Annette Callari is a highly regarded interior design expert with over 20 years of residential and commercial design experience. She is district manager for Mannington/Amtico in Southern California. She is an Allied Member of the American Society of Interior Designers, a contributing member of Color Marketing Group International, and has authored numerous articles on color and design trends. She holds a degree in interior design from Fullerton College in Fullerton, California, and a professional writer’s Certificate from California State University at Fullerton.
You can reach her at <a href="mailto:Annette_callari@mannington.com" _cke_saved_href="mailto:Annette_callari@mannington.com" "="">Annette_callari@mannington.com.
Communication and networking are powerful forces pushing the pace of our lives into overdrive, and now even design innovations are drawing inspiration from the concept of networking.
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I recently attended a meeting with a number of leaders in LVT manufacturing. One attendee referred to his product as “a luxury flooring system featuring vinyl chemistry technology.”That’s ingenious, and a pretty accurate definition of pure LVT.
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Today's floor covering retailer has to be a chameleon. A healthy mix of both commercial and residential products is vital to survival in a volatile economy.
