Design Tips & Blog

You have sorted through the many flooring options and are leaning toward the purchase of ceramic tile. Here are a few points to consider as you prepare to make your decision: Why Buy Ceramic Flooring Tile?Ceramic tile is a popular choice for today’s homes. It is durable, easy to clean and gives rooms an upscale look. Ceramic tile is available in a number of sizes, shapes, textures and colors, see more...

Placing an area rug in a room is a wonderful way to add color, comfort, and beauty. And with so many styles of area rugs available, you'll have lots of choices for the best one for your space. Area rugs can be hand-tied, braided, woven, tufted, or machine made. While hand-tied rugs have always been considered the most valuable and a perfect investment to live with, the techniques used to create the new machine-made see more...

There are as many different ways to classify furniture finishes as there are people to make up the classifications. For furniture, let's break finishes down into two classes, with subgroups, the two classes being clear and opaque. Clear finishes would include lacquer, shellac, varnish, tung and Danish oil, linseed oil, as well as polyurethane. Opaque finishes would include paint (both oil and latex), as well as some lacquers. Neither of these lists is all inclusive, see more...