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Carpet Cleaners

Many people who buy carpet from us ask if they should clean their carpet with a carpet cleaner/steamer. While yes we do think that cleaning your carpets is an important part of maintaining your floors, we recommend hiring a company that has the carpet cleaner attached to a van or truck. The reason for this…

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Beveled Edges

If you really want your home or room to have a very natural/rustic feel then beveled edges are a great choice for you. You can get a beveled edge in both real wood and laminate floors. A beveled edge is a small v shaped groove between each plank. This look can really add a lot…

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Floor Care Products – Mohawk Floorcare Essentials

A Complete Line of Household Cleaners Mohawk FloorCare Essentials features a complete floor cleaning system with products for carpet, hardwood, laminates, vinyl and tile. They’re easy to use, and include hardwood and laminate cleaners, carpet spot removers, tile and grout cleaners, odor eliminators, microfiber cloths, microfiber mops, and other tools to provide consumers with the…

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Hand Scraped

Hand scraped wood and even laminate is a very popular choice right now. Many people are choosing hand scraped ( some people refer to it as distressed) over a smooth piano finish for their floors. one good thing about hand scraped is that it makes your wood or laminate look more natural. Another plus is…

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Patterns

Another way to help a room looked balanced is to contrast patterns between walls and floors. For example if you have a wallpaper with a large print or design then it would be good to go with a small design for your floor(ex. small tiles, 3″planks,or carpet with small patterns). The opposite would work if…

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Lighting

It is important that when you see a sample of a product of a color you like that you take it home before choosing it. Different light sources will make your flooring appear different. The direction your windows face, the size of your windows, and whether or not your home has incandescent light will all…

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Choosing Carpet Colors

Something to keep in mind when choosing a color for your carpet is that you don’t need to match it to the wall paint. Many customers come in with swatches of their wall paint or look at carpets and say “I think that’s our wall color”.  If the floor and the wall are the same…