Miller Brothers Acquires DR Horton Design Center

Marietta, GA, December 14, 2005--Miller Brothers Floors, a leading, full service flooring contractor headquartered in Stafford, Texas, announced the purchase of DR Horton’s 12,000 square-foot design center in Houston. Miller Brothers Floors is a Home Solutions by FloorExpo member that has served the homebuilder market for more than 75 years. Its commitment to providing exceptional value-added service, products and marketing support has fueled its success and impressive growth. Over the past five years, Miller Brothers Floors has moved into a 40,000 square-foot facility and expanded its operations into the Dallas/Ft. Worth and San Antonio markets. With its recent purchase, Miller Brothers Floors is proving itself as a solid leader in the homebuilder industry. “DR Horton is one of the nation’s leading home builders and their design center is state of the art”, says Buddy Billingsley, president of Miller Brothers Floors. “This acquisition immediately puts us in a leadership position in the design center business here in Houston.” Bill Billingsley, CEO of Miller Brothers Floors, agrees and adds, “Our growth strategy is aggressive and we intend to keep it that way. As the home builder market changes so do we--always enhancing our presence, our selection and our service to give builders what they need to succeed.” “Miller Brothers Floors is an exceptional member with the vision it takes to be a leader the homebuilder market. They aggressively support FloorExpo and our many strategic Member programs,” says Jay Smith, president of Home Solutions by FloorExpo. “We congratulate them on their recent purchase and offer our continued support as they take their homebuilder business in new and exciting directions.” As Miller Brothers Floors assumes operation of the state-of-the-art center, they will continue to service the DR Horton design business. In addition, they will offer select builders access to the facility and provide them with a full complement of design services. FloorExpo is America’s largest residential flooring contractor organization. The Home Solutions division is a national network of the finest residential flooring contractors in America. These businesses operate primarily in the top 50 national markets and install flooring in more than one out of every four single-family home. FloorExpo gives members a sharp edge in the competitive homebuilder market by providing buying power, product merchandising, technology tools, Affinity Business programs, advanced training and networking opportunities.