After spiking last year, hardwood flooring has dropped six percentage points and returned to the No. 2 position (23%), after ceramic or porcelain tile (24%)
Shaw Floors has announced its phase one hardwood introductions, focusing on premium styles from The Gallery collection and its made-in-America, 100 percent real hardwood styles featuring REPEL splash-proof technology.
The In-side Collection combines a mixture of natural raw materials with variable grain sizes, resulting in a textural, blended material, beautifully mimicking the natural "look" of the deep-blue gray sandstone (Pietra del Cardoso), which is mined only in the Apuan Alps.
The survey of more than 2,000 U.S. homeowners using Houzz who are in the midst of, are planning, or recently completed a kitchen renovation, found that nearly all renovations included some work on cabinets (94 percent), with most replacing all cabinets (63 percent).
Founded as the R.E. Whittaker Company by Dick Whittaker in 1961, the company pioneered the use of encapsulation cleaning technology in the 1980s as a more effective and sustainable approach to carpet cleaning.
Daltile launched two new designs into its One Quartz National Marble Series. These two new colors are Made In The USA with imported materials in Dal-Tile Corporation’s quartz plant in Dickson, Tennessee.
Leon Zanger, one of the founders of the storied American stone and tile design resource, Walker Zanger, has died at the age of 93 due to complications of COVID-19.
Shaw Floors has announced its phase one luxury vinyl introductions, focusing on mineral core offerings featuring industry-leading scratch-resistant technology, balancing and diversifying SPC portfolios and new WPC innovations.
The National Association of Home Builders is encouraging members, and all residential construction companies, to halt work for at least 10 minutes the week of Jan. 11-15 for a COVID-19 Jobsite Safety Stand Down to remind workers what they should do to keep themselves safe from coronavirus and to help reduce its spread.