Author: Kathy Wheeler

Light or Dark Flooring? Everything You Should Consider When Choosing.

You may have decided on the type of flooring you’d like to install, and you may even have an immediate inclination toward a style, texture, or a pattern you like. But now you’re wondering whether it should be on the lighter end of the spectrum or the darker. While choosing a flooring shade is often a matter of personal taste, there are some...

Protect All Your Flooring Surfaces Over the Holidays… and Beyond

The holiday season can be tough on your flooring. Friends and relatives visiting, exchanging gifts. Celebrating, spilling the occasional hors d’oeuvre here or there. Scuffing up the hardwood while dancing. Tramping in moisture or mud from a rainy day. Maybe Aunt Tilly keeps tipping her champagne flute a little too much. Relax. She’s having a...

Carpet Remnants Make Holiday Home Prep Easy & Affordable

Unlike most flooring dealers, we maintain an enormous inventory of beautiful, durable, high-quality carpet. We have to. Some of our installation projects are so big that we have to make sure we have enough of the same carpeting to cover it all. But that also means we may end up with a lot of high-quality carpet left over when a project is completed...

Your Endless Hardwood Flooring Options

Installing hardwood flooring is one of the smartest and quickest ways to breathe new life into your home and give it a more up-to-date, elegant appearance. The good news is that New York Carpets & Flooring offers a wide variety of hardwood floor species and can help you find the perfect fit for your home. Here’s a quick overview of the types of...

Carpet Is Still King

It’s no secret that hardwood flooring and laminates have gained in favor and popularity in new home design and remodeling projects. But as popular and practical as these choices are for kitchens, great rooms, laundry rooms and areas where there may be a lot of hard living, they do lack a substantial degree of warmth and luxury.

The Timeless Tale of Tile

Once upon a tile...or many tiles, there was a family that spilled, played, entertained, danced, and well — lived. Few flooring surfaces can take the toll that active families, pets and party guests dish out to them year after year like tile. Tile isn’t merely durable and scratch resistant, it’s the standard that other durable flooring...

The Best Carpet for Staging Your Home

Whether you’re a homeowner, house flipper, or a real estate agent you’ve probably toured several homes on the market. Surely some of them looked well-cared for and up to date. Some may feature new fixtures and counter surfaces...and while all that’s enticing on the surface, the charm fades quickly once you walk into that room with the tired,...

Navigating the Best Flooring Fit for Your Home

When you’re confronted with hundreds of attractive flooring styles and materials, it can be difficult deciding which direction to head when choosing the best flooring fit for your home and what type of flooring is best for specific rooms in your home. In addition to appearance, there are also other considerations, like maintenance, wear-and-tear,...
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