News & Information

When children, grandchildren, or nieces and nephews are in your home, do they feel welcome? The floor in every home can set the mood for each childhoo...

Green interior design trends focus on making the environment where we work, play, and live better. For ourselves and our loved ones, we can take an ac...

Have you noticed salt tracked in from the boots of your holiday guests? There are ways to minimize and hide your winter woes. The good news is that if...

  This is a must read for hardwood floor supporters. As with anything, there are definite do’s and don’ts when considering the switch to, and maintaining hardwood floors. Many times these are basic changes you can make to your routine and lifestyle, which greatly enhance the lifespan and look of your floors.

It’s a new year, so out with the old, in with the new, right? The flooring trends we saw in 2011 have all changed since entering 2012. Most notably, carpeting hasn’t made the list (though, as we’ve said before, if you are a die-hard carpet enthusiast, adding a floor rug atop tile or hardwood floors can many times do the trick). What’s in this year?

Archeologists have found evidence of smoke-heated floors in cave homes; now, modern ceramic tile systems radiate heat through tile floors with fluid (...

Know your style, and be comfortable with it by avoiding these common faux pas: Overwhelming patterns: a bold pattern on your walls, furniture, ...

Hardwood floors add warmth to American homes with the one-of-a-kind look of wood. To evoke the feel of a different time or place, use wood flooring to...

Tis the season, and if you’re located in Michigan, you’ve already experience the first major snowfall of “winter.” Keeping warm in your house is more than just insulation and sealed windows

Once the Halloween treats are cleaned out of our cupboards (and sometimes our floors), it's already time for Thanksgiving. American Flooring can't rem...

When Carpet and Hardwood Floors Come in to Play A bride-to-be knows that getting married and planning your new life together can be an exciting time....

Happy Halloween Everyone! In spirit of the holiday we've taken chocolate treats and fake vampire blood to the carpet, finding ways to clean up the mes...

Halloween is just around the corner. Are your hardwood floors ready for the witches and goblins who will be passing through? Cover Hardwood with Rugs...

A dog is a mans best friend, but this doesn’t mean mans best friend can’t get a little out of hand at times, and that usually results in messes and mistakes on the floor. But there’s no need to fret: with new pet-friendly and wallet-friendly remedies, you can love Fido, and your floors, at the same time.

Love it, hate it, carpet is here to stay! And one thing’s for sure, the trends are as changing as fashion down a run way (which, maybe, should be cove...

Ready to announce your style in your home? Like the perfect little black dress, make your statement: a beautiful rug, elegant parquet hardwood, or dis...

There are many ways to address the debate between filling your home with carpet or hardwood floors. Largely it’s based on aesthetics, but there are underlying reasons that can sway you one way or another.

Wood is a renewable material, and properly-managed forests produce environmentally-friendly wood. American Flooring carries Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified products. Efficient flooring production uses timber in sustainable ways, and the proper care of any hardwood floor reduces environmental impact.

The latest technologies have improved laminate to imitate hardwood floors, from ebony to teak, as well as stone. We can show you hundreds of options, and work with you to find your best flooring solution.

“If carpet is the right choice for a specific space, they feel freer to pick something a little more exciting,” she said. “There are a lot of differen...

People are talking about going green and living sustainable, environmentally-friendly lives. Traditional, natural materials elegant, long-term solutions: a low carbon footprint to produce, the strength to last, and the quality to biodegrade.

For comfort and long-lasting luxury, wool carpeting is making a comeback. Invest in the value of a quality product, with a stain-resistant resiliency for years of wear. Wool carpets take less energy to produce, provides insulation, and is biodegradable.

Our design consultants can tell you more about the best options for your dog or cat, there are some helpful guidelines to maximize stain resistence and durability. Wall-to-wall carpeting is often the most comfortable, and safe option for pets. A nylon, textured, plush carpet will wear better than wool; non-looped carpeting is better for cat claws.Consider cork floors as a more pet-friendly alternative to hardwood floors.

Be sure to stop in to any of our three locations—Lansing, Haslett, and Okemos—to learn more.

If trying to sell a home, new carpet can make buyers move faster and pay more. Carpeting design can transform and showcase a home, while absorbing noise and insulating a room against any draft. In smaller homes, a light and unified colored carpet can make rooms seem larger; deep, rich colors can create a cozy, home-like atmosphere. Removing old carpet to expose a beautiful hardwood floor may need to be renovated, but will entice buyers.

For your home, and your dreams, your American Flooring provides personal service and traditional value. Our Carpet and Hardwood products are only the beginning—stop in today!

Stop by our Okemos, Lansing, and Holt locations to meet with an American Flooring design consultant. Our quality carpet products, and our service with a smile, are always in style.

Color and Texture

Applied and woven patterns—in designs of leaves, trellises, or flowers, for example—offer organic shapes that coordinate easily with patterns in other furnishings. Strong colors that come from commercial pallets are now available in multicolored loops, cut loop surfaces, and Berber styles as accents.