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The Kashmere Collection

The Kashmere Collection: Boasting unique patterns and colorations, Kashmere exemplifies lasting quality and ease of cleaning, hallmarks of Karastan's reputation for luxurious carpets and gorgeous living spaces.

Costa Mesa Collection

Wide planks and skip-sawn distressing is the back drop for this sophisticated floor. Offered in four designer-inspired colors.

Pet-Friendly Carpet

PetProtect® design make use of different cut and loop effects to lend a modern edge to a reflection of a centuries-old practice. This pattern comes in 12 captivating tones.

Rustic Revival

Rustic Revival will rejuvenate any décor with a new look. A tonal assortment that incorporates four yarns creates a great visual in any room. The 16-color palette is natural and compelling. Its soft comfort and easy care are irresistible.

Which Carpet is Best for Pets?

Everyone knows carpet feels great underfoot—whether you have two feet or four!—Shaw has developed some carpet benefits you’ll love, and so will your furrier family members. They add up to a healthy, sweet-smelling home for you and your pet.

Tarkett Composition Tile

Composition tiles provide economic value and a multitude of patterns and quality options to optimize performance across a number of high traffic installation areas. From the original vinyl composition tile (VCT), to vinyl enhanced tile (VET) and solid vinyl tile (SVT), composite tiles are budget friendly and withstand heavy foot and rolling traffic.

Maroon Bells

An elegant cut pile construction that is included in our STAINMASTER® PetProtect™ collection of products, Maroon Bells adds style to any décor with its impressive texture and fine finish. Its rich color palette features 14 solids and 14 fleck tones.

Teton

New to our STAINMASTER® PetProtect™ collection of products, Teton offers a tonal crosshatch pattern in a sophisticated cut and loop construction. Its color palette includes a beautiful selection of 12 contemporary hues.

How to Choose the Best Plank Floor

Choosing a floor may seem a bit daunting, especially if you've never done it before. Whether you're a newbie or a pro, understanding more will prepare you to choose the very best floor for your lifestyle, space, and budget.

Wool Carpets: The Best Carpets for Allergies

If you’re one of the nearly 30% of adults or 40% of children in the U.S. who lives with allergies, you don’t need a doctor telling you how the war against allergens is an everyday, uphill battle. Allergens are everywhere around the house – embedded in fabric, airborne in dust and lying in wait on hard surfaces.

Shaw Floors is honored to be a national sponsor of the St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway

Shaw Floors is honored to be a national sponsor of the St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway. In the coming days, as construction nears completion in more than 40 markets across the U.S., partners & local supporters will gather for "floor signing" events, to permanently attach a blessing or special message to these homes which will raise millions of dollars for the care and life-saving research that happens at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Solid Hardwood vs. Engineered Wood

Many hardwood shoppers don't realize there are two types of wood — solid and engineered. Both solid and engineered flooring add value and structure to your home and are available in plenty of species, stains and styles. So, what exactly are these two types of hardwood and how do they compare? Let's explore.

American Industrial Partners' Acquisition of Armstrong Flooring's Wood Flooring Business Is a Win-Win Deal

CLEVELAND, Nov. 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- American Industrial Partners (AIP), a private equity firm with substantial holdings in the construction industry, announced today that it had entered into an agreement to purchase the wood flooring operations of Armstrong Flooring.

Tarkett completes the acquisition of Lexmark, reinforcing its presence in the North America hospitality segment

PARIS, FRANCE, October 1st, 2018 – Tarkett, a global leader in flooring and sports surface solutions, announced today it has completed the acquisition of Lexmark Carpet Mills. Paul Cleary, CEO of Lexmark, will join Tarkett as President of the Hospitality business for North America.

Breathe easier with carpet

It's a common misconception that carpet can adversely impact allergy and asthma sufferers. Recently, Shaw Industries commissioned a series of scientific studies that indicate that effectively cleaned carpet can reduce airborne allergens, making it a viable choice for families impacted by allergies and asthma.

Why Carpet?

Softness, comfort, texture, color...there are countless reasons to love carpet.

Think about that moment when you first step out of bed each morning. That welcoming touch of warmth is a perfect start to your day.

Joyful Heart Foundation rolls out Karastan red carpet for star-studded fundraising event

Karastan’s luxurious red carpet set the stage for one of New York’s most glamorous and meaningful fundraising events.

Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West Gets a Face-lift

Architect Frank Lloyd Wright believed every element of the space he was creating should work together—from floor plan to fabric to furniture to floor covering.

Karastan Revitalizes 70-Year-Old Beauty in Heritage Kirman Crimson

DALTON, GA, January 19, 2011— Karastan’s Heritage Kirman Crimson is based on a classic rug that Karastan originally introduced in 1941. This timeless beauty brings back the signature style of the textiles of Persia with curvilinear medallions and graceful floral designs, rich color, the intricate use of multiple borders and a field thickly strewn with blooms and arabesques.

Shaw, HGTV team up for co-branded flooring line - Licensing partnership extends an already strong relationship

DALTON—For the last three years, four if you count 2011, Shaw Industries and HGTV have had an ever-building partnership as the manufacturer has been the exclusive flooring provider for the HGTV Green Home giveaway.

Karastan first to receive new wool certification

DALTON—Karastan has become the first company to carry the Wool: Clean Air Certified label on all of its wool carpets and rugs (FCNews, Dec. 6/13, 2010).

Karastan Uses Facebook for its Home for the Holidays Promotion

Kelly Wright Barrere, of Cartersville, GA, won a new rug from Karastan’s Iconoclast Collection as part of a Facebook promotion called “Home for the Holidays.” Karastan invited its hundreds of Facebook followers to click or comment on their favorite Iconoclast rug during the month of December.

Karastan Featured in 4th Annual Hearst Magazines ‘Designer Visions: Cinema Style’

DALTON, GA, December 2, 2010—Karastan rugs were in the supporting cast of Hearst Magazines’ fourth annual Designer Visions program. Following the theme of “Cinema Style,” interior designers created stylized homes inspired by classic films set in New York City. Three residences on the 58th floor of the Setai Fifth Avenue Residences were transformed:

Armstrong Green: Opportunity for customer service and better sales

Call it what you will—sustainability, environmental responsibility, green—it is a very public issue. Still, the open question is: In what ways and to what degree are consumers making purchase decisions based on green factors? And, how does that impact flooring?