When building a new home or remodeling an existing home, flooring choices are everything. With pets in the home, this becomes even more important, because pets are just as hard, if not harder, than people on flooring surfaces. What are the ...
Led by British Columbia, Canada emerged as the largest exporter of lumber in the world to China in 2011, surpassing Russia as the Middle Kingdom's No. 1 source for lumber. "We are king of the hill, " Gerry Van Leeuwen, of the Vancouver ...
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Bamboo flooring is a new division of flooring industry, not hardwood flooring, not cork, but natural and green flooring. Bamboo flooring has been in the market over 20 years, but still many people don't hear it before his life because ...
Four thousand cabinets a day. That’s the current output at Armstrong Cabinet Products, a division of Armstrong World Industries. In business since 1860, Armstrong World entered the wood products industry in 1998 following its ...
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These days, our homes are full of toxic substances, chemicals, and allergens. According to the American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) more than half of the population of the United States suffers from some form of ...
The government of Kenya is investing Sh 120 million in a bamboo processing venture intended to conserve its fast receding forest cover. The bamboo project is aimed at making bamboo products such as wooden jewellery, curtains and furniture ...
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The importance of evolving design trends cannot be overstated, especially because they filter down to influence every segment of home interior goods. Of course that includes floor coverings, and the new product introductions exhibited at ...
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The combined Canadian and U. S. Lumber industries shrunk by about 30 percent as a result of the subprime mortgage crisis that, in 2008, sparked the U. S. 's worst recession since the Great Depression, according to a summary in the 2012 ...
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"Metal with wood is big right now, " said Cameron Cook of Four Hands. The Texas-based company debuted its Irondale Collection during the winter furniture show in Las Vegas. Boasting an urban industrial vibe, the Nash dining table with ...
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Kids and pets can be harder on our homes than the adults in some cases. Spilled juice on the carpet, sticky handprints on the walls, crayon art on anything but paper. Durable and safe products are a must for homes with small children. This ...
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Most of us spend hours each week in kitchens we love, preparing delicious dinners, tasty snacks and on-the-fly breakfasts. But what do you do when a style craving strikes your fancy? One way to satisfy your design ambitions (as well as your ...
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Which entertainment furniture styles and finishes are consumers asking about the most and what types of wood are the most popular? A look into the wish list and email inquiry database through FurnitureDealer.net's website network provides ...
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Bamboo flooring has 3 different structures because it has 3 different pressing methods. Bamboo flooring is pressed from layers of bamboo strips, either in horizontal direction or vertical direction or strand woven. Bamboo stem is hollow. ...
After the slow fourth quarter of last year, agents and importers say demand for US hardwood lumber assortments has recovered again at the beginning of 2012 as expected. At the same time, however, some importers only registered a brief ...
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Using tiles in a kitchen is certainly not a new concept, as it one of the most popular materials to use in a modern day kitchen. However, many of the kitchen tiles in use are outdated or more traditional, which simply doesn't match with a ...
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