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Wool Carpet Maintenance Tips

You stepped out and bought the most luxurious (and expensive) carpet you could find for your home. Now you’re concerned with how to best care for and maintain this new investment. The first and best thing you can do is insure you have a good vacuum cleaner—and use it—regularly! One of the most common fears [...]

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Nylon Carpet Maintenance Tips

Several items, handled well can significantly protect your new carpet. The first is to see from your carpet manufacturer’s warranty what they require. Some insist upon regular professional steam extraction to validate their warranty. Studies show that the first 4-6 steps from outside bring as much as 80% of the soil to your floor. Proper [...]

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Creating Your Own “White Box” to Help Your Flooring Decision

On the first episode of Home & Garden TV’s premiere episode of “Design Star,” they started with their classic “white box” design. Designers were given a white room with a bed, bookcase and nightstand, and asked to create a room that matched another designer’s personality and style. After watching, it made sense that a “white [...]

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Building Your Own Sample Kits

Do you find it frustrating to shop for a new piece of furniture or accessories because you bring something home and discover that it’s not the color match you expected? Are bathroom towels a challenge because you can’t remember your tile’s tone? Take advantage of a simple approach during the installation process and make your [...]

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Bring a Friend Shopping, Stretch Your Perspective!

Are you ready to head for the flooring store but feel uncomfortable tackling it yourself? Maybe bringing a friend along will make the process more comfortable for you. But before you decide to take this step, consider who you want to take and what role you want them to play. Choose someone whose taste you [...]

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Wool Carpet – Pros and Cons

Up through the end of WWII, Alexander Smith & Sons of Yonkers New York was one of the world’s largest carpet manufacturers, producing up to 26,000 square yards of woven wool carpets per day. Wool, one of nature’s most brilliant products has been used in textile production since 4,000 BC! However, when nylon was introduced [...]

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Lyptus Hardwood

Lyptus hardwood products are an excellent option we’d like to tell you about if you are looking for an exotic species grown to sustainable forest certification standards. Lyptus offers all of the benefits expected of a tropical hardwood, Lyptus hardwood is ideal for cabinetry, millwork, furniture and flooring applications. Why Lyptus? Eucalyptus trees grow quickly [...]

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Differences Between Laminate and Hardwood Flooring

Debating between Laminate and Hardwood Floors? Here are Some Questions to Consider. Choosing new flooring, but confused about the differences between wood and laminate? Here are a few items to consider as you start your decision process. Lifestyle: Children and pets don’t function well with wood floors. Spills and scratches can quickly move wood from [...]

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The Effect of Lighting on Color

Why Colors Change in Different Lights and Making Sure Your Color Choices Work. Lighting has a direct effect on color. This makes it hard to select colors unless you take a look at them under a number of lighting types. Fluorescents, for example, tend to add a blue or cool cast to most colors. Incandescent [...]

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What Our Price Labels Tell You

At Century Tile, we pride ourselves on making your shopping experience the best it can be. That’s why we developed our exclusive pricing labels. Take a look at our labels and what we’ve done to help simplify things for you!

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