Tips

Common Carpeting Terms

We at New York Carpets & Flooring don’t want you to feel intimidated when buying carpeting because you may be unfamiliar with common carpeting terminology. It’s always better to be informed and familiarizing yourself with these terms will help you make the most educated carpet decisions, resulting in selecting just the right carpet for your...

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...

Room Design Tips for Successful Holiday Entertaining

The holiday season is upon us and we’re sharing our favorite, helpful design tips to deck your halls, your living room or wherever you entertain. Whether you’re entertaining for a few intimate friends with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, a large gathering of relatives and friends with endless platters of food, or perhaps a full dinner, these...

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,...