If you or a family member suffers from allergies, you may be tempted to remove the carpets from your home. Some carpeting can trigger allergic reactions. But if you love carpet for its warmth and softness, there are choices for you. Look At The Fiber Even though hypoallergenic carpeting won’t entirely eliminate allergens, it will...
If you have asthma, you look for ways to reduce your symptoms. And chances are you’ve looked down at the floor a time or two, wondering how it impacts your health. The key may be in what the flooring is made of rather than a specific type of flooring. The more conscious you are about...
Ready to change your room this year? One of the most difficult components of decorating can be deciding on new carpet. There are so many decisions to make: style or carpet, fiber type, pattern, quality, price, and finally, color. Color is often the most difficult choice because it can be tough to visualize the color...
If you or someone in your home is prone to allergies, you might choose to look at hypoallergenic carpet as a flooring option. If you do a quick search for “hypoallergenic carpet”, you’ll find a variety of articles doubting the claim. While carpet companies want you to believe carpeting can, in fact, be hypoallergenic, you’ll...
Want to have different types of flooring installed in different spaces of your home? No problem. The look you create will be uniquely your own. However, it is important that you transition the flooring from room to room to give your home a seamless look. There are different types of transition strips, with different styles,...
If you’ve started researching to upgrade the carpeting in your home, you may be thoroughly confused by the sheer number of terms and styles and types within the industry. While we can’t answer every question within one post (that would be a very long post!), we can help you navigate the difference between cut pile...
Frieze carpet has two characteristics. First, frieze is often also known as twist or twisted carpet. Second, frieze is a type of cut pile where the carpet fibers are woven in a looped formation before cut to create the pile effect. Both frieze and texture carpets can be similar in appearance. The main difference is...
Planning on giving yourself a gift this holiday season? Want to update your home in 2018 with brand new flooring? We have a few ideas in mind. It’s that time of year where top home and fashion magazines make predictions on colors and styles for the coming year. And while we prefer to stick with...
Do a search online, and you’ll find all kinds of advice. For example, if you want to purchase airline tickets, you’ll find the best day to buy is Tuesday. But what about carpeting? Is there a day of the week that’s better to shop than others? Or a specific time of the year where you’ll...
Indoor air quality – or IAQ – has become somewhat of a buzzword in the home improvement industry. You’ll hear it referred to with just about any product you buy. And with good reason. We’re just starting to realize the importance of the air we breathe in and its effect on our health for the...