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- Hip to Be SQUARE ; Carpet Tiles Give You Colorful Options and Can Be Easily Replaced If Messes Happen
- Albuquerque Journal (3/24/2007)
- But if the claims of InterfaceFLOR, a carpet maker in Elmhurst, Ill., are true, the days of spot cleaning, spraying, dabbing and fussing could come to an end. Replaceable, interchangeable and available in an array of colors, textures and patterns, modular carpet tiles by InterfaceFLOR are here. Priced around about $3 to $10 per square foot, modular carpet tiles can be found at several interior design retailers in Santa Fe and Albuquerque.
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Bruce Hardwood Floor Installation Video
- ebuild (3/23/2007)
- A short film by Dr. Chuck. This video shows the steps in installing a Bruce Hardwood floor. Bruce Hardwood floors offers premium hardwood flooring designed to keep up with your family
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Crossville's New Buenos Aires Mood Captures the Fluidity and Movement of Argentina's Tango
- ebuild (3/22/2007)
- Crossville introduces Buenos Aires Mood, a sophisticated new Porcelain Stone tile series that outperforms Mother Natures best - while paying homage to Argentinas famous city and its people. Using Multistrato, a proprietary technology that was three years in development, this tile was created to allow for subtle shading (V3) and flow from tile to tile within each colorway.
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Crossville's New EcoCycle Series is the Only Porcelain Tile Certified by SCS for Meeting Recycled Content Criteria Based on ISO and USGBC's LEED Standards
- ebuild (3/22/2007)
- Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) announced recycled content certification for the new EcoCycle Series - eight Porcelain Stone tile products manufactured by Crossville, Inc. Certification of the EcoCycle Series confirms that Crossville meets the necessary criteria for recycled content claims based on internationally recognized standards and guidance established by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the US Green Building Council's (USGBC) LEED Rating System. The eight products in the EcoCycle Series have a certified recycled content of 40 percent.
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Generate a reaction with Chemistry by Crossville
- ebuild (3/22/2007)
- Chemistry wasn't created merely as a new tile series, but as a complete design solution. Although it does coordinate beautifully with many items from Crossville's Accent Innovations. Chemistry is at once stunning and subtle; both familiar and fresh. Its tumbled edges and variegated surfaces suggest the look and feel of Indian slate, while the glass and metal accents created especially for the series evoke an Old World European charm in a fusion of style and texture that is at once modern and ancient.
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Bring the Woods of the World Home with Armstrong Exotic Hardwood
- ebuild (3/20/2007)
- The industry's premium exotics collection, Armstrong Valenza Hardwood, brings affordable exotic hardwood not only into the home... but throughout the house. The collection offers dimensional stable engineered floors that can be installed on any level of the home as well as solid floors that offer the ability to sand and refinish if necessary.
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Old-Growth Redwood Railroad Ties
- BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (3/19/2007)
- Pacific Heritage Wood Supply Co.. These old-growth redwood railroad ties were reclaimed from the Oakland Navy Depot in California. The company specializes in recycled, reclaimed, salvaged wood that originated in the forests of America's Pacific coast. 877-728-9231.
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Reclaimed Olive Curing Tanks Made From Old-Growth Redwood
- BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (3/19/2007)
- TerraMai. Reclaimed from circa-1930s olive-curing tanks made from old-growth redwood, the company's siding planks have a patina that varies from deep red to gray highlights. Solid lengths are available in 5/8-inch-thick, 4-1/2-inch-wide shiplap profiles with a 1/4-inch reveal in random lengths. 800-220-9062
- Stairway Carpeting Sets Tone
- Cincinnati Post (3/17/2007)
- The staircase is often the first thing you see upon entering a home, so choosing the right stairway carpet can take on special significance. If carpeting runs up the stairs and down a hallway, it should harmonize with each room it goes past. A neutral style will work, but neutral does not have to mean beige, designers agree.
- Wool or Synthetic? Factors for Choosing a Carpet for Stairs
- Cincinnati Post (3/17/2007)
- Stair carpeting takes a beating. "There are certain carpets that are suitable for stairs and ones that are not," said Gail Silverblank, showroom manager at Classic Floor Designs in Washington, D.C., who added that carpet fibers break down when the stairs are heavily used."Wool has it hands down for durability, cleanability," said Jeri Gregeris, designer for Lustig Interiors in Vienna, Va.
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