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Multigeneration House: Sharing With Adult Child

It’s not unusual for an adult child to move back into your home for a short time. They may want to save money for a home of their own, need a place to stay for a few months before moving or getting married, want to go back to school, or just want to retrench and [...]

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Five Outdoor Flooring Ideas

Often times, we tend to take for granted the outdoor part of our house, like the patio and deck. But just like any part of our home, it deserves a lot of attention, as it still adds to the beauty and overall appeal. A great material to use for outdoor flooring is tile. It is [...]

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Getting Your Home Back After the Kids Have Been Home ALL Summer!

We recently had a question that we thought we would share in hopes of helping more moms in the same situation! Reader Question: Hi! As the kids are starting to trickle back to school in the Chicago area and by Labor Day school will be in full swing , many moms like me are breathing [...]

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Staying Educated to Serve You Better

On a recent trip Laticrete’s training center in Bethany, CT a large group of the  Century Tile team attended what is called a “PTK” seminar. This is a super intensive training course about Laticrete materials. What is neat about this event is a portion of the time is devoted to “hands on” learning. Why are [...]

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New Laticrete Colors

LATICRETE is excited to present a new grout color palette for 2011! After extensive research ranging from industry trends and competitive analysis to customer feedback, LATICRETE will be replacing six colors in the existing palette with fresh shades of color ranging from earth tones to grey. They are bringing  fresh, new colors to choose from [...]

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What’s New With Century: New Store Manager

What’s new with Century Tile? First and most exciting, we have the first woman store manager in the history of the company.  Christina (aka Christy) Carlson is a long time Century employee who began with us over 18 years ago. She is a graduate of Illinois State University and has extensive training in a wide [...]

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Replacement Floors

As you may know, we have had a tremendous amount of rain in our area. Many rivers, lakes and waterways have caused flooding conditions.  Basements are like swimming pools.   We are all  just sick over the flooding that has occurred.  We spoke to a woman last week who is saddened by the loss of many [...]

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Special Laminate Promotion

We have a special promo that we want to share with you that is now running in all12 Century stores on Pergo Laminate.  From now through Sept. 30th 2010 you can save an extra 25% on any Pergo Accolade product.  We have 12 patterns to choose from and 3 specials….a total of 15 products.  This [...]

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Virtual Room Designer Tool

You may already be aware of our Virtual Room Designer Tool on our website, but you may not be aware that you can actually upload a photo of a room in your home and use it in the virtual room designer to try on different floors and walls. The process is simple! Click here to [...]

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DIY Demonstration Details

Have you heard about our do-it-yourself demonstration? For more details, check out our previous post with all of the details. Here are the specific details of what products we will be working with in the demonstrations….. 1. Armstrong Luxe Vinyl Plank Flooring…..comes in three qualities….good, better and best. This vinyl plank tile does a pretty [...]

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