Consumer demand and awareness are two key reasons why a whopping 89% of dealers/contractors expect residential laminate floor covering sales to either increase or stay the same in 2001 compared to 2000.
Today's consumers are displaying a higher level of confidence in home design. This is especially true when it comes to choosing floor coverings - which, as we well know, form the foundation for their home fashions.
On Sept. 11, when planes crashed into two towers of the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and an empty field in Pennsylvania, the world gasped in unison. The unimaginable had happened - terrorism on American soil.
Rug producers are not using the economic slowdown as an excuse to play it safe. In fact, a wave of imaginative new products, many of which reflect a true sea change in styling, will pour onto the market this fall.
Whenever I glance through various magazines, I'm always stopped by any photo of an interior with a striking design in the floor. Be it carpet, vinyl, wood, tile, or stone, nothing shows a commitment to a beautifully designed interior than an individually designed floor.
As 2002 draws closer, members of the architectural and interior design communities are combing through a barrage of passing fads to identify the color and fashion trends most likely to emerge in the coming year.
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