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While stained hardwood flooring may be trendy, natural wood flooring remains a perennial favorite. This type of finish allows for a clear coat finish, displaying the grain and patterns of the wood with boldness. When a rustic atmosphere is your goal, look at the natural flooring options like The Nature Collection by Mercier. This collection features absolutely stunning floors with a rough, textured look that harmonizes beautifully with both with rustic and modern décor. Mercier produces this flooring using methods that accentuate the intrinsic qualities of the wood. The Nature Collection reveals its bold or subtle character to create boards with rich and distinctively individual patterns.

Natural wood flooring also provides better reflection of light, making it an ideal choice for smaller rooms. Does your space have plenty of windows? Leaving the floor unstained will maximize that sunshine and make the room appear larger than it actually is.

Unstained wood floors also work well with darker accents, such as black window frames, darker railings or pickets and dark furniture. In fact, many designers suggest layering the wood tones in your room, ensuring that flooring, furniture, features and accessories come in different shades to provide depth. When all boast the same tones, the space may look washed out or drab. Consider using natural wood floors as a foundation for your visual layering.

Hickory Series

Natural Wood Trends In Hardwood Flooring

 

Cabine Pine Series

Natural Wood Trends In Hardwood Flooring

Visit Fred Callaghan Carpet & Flooring and take a look at our samples of the beautiful Nature Collection by Mercier.

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The Best Carpet For Pet Owners
If you live in the Philadelphia region, right now you are thinking about the Philadelphia Eagles and Super Bowl LII. Not since the 2004 season have the Birds made it to the NFL championship match up and it was then, as it is now, to the New England Patriots. So it’s time for revenge and Super Bowl parties. Which can mean spills onto your flooring when fans and pets get excited.

Enter Mohawk Smart Strand Forever Clean, which, according to Mohawk, is the easiest to clean carpet on the planet. It features Nanoloc technology making it 3x easier to clean, no dye sites for spills to adhere to become stains and spring-like fiber molecules to preserve the carpet’s appearance.

Smart Strand Forever Clean now features All Pet Protection and Warranty, the only pet-friendly carpet protection system that covers all pets, all accidents, all the time with 0% moisture absorption to reduce pet-related odors. We’ve got you covered whether cats, dogs, turtles, birds, guinea pigs, ferrets and even football fans make a mess, Mohawk makes it easy to keep it clean.

Stop by Fred Callaghan Carpet & Flooring to see a complete line of Mohawk flooring essentials. And GO EAGLES!

***Disclaimer: Please note; Fred Callaghan Carpet & Flooring Company, Inc. is not responsible for any manufacturer warranty provisions. Please very carefully read and follow all warranty guidelines. For a complete guide to Mohawk Warranty information for All Pet Protection and Smart Strand Forever Clean, visit: https://www.mohawkflooring.com/customer-care/warranty

 

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A new popular flooring trend is the use of wood look tile. This type of tile is not new to the flooring market, but recent advances in the specialized technology used in the manufacturing process have recently led to an increase in its popularity.

Wood Look Tile

There are many pros to using wood look tiles in your home design project:

  • Durability
  • Easy maintenance
  • Sustainability
  • Goes well with under floor heating systems
  • Highly Customizable
  • Can be installed anywhere including floors, walls and countertops
  • Affordable

A leading natural stone and ceramic tile manufacturer since 1947, Daltile currently offers ten lines of wood look tiles, each one featuring color variations and a specific aesthetic. They offer a wide variety of sizes to choose from and a distinct collection of tiles with the look of worn-out weathered hardwood.

If you want to find the most realistic wood-look tile on the market, you’ll need to know what you are looking for. Here are some tips from Daltile experts to help you find the best wood look tile for your project:

GRAIN

The first thing you notice with wood-look tile is the graphic. This is the wood grain and color that is printed on the tile. Specialized technology can be used to scan real wood and replicate it on tile with ink jet printing.

Realistic wood graphics should have color variation with highlights and lowlights. Knots and other irregularities make the graphic look more realistic. Also look for a high number of “faces” in the wood-look tile. Faces are how many individual tiles in a series have a different graphic before it starts repeating. The higher number of faces, the more authentic the tile looks.

STRUCTURE

Structure is produced by the tile mod and puts texture on the surface of the tile that enhances the grain.

Other elements of structure that lend authenticity are hand-scraped textures, divots, and chatter marks. These all are found in real wood flooring and add to the rustic nature that is inherent in natural wood.

FINISH

The surface finish is another thing to look for when looking for the most realistic wood-look tile. As with natural wood flooring, some finishes are polished and bright, others are more matte and rustic. Wood-look tile offers the same thing. Newer to the market is a higher gloss tile finish for a clean, polished, and modern looking wood floor.

Finding a realistic wood look is really about the details. A complex grain, touchable texture, and a finish that echoes real wood make for tile that’s hard to tell apart from the real thing without a very close inspection.

Visit Fred Callaghan Carpet & Flooring for a complete selection of Daltile wood look tiles.

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You are sure to be impressed by The Caress by Shaw Collection. It’s like no other carpet in two specific ways: color and softness.

The Caress by Shaw collection features Shaw’s most innovative colors.  Inspired by such spots as the mesmerizing Mediterranean and Amalfi Coast to the striking Western Painted Desert, Shaw’s renowned designers found a rich source of unique shades and hues from the world’s most beautiful places.  They created 50 timeless colors, offering the essential neutrals, atmospheric blues, verdant greens, quiet grays and earthy browns.  Mimicking nature’s flawless palette, how could Caress by Shaw be anything but striking?

The innovation didn’t stop with color.  The Caress by Shaw collection features Shaw’s softest fiber ever.  You have to feel it to believe it.  Also inspired by the softness of the world’s softest materials, Caress by Shaw carpet styles will win you over with just one touch.

Caress by Shaw nylon achieves an ideal balance of softness, resilience and durability. Products in the collection undergo rigorous testing to ensure this carpet will retain its elegant appearance for years to come.

Caress by Shaw styles are backed with SoftBac Platinum, Shaw’s proprietary backing system that offers a faster, more efficient layer of protection. Softer underfoot, SotfBac Platinum combined with luxurious fibers by Shaw carpets means a softer product from top to bottom.

And because Caress by Shaw was created using Shaw’s premier Anso nylon fiber, this innovative collection features impressive R2X Stain, Soil and Odor resistance system and is backed by Anso nylon’s aggressive lifetime stain & soil and lifetime pet warranty promise.

Stop by our showroom today and see for yourself.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Now through November 7, 2017 we are celebrating National Karastan Month offering the lowest prices of the season on Karastan carpets and rugs.

Karastan carpets are known for artistry, innovation and craftsmanship. Their sophisticated carpet styles range from traditional to contemporary looks and work great in today’s home, home office or business environment.

When you invest in a Karastan carpet or rug you can see the signs of quality in the backing, finish, craftsmanship, pile density, face weight and twist. Karastan pairs its high standards of excellence with outstanding warranties that guarantee your satisfaction.

As a leader in the carpet and rug industry, Karastan holds a position of environmental responsibility that it takes seriously. They use sustainable ingredients, preserve natural resources, and repurpose excess. They strive to develop responsible solutions and willingly plan ahead to optimize improvement in all areas of environmental stewardship. In keeping with these principles, Karastan aggressively researches, develops, and employs new ways of preserving our planet and of producing products that improve the health and comfort of your home.

Now is the time to save on gorgeous carpet from Karastan for a limited time only. Stop by our showroom today!