:In each episode of Rip & Renew, expert carpenter James Lunday and designer Michelle Carano team up to give a homeowner's room a custom look with a floor-to-ceiling makeover! more

Hardwood floors are nice, but Laminate Flooring is a beeeautiful alterative to giving your fancy shoes something to step on. MOOOOVIN' more

On the path to the economic crisis we face today, small business owners had to take steps, some drastic, to keep their company solvent. Many companies downsized by eliminating jobs, combining functions and by attrition. These tasks were distasteful and... more

GOOD SIGN: Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues are expected to hold a key lending rate at a record low when they meet later this week. The vigilant policymakers also will weigh whether to extend some programs that were created to... more

ThomasRECOM Inc. (The Thomas Research Company) a flooring display manufacturer based just outside Tampa Florida, announces the introduction of its latest innovative line of... more

Tile Redi®, the leading manufacturer of pre-formed, one-piece shower modules for time and labor saving installations, has announced that its Tile Ready® shower products will now be available for purchase at all Standard Plumbing Supply locations in... more

RESTON, VA.—With new local, federal and international laws and regulations coming on stream this year concerning the importing, buying and selling of wood products, such as the Lacey Act, as well as other... more

DALTON—USFloors has launched Web sites for its residential product lines (usfloorsllc.com) and its new USF Contract specified commercial line (usfcontract.com). USF Contract was launched... more

JOHNSON CITY, TENN.—Mullican Flooring is touting its latest green building products through a new advertising campaign that targets distributors, commercial builders and homeowners at point-of-sale. With a play on the words “pure genius,”... more

By Emily Hooper

More than bulletin boards and bottle stoppers, cork, although a relatively new player in the specialty hardwood field, is one of the fastest growing areas in the industry. In the beginnings of making a mark in... more