In the wake of the housing market crisis, surveys show that over 75% of homeowners, age 45 and over would to prefer to live in their current homes as long as they can, and the key to insuring that this will be possible, is to plan early, while you are still able bodied. This is where an “Age in Place” plan becomes necessary. “Aging in place” is a term that simply means that you are able to continue living in the home of your choice as you age, with the ability to get the assistance you require, as your needs…

If you are like over 50% of Consumers than you also have an array of cell phones, tablets, and gadgets strewn about your Kitchen Counters probably crowding more than one available outlet to re-charge their batteries. In addition to the Kitchen being the central hub of your home, which makes charging your devices there, convenient, it’s also become far more common for tablets and phones to be used during cooking then the bulky cookbooks of the past. So, although this area is the obvious choice for charging your devices, it doesn’t mean you want them cluttering up your Kitchen and…

KITCHEN CABINETS are intended to be functional, but few Design Professionals or Homeowners leave the choice simply at that. Otherwise, Cardboard or Plywood Boxes would be all that was needed to house your Kitchen and Pantry Supplies. Instead, Kitchen Cabinet choices have become passionately researched, debated, coveted, “vision boarded”, and “pinned” as the options for homeowners has grown exponentially. This is also true whether you are selecting cabinets for a bathroom, family room, bedroom, closet, or any space in your home, but the emphasis has been placed on the Kitchen Cabinetry as it has been realized that Kitchens can add…

The apartment industry is finding better ways to keep from getting floored by high turnover costs when it comes to providing effective walkable surfaces under residents’ feet. As the comparative cost differential for hard surface floors, versus carpeting, is narrowing, luxury vinyl tile or L.V.T., in particular, is growing in demand as an appropriate surface in areas previously specified for carpeting.  Income property owners and management companies are increasingly opting for L.V.T. due to two factors: First, the replacement cycle for L.V.T. is at least twice as long as a carpeted surface, and secondly; the wood plank look, (the most common…

Specifiers and end users are increasingly becoming aware of advantages offered by modular carpet or carpet tile that are not offered by traditional broadloom carpet. First, as the face fiber of modular carpet is woven into a hard synthetic backing, that supports the structure of the tufted surface, modular carpet far out performs any similar face weight broadloom carpet, and, correspondingly, often ends up being a more cost effective specification than the lower priced broadloom carpet. Carpet tile vs Broadloom Also, aided by technology advances in the manufacturer of modular carpet, designers now have a much wider array of pattern…

Not commonly known by facilities managers, and certainly not known by the typical commercial tenant, is the “Lift System Technology” modular carpet installation option, increasingly in use for occupied office areas, especially for those with built in work stations, now almost universally in use. In times when broadloom carpet was the primary option for higher end commercial carpet installations, there would be no installation procedure choice, other than removing and replacing all the contents from the work areas, including the tearing down and re-assembly of any built in work stations. With the advent of modular carpet tile, (first used mostly…