Welcome to From the Floors Up

Welcome to From the Floors Up

From the Floors Up blog was created with the goal of providing a destination for consumers, designers and those interested in the flooring, design, and kitchen and bath industries. Here you’ll find, current, accurate and...

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Flooring Care and Maintenance Tips

Flooring Care and Maintenance Tips

Protecting your flooring investment is as important as the flooring decision itself. Here are some general hints and tips to help maintain and protect your floors. · Use walk off mats at every entrance. Using walk off mats will...

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Surfaces 2010 Convention

Posted on Friday, January 29th, 2010

Next week starts this years Surfaces Flooring Convention in Las Vegas. Thousands of industry retailers, distributors, architects, designers, installers and builders and  manufacturers will come to SURFACES to see the latest trends in floor covering, [...]

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Mannington Adura Floors – Reader Question

Posted on Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Reader Question:
We are very interested in purchasing the Adura wood flooring for our lake house but we are finding it difficult to find anyone that has installed this product and have concerns.
Our house has all [...]

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Pierce Flooring Recognized

Posted on Monday, January 18th, 2010

Please see below, an article from The Great Falls Tribune newspaper in Great Falls Montana about how Pierce Flooring is changing its name and tweaking its business plan.
Here’s the article:
After a quarter of a century, [...]

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What Elements to Look for in a Carpet if You Have Active Kids

Posted on Friday, January 15th, 2010

If you have kids you know that it is nearly impossible to keep your home as clean as you would like. Try as you might to clean up their messes it always seems like a [...]

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Bliss by Beaulieu Intros SoftSense and Intros Stainmaster with Magic Fresh

Posted on Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Beaulieu has two new things to announce! They are introducing SoftSense as well as Stainmaster with Magic Fresh.
Bliss by Beaulieu SoftSense is the softest Bliss collection ever. It was created because you, the consumer prefer [...]

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Top Ten Things to Love About Flooring

Posted on Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

To me, there’s nothing better than a list. (except for maybe a vintage Bordeaux or a highway with no speed limit)  The best kind of list is a top ten list. So, in honor of [...]

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Shaw Sets Pie Fight World Record in Anso Promotion

Posted on Monday, January 11th, 2010

Shaw Floors set a world record for the world’s largest pie fight Jan. 7 in a promotion for its Anso nylon products.
The event, staged for the Guinness Book of World Records, involved 434 participants as [...]

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A Floor That Will Floor You!

Posted on Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

On a recent visit to a paper and stationary store, called “Scribbles“, I was floored by their showroom floor. As you can imagine, I see a lot of floors. After a while, it takes a [...]

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December 2009 Recap

Posted on Monday, January 4th, 2010

December 2009 marks the final month of the first year of From the Floors Up. What a blast! We have had a great time researching and sharing topics with you that we think you will [...]

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Happy New Year!!

Posted on Thursday, December 31st, 2009

There’s nothing to learn from today’s post, except that we hope you have had a wonderful 2009 and that 2010 has plenty of good things in store for you as well. There are many reasons [...]

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