Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas!

The big day is almost here and we have a tiny chance of snow in the forecast!  Who is dreaming of a White Christmas?    This year celebrations may be smaller, you may see many family members only on Facetime or Zoom, but it is still a special time for fun, reminiscing and looking forward. We wish you much joy and happiness. Here are a few fun things to do over the coming days: ~Make and decorate cookies. ~Have a Christmas movie marathon. Maybe in your matching pajamas.    ~Set up a Christmas Eve hot cocoa bar. Or a Christmas morning mimosa bar.        ~Make a holiday greeting video or have a silly family photo shoot and send it to friends and family. ~Check out holiday lights in your area. Get in the car, play holiday music, and find brightly lit houses to "oooh and aaah" over.        ~~Yummmm, we all love the smells of the holidays.  Keep a simmer pot going with cloves, nutmeg, and other spices to give your home a fragrant holiday smell.         ~~Have a Christmas item scavenger hunt. If you have older kids, use the camera on your phones instead of actually gathering the items. What We Are Doing While You Are Having Fun We are installing new floors in the Showroom. Brand new laminate floors, hardwoods, and carpet. We have chosen the newest looks and colors, as well as some tried and true best sellers. We know you will be inspired when you see our beautiful new floors.  After all, seeing the floor installed is so much better than looking at samples or pictures.   There are also some new product lines coming in: Karastan BelleLuxe          Raintree  Hardwood Floors              Waterproofed Wood              Metroflor                                    Quickstep Engage Inception LVP          Laminates              We will have our Grand Reopening in January 2021. There will be prizes and giveaways all month long, including a free floor that someone will win! Watch for details on our website and Facebook page.      We are scheduling appointment times in the Design Center so that everyone is safe and socially distanced. Here's the link to reserve your private appointment time: Hubspot Calendar     Be sure to watch our progress on Facebook and Instagram.  See each new floor as it is installed, get inspired, and choose your favorite!

New Year New Look

  A lot will be going on at Enhance over the next couple of weeks.  While you are celebrating the holidays, Enhance Floors & More will be hard at work installing new floors in the Design Center.  It's time for an update -- so you can see the newest looks in hardwood and laminate floors and carpet.

Grand Reopening celebration that will last all month long. We are offering private showroom consultations where you will have the opportunity to explore our newly renovated showroom with one of our flooring experts. There will also be free gifts and giveaways plus a chance for you to win a FREE FLOOR!

 

What about LVP,  you may be thinking? We installed seven new luxury vinyl plank and tile looks a couple of months ago, and they look great! If you have been in the store recently, you have already seen our best selling COREtec, Karastan, Mannington, Pergo, and Mohawk LVPs.

  The new carpets we will be installing include a Karastan wool berber and a Mohawk LCL (loop cut loop), one of our best selling berbers, and a gorgeous ColorMax plush carpet.

The new hardwood floors will include beautiful new Palmetto Road and Mohawk products in colors you will fall in love with.

   

Our laminate section is getting a major update, featuring new Mohawk RevWood and Mannington styles. And QuickStep. That's right, we are adding QuickStep to our laminate selection. 

 

We are showing off our new look in January with a:

  

We are scheduling appointment times so that everyone is safe and socially distanced. Here's the link to reserve your private appointment time:

Hubspot Calendar

   

Be sure to watch our progress on Facebook and Instagram.  See each new floor as it is installed, get inspired, and choose your favorite!

Design Tip

Adding a home theater room to your home? Here's some good info from diynetwork.com:

  

--Choose a room with as few windows as possible to block out natural light. Or ask our Hunter Douglas Specialist Robin about room darkening window treatments. 

--Rectangle shaped rooms offer better acoustics than squares. Place your screen along the short wall to get the best sound.  

--Choose dark, matte paint colors. Bright colors and semi-gloss paints will reflect light from the screen.

 

--The TV screen should be placed at eye level, not up, for the best viewing angle.

  

--Hardwood floors, LVP, and tile all cause an echo. For a superior sound experience, make sure your home theater has either wall-to-wall carpet or a lot of rugs to cut down on the noise. (Good thing you know a great place to get new carpet or rugs!)

  

Can You Help?

We are a location for Angels Among Us Pet Rescue Holiday Supply Drive.  Your donations are greatly needed and appreciated!

Suggested items include:

- dry food for adult dogs and cats

- puppy/kitten wet food

- treats

- soft toys with squeakers

- hard durable toys like Kongs and Nylabones

- disposable puppy pads