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		<title>New Drop-Down Header on Floormall</title>
		<link>http://www.flooringnow.com/2011/09/02/new-drop-down-header-on-floormall/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shopping for hardwood floors just got even easier! Floormall.com has recently developed and implemented a new navigation aid for customers: a top bar that contains a number of drop-down menus, allowing the customer to navigate the site by flooring manufacturer, wood species, as well as floor type with the handy Floor Navigator. The menus are [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Shopping for <a href="http://www.floormall.com/hardwood/">hardwood floors</a> just got even easier! Floormall.com has recently developed and implemented a new navigation aid for customers: a top bar that contains a number of drop-down menus, allowing the customer to navigate the site by flooring manufacturer, wood species, as well as floor type with the handy Floor Navigator. The menus are meant to allow visitors to find what they&#8217;re looking for with a minimum of clicking and inner-page navigation.</p>
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		<title>Flooring Favorites: Virginia Vintage</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 21:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Virginia Vintage is a specialty flooring line from the well-regarded Anderson Flooring company. In creating the Virginia Vintage flooring line, Anderson sought to offer its customers a special product &#8211; a product imbued with the human touch, one that shows the traces of personal attention, a floor whose every plank is unique and embodies [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-613" style="padding: 10px;" title="virginia_vintage" src="http://www.flooringnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/virginia_vintage.jpg" alt="" width="158" height="158" /> Virginia Vintage is a specialty flooring line from the well-regarded Anderson Flooring company. In creating the <a href="http://www.floormall.com/hardwood/virginia_vintage/">Virginia Vintage flooring</a> line, Anderson sought to offer its customers a special product &#8211; a product imbued with the human touch, one that shows the traces of personal attention, a floor whose every plank is unique and embodies the effort of a dedicated and knowledgeable craftsman.</p>
<p>Hand-scraped floors have gained a following in recent years, and it&#8217;s not difficult to see why &#8211; the texture of a hand-processed floor plank is much more expressive and interesting than that of a flat, machined one. Sunlight plays on the delicate grooves, adding a sophisticated roughness and unpredictability to the floor. It&#8217;s a texture that you just want to feel with your bare feet.</p>
<p>In addition to the hand-made aesthetic, <a href="http://www.floormall.com/hardwood/virginia_vintage/">Virginia Vintage floors</a> also incorporate 50 years&#8217; worth of Anderson technological know-how, including their exclusive Luster-Lock® Ultra finish, which preserves the organic and warm surface of the wood while offering serious protection against erosion, moisture and other damage &#8211; there&#8217;s a reason these floors are covered by a 25-year warranty. </p>
<p>If you want a home that breathes with individuality and a personal touch, Virginia Vintage floors from Floormall are at your disposal.</p>
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		<title>Flooring Favorites: Columbia Flooring Originals</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Columbia Flooring Originals has much to be proud of. The company&#8217;s mission is to create floors with personality and character, and their craftsmen seek inspiration in every corner of the globe. Columbia hardwood floors are imbued with the spirit of venerable building traditions from centuries past, and reflect the unselfconscious beauty of the natural [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.flooringnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/columbia_floors.jpg" alt="" title="columbia_floors" width="158" height="158" style="padding: 10px; " class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-602" /> Columbia Flooring Originals has much to be proud of. The company&#8217;s mission is to create floors with personality and character, and their craftsmen seek inspiration in every corner of the globe. <a href="http://www.floormall.com/hardwood/columbia-flooring-originals/">Columbia hardwood floors</a> are imbued with the spirit of venerable building traditions from centuries past, and reflect the unselfconscious beauty of the natural world. Add to this the fact that all <a href="http://www.floormall.com/hardwood/columbia-flooring-originals/">Columbia flooring</a> is made in the USA and adheres to the most stringent sustainability requirements, and you have a great-looking, durable and environmentally-responsible line of products that&#8217;s fit to grace the White House.</p>
<p>Of special note is Columbia&#8217;s patented Uniclic feature. The company&#8217;s hardwood planks are manufactured with tongues and grooves that snap and lock without glue, nails or flooring staples, making assembly unbelievably easy and painless. Uniclic floors are ideal for do-it-yourself installers, since the feature drastically cuts down on the need for loud and expensive equipment, there is less chance of improper alignment, and it doesn&#8217;t take ten minutes with a crowbar to fix a mistake.</p>
<p>There are enough remarkable offerings from Columbia to satisfy the most discerning customer. Come and explore the hundreds of hardwood flooring products on Floormall today!</p>
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		<title>Floormall Favorites: Johnson Flooring</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Johnson flooring is a relative newcomer to the business – the company has only been around since 1999, but it has risen to a position of respect and recognition based on the quality of its products and the care it takes to engineer each offering to bring out the finest quality of each wood species.
