confidence edges lower

Floor Covering News

Washington D.C— Growing inflation concerns and ongoing supply chain disruptions snapped a four-month rise in home builder sentiment even as consumer demand remains robust, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes moved one point lower to 83 in January, according to the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) released today.

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Remodeler sentiment continues to improve

Floor Covering News

Washington D.C.—The NAHB/Royal Building Products Remodeling Market Index (RMI) for the fourth quarter posted a reading of 83, up four points from the fourth quarter of 2020, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). The finding is a signal of residential remodelers’ confidence in their markets for projects of all sizes. “Higher home equity provided resources for home owners to improve their existing homes, supporting high demand for remodeling,” said Steve Cunningham, remo

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Taylor shortens live webinar episodes

Floor Covering News

Dalton, Ga.— Taylor Adhesives will continue its monthly live webinar stream with more impact in less time, according to marketing director and host, Seth Gladden. Season 3 starts at its new time of 11:30 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Jan. 18. “We have shortened our program to 30-minutes in order to deliver a better viewer experience,” Gladden said. “In 2022, we will be covering topics that are geared more toward solving flooring installation issues.

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FCNews asks: In 2021, what practice improved your business?

Floor Covering News

By Jacqueline Hinchcliffe While 2021 was a year of change all over the world regarding lessened COVID-19 restrictions, vaccine developments and regaining a sense of normalcy, it sparked change within businesses as well. FCNews asked flooring retailers to reminisce on their year and discuss what best practices they have implemented to improve their business.

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Keeping pace with changing expectations

Floor Covering News

Recently, I decided to make long-overdue revisions to my book, “Red Hot Customer Service,” which I wrote some years ago. As soon as the process of proofing and revising began, it was clear that it needed more than an update; it needed a new title as well as fresh content. After all, how could a book about overcoming challenges in business be written today without including COVID-19?

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Thoughts one week and three events into 2022

Floor Covering News

By Steve Feldman—One week into 2022 and we’ve been able to attend three industry shows. Everyone is moving forward with their events (well, almost everyone; more on that later), and each has been a success by their own metrics. Here are my observations: Observation No. 1: Every state feels like its own country. Big difference between events in blue and red states.

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How to attract affluent clients

Floor Covering News

A flooring dealer recently asked me, “Should I change the name of my company so I can go after more affluent clients?”. It’s an interesting exercise to go through to try and figure out why you are not attracting these clients already. In this article, I’m going to share with you why you aren’t currently attracting the affluent buyer, then I will show you just how to attract and sell to a more affluent demographic.

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Cali makes its Surfaces debut

Floor Covering News

What began in 2004 as Cali Bamboo, a small manufacturer of high-performance building products made of bamboo, is today Cali Floors, a producer of a diverse range of hard surface designs, including, luxury vinyl, engineered hardwood, cork and, of course, bamboo. The company has grown significantly within the last several years, and was acquired in June 2021 by global flooring company Victoria PLC.

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