Pinnacle's Country Manor, shown above, will replace the company's Country Classics and Plantation Classics lines. Pinnacle's Country Manor, available in two width options, will replace the company's Country Classics and Plantation ...
Tarkett has expanded its laminate flooring portfolio with the addition of 21 options. Tarkett has added 21 new laminate flooring options to its flooring collection. The new options integrate into the existing iSelect System and ...
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Radiant Orchid – a vibrant color that is suddenly everywhere – is Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2014. “An enchanting harmony of fuchsia, purple, and pink undertones, Radiant Orchid inspires confidence and emanates ...
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As part of Quick Step's "Long Live Style" campaign, the brand will be flooring the official "Trends Hub" during the upcoming Surfaces flooring tradeshow. The Trends Hub space is designed to serve as an inspirational presentation of the ...
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Shamrock Plank Flooring has announced the addition of a pre-finishing plant located in Hernando, MS. This addition allows Shamrock to be truly vertically integrated and have a unique niche in the flooring market. Shamrock's new ...
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Today’s homeowners are looking for design ideas that feel authentic and familiar, that are hand-crafted, or that reveal a vintage flair. Rustic hardwood floors fit naturally into this trend – with textured looks and earthy ...
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HomerWood is pleased to announce its new distribution partnership with CDC Distributors covering all HomerWood hardwood product lines for Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. "CDC has a long-standing reputation for excellence in sales and service ...
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HomerWood announces that Intermountain Wood will be the brand's distributor in Montana and Washington, providing sales and distribution functions to retailers and builder subcontractors. "We are delighted to welcome Intermountain as a ...
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Somewhere along the line in the history of flooring, the shiny and smooth “piano finish” look replaced the natural look of wood. The 20th century saw the advent of engineered hardwood and laminate, both of which attributed to ...
When Consumer Reports tests floors, it spends weeks scuffing, scratching, and dropping weights on wood, laminate and vinyl flooring and exposing samples to intense UV light. Not all floors stand up to such abuse. In your own home, some ...
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When consumers are looking to update the floors in their homes, more and more buyers are turning to engineered hard woods. Both durable and eco-friendly, engineered hardwoods are becoming a popular choice flooring choice for home owners. ...
Armstrong Floors for the Do-It-Yourselfer Posted: Tuesday, November 2, 2010 With almost a thousand different wood floor configurations to choose from, it’s a very good thing Armstrong offers a little help, with their ...
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If you follow the latest decorating trends, you may know that textures inspired by nature are popular in home design today. Some designers even consider texture the new “color”. They suggest that bringing the textures of nature ...
Designers have known it for years, but the texture trend is catching fire with homeowners and we have a feeling it’s here to stay. I sat down with principal flooring designer, Sara Babinski, to find out what makes texture just as ...
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First, what is a hand-scraped floor? An authentic hand-scraped (hand-sculpted) wood floor has a distinctive surface texture. To make our collections, each plank is scraped with a tool for a distinctive, one-of-a-kind floor. No two planks ...
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