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Lea Wilson, a partner with One Studio D+A, reports on her firm’s redesign of Lake Tahoe’s Incline Lodge, including how flooring from Patcraft, Mohawk Group, Shaw Contract, Daltile, TileBar and Smartwood helped achieve the design vision.
Editor Jessica Chevalier profiles Pennsylvania’s Allwein Carpet One, covering the history of the family-owned business, its curated offering, the advantages of CCA affiliation, its mainstreet business and its “do unto others” guiding philosophy.
Contributing editor Sam Allman writes about how pain and suffering, which is part of the human condition, offers an opportunity to transform and transcend, and he offers a strategy for how to succeed in turning adversity into advantage.
Contributing editor Dave Stafford discusses trade shows, offering key questions for flooring businesses to ask themselves, along with tips for how to make the most out of these events, and he weighs in on speaking engagements and exhibiting.
Flooring executives from the world’s top manufacturers discuss how the flooring market declined in 2024 and how they expect modest growth in late 2025, but high interest rates and tariffs remain key challenges.
Editor Darius Helm reports on the results of the biennial survey, including the state of business, trends in flooring, favorite flooring producers and the state of partnerships with general contractors, manufacturers, A&D and facility managers.
Editor Jessica Chevalier talks with four A&D experts—Becky Nichols, Rebecca Sarkosi, Rocoo Petitto and Ashley Brewer—to gain an understanding of how they see the commercial flooring contractor as a partner in their work.
Editor Darius Helm delves into the history of the flooring industry’s oldest and most storied high-end brand, Karastan, from its inception in 1926 to its current strategy and focus, and how it remains relevant.
Publisher Kemp Harr?talks about Trump’s election win and how it has boosted business optimism and markets, and also discusses consolidation across flooring channels, and the advantages for large retailers as scale drives performance in a soft market.
Marcio Decker, principal interior designer and lead creative for Aspen Leaf Interiors, explains the transformation of the Palisades Tahoe Lodge into a modern alpine retreat, blending Olympic Valley’s natural beauty with sophisticated, durable design.