Carpeting has evolved from wall-to-wall carpeting in every room of your home. There are many new carpet materials that are very eco-friendly. Carpet is great for rooms where the family hangs out, like a tv room where people are done on the floor a lot. It’s also...
Floors are the foundation of your decorations. While carpeting remains the largest flooring segment, its use is actually declining over the years. Here in the Portland area, people are moving towards hard flooring surfaces with an increase in sustainable products....
If you’re going to be replacing flooring in your bathroom, you need a plan that defines where you’re at, how the bathroom will be used, and how you want it to look. Bathrooms are particularly tricky due to the moisture from steam and the possibility of water on the...
We bet you have heard some things about carpet that you have come to believe is fact. Things like carpet is dirtier than wood floors or carpeting can create or exacerbate allergies. What if we told you that these and many other beliefs about carpeting, just...
You either love the idea of carpet on your floor or hate it. Carpeting is pretty much cut and dry like that for most people. But the history of carpeting has a story that few really know or rarely think about. The age-long history of carpets – a textile floor covering...
If you’re going to reach for the stars, you better have good flooring. At least, that’s what we like to say. And, for families with young children, what other room in the home gets to play host to imaginations run wild and the activities that would support such, than...
Can you believe it, the carpet industry first began in the United States in 1791? It is amazing how far we have come since then with the manufacturing of carpets. With this, chances are, we have seen it all when it comes to both carpet styles as well as the dreaded...
Each year, millions of people will travel through Portland International Airport. For many of these travelers, a stop at PDX, Travel & Leisure Magazine’s Top Airport in America, will provide for them much more than a unique and enjoyable experience, it will also...
Many Portland homeowners and others around the country are reevaluating their cluttered bedrooms, basements and closets and considering cleaning out the old and bringing in the new! If you are one of these enthusiastic souls, we want to give you some tips...
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