This [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="size-full wp-image-569 alignleft" style="padding: 10px;" title="floorjohnsonWalnut_Chianti" src="http://www.flooringnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/floorjohnsonWalnut_Chianti.jpg" alt="" width="160" height="160" /><a href="http://www.floormall.com/hardwood/johnson_flooring/" target="_blank">Johnson flooring</a> is a relative newcomer to the business – the company has only been around since 1999, but it has risen to a position of respect and recognition based on the quality of its products and the care it takes to engineer each offering to bring out the finest quality of each wood species.</p>
<p>This is important when using varieties such as tigerwood, which shines and sparkles like a flowing stream of golden dust marbled with jets of calligraphy ink. Fortunately, under Johnson’s expert treatment, the grain, sheen, coloration and character of each wood type are given a chance to shine.</p>
<p>Furthermore, Johnson offers a mind-boggling, multi-generational 50-year residential finish warranty on their Forevertuff exotic line. The pricing is equally impressive – each of the 10 different wood types in the line costs 5-6 dollars per square foot. For a Brazilian walnut, mahogany or rosewood floor that will enliven your house for at least half a century, this is a steal.</p>
<p>We are proud to offer <a href="http://www.floormall.com/hardwood/johnson_flooring/" target="_blank">Johnson floors</a>, and recommend them to all of our customers.</p>
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		<title>Floormall Favorites: Somerset Flooring</title>
		<link>http://www.flooringnow.com/2011/01/26/floormall-favorites-somerset-looring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 17:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somerset Flooring is a privately-owned flooring company. A rarity in the world of construction materials, this company is vertically-integrated, which means that Somerset owns not only the manufacturing facilities, but also its own timber-cutting operations, drying facilities and mills. This allows the company to keep tight controls over quality at every step of the manufacturing [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="size-full wp-image-573 alignleft" title="floorsomerset-display" src="http://www.flooringnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/floorsomerset-display.jpg" style="padding: 10px; " alt="" width="160" height="160" /><a href="http://www.floormall.com/hardwood/somerset/" target="_blank">Somerset Flooring</a> is a privately-owned flooring company. A rarity in the world of construction materials, this company is vertically-integrated, which means that Somerset owns not only the manufacturing facilities, but also its own timber-cutting operations, drying facilities and mills. This allows the company to keep tight controls over quality at every step of the manufacturing process, as well as give the customer accurate information as to where the raw materials have been sourced.</p>
<p>Somerset pledges on its website to procure the materials in an environmentally responsible and renewable way. The company cuts most of its timber in the Appalachian mountains of Kentucky, where its headquarters are also located.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.floormall.com/hardwood/somerset/" target="_blank">Somerset Flooring</a> is committed to the most optimal usage of the raw material, and offers products made out of every part of the tree. The trunks are sawn into floor planks, but the company also manufactures mulch and pellet fuel, so not even the tree bark goes to waste.</p>
<p>Moreover, the company puts together a 100-year plan for the sourced areas, in order to replace the lost forests for future generations. Somerset is one of the nation&#8217;s premier suppliers of kiln-dried Appalachian hardwood flooring, and a model in sustainable and responsible development.</p>
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		<title>FloorMall.com &#8211; Learn, shop and save all in one trip.</title>
		<link>http://www.flooringnow.com/2010/01/18/floormall-com-learn-shop-and-save-all-in-one-trip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Want to go to a university, shop at the mall, and save 5% on all purchases during January?   You can do all of this and more at Floormall.com.  We&#8217;re talking flooring here &#8212; all kinds and types and materials &#8212; both knowledge of and the learning about and sometimes purchasing of flooring. Whether it&#8217;s real [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Want to go to a university, shop at the mall, and save 5% on all purchases during January?   You can do all of this and more at Floormall.com.  We&#8217;re talking flooring here &#8212; all kinds and types and materials &#8212; both knowledge of and the learning about and sometimes purchasing of flooring. Whether it&#8217;s real <a title="Hardwood Floors" href="http://www.floormall.com/hardwood/">hardwood floors</a>, laminate, engineered hardwood, bamboo, tiles of a myriad variety, and other (sometimes on the more unusual end of the spectrum) flooring.</p>
<p>Spring will soon be upon us and often, besides the usual thoughts on Spring, homeowners may be considering a Spring cleaning of their own for one or several floors of their home.  If your knowledge about flooring is, shall we be kind, poor at best, then there&#8217;s a solution for that at the floormall.com university.  In the comfort of your own home you can browse through many useful categories.  How do you install a <a title="Bamboo Flooring" href="http://www.floormall.com/bamboo/">bamboo floor</a>?  Is your budget low and you need to get a few bargains in the <a title="Flooring" href="http://www.floormall.com">flooring</a> area?  Their 5% discount will surely help with that.  What the heck is colored grout, and where do you use it?  Can I lay down some nice floors myself?  What if I need a professional floor installer to do it?  How do I know they will do a good job?  All of these answers and more will be found at Floormall.com and the university they have online.</p>
<p>When I get the hardwood floors installed or do them myself, what if the dog tracks in that sticky Spring mud?  Do I get the mop and soap out and lather detergent all over the hardwood?  No!  Do you want your real woods floors to end up looking like a roller coaster?   Once you get hold of your flooring, you need to find out how to take care of it.  There are so many methods for the various types, that taking a few notes and giving the floormall.com website and their university of knowledge a good looking over, is well worth it.  How do you lay those gorgeous, but teeny colored glass mosaic tiles on your backsplash?  Don&#8217;t they take forever to put on behind your counters?  These types of tiles come on a net-backed sheet and they are actually quite easy to  get up there.  You can even pop a few off the backing and replace them with other colors, to give your backsplash a custom look.</p>
<p>For your floors, tiles have to be studied as to their usage and wear, and size and color and direction of placement.  What about natural stone tiles, or ceramic, or unglazed, or carpet tiles?  Some of us may have been unaware of the latter.  These are exceptionally useful kinds of floor coverings for a family room.  Spill some finger paint or coffee on one?  Whip it up and replace it in ten seconds.  No problemo.  Your money is hard earned these days.  Check out some fantastic tips and bargains and varieties of flooring at floormall.com.  They won&#8217;t charge you to look and browse to your heart&#8217;s content..</p>
<p><a title="Buy Flooring online" href="http://www.buyflooringonline.com">Buy Flooring</a> today at Floormall.com</p>
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