When it comes to floor covering there are as many trends as there are in fashion. Animal prints come to mind when thinking about trends in clothing. Animal prints are also in fashion when it comes to flooring. Think about tone on tone zebra carpet. Or how about a full zebra look carpet. This blogger...
Category: Carpet Remnants
Discount Carpet – Installation
You have given thought to the discount carpet you want in your home and are excited to see it as a floor covering. If you purchased your carpet at a reputable dealer you will have no problems during the installation phase. Your dealer either has trained installers on staff or will recommend an independent installer...
Discount Carpet and Cleaning
Shaw Flooring Industries is one of many in the flooring industry that answers questions about allergens and carpet. People are under the misconception that cheap carpet causes allergies and such. The falsehoods associated with this have been around for a long time. Let’s take a moment and think about carpet. Carpet as with any other...
Discount Flooring – Commercial Carpet
Are you looking for discount carpet that is low profile, has tons of style, sophisticated, functional and totally unexpected? Then you might want to consider commercial carpet for your home. In today’s marketplace there are many customers that like the low profile provided by commercial carpet. You may have a loved one using a wheelchair...
Discount Flooring – Going Green
Today is Earth Day and a great topic is “going green”. In the carpet and flooring industry many strides have been taken to do just that, go green. Everything from developing new environmentally friendly methods of producing fibers to recycling programs for flooring that is no longer viable in the home. Hard surfaces now include...
Cheap Carpet Styles and Types
Shopping for discount flooring can be a fun and rewarding experience provided you know some of the basics. Manufacturers of carpet including Shaw Carpet and Mohawk Carpet make carpeting in basically these six different styles: 1. Textured carpet: has alternating twists of yarn that gives it a two-tone look. This carpet is a great floor...
Shaw Flooring Warehouse Sale
I just got back from the warehouse sale put on by Shaw Flooring. They showcase some of their newer products as well as ones that will be introduced in 2009. It was great going to the warehouse. I got to see some of their carpet rollers (which are huge) as well as their warehouse facility....
Indoor/Outdoor Carpet – Not As You Remembered
You may remember indoor/outdoor carpet as “Astro Turf” or artificial rubbery, grassy looking products that looked and felt cheap, but indoor/outdoor carpet today is a far cry from what it was. Indoor/outdoor carpeting now comes in a variety of fibers, including nylon, rubber and olefin as well as different textures (such as the grassy feel...
Carpet Remnant Uses
Carpet remnants are perfect for smaller floor covering jobs. If you need to carpet one room it might be more cost efficient to look at discount carpet remnants. Carpet remnants are usually made from the short piece of carpet left over from a roll that has been installed. The remnant is then measured, priced and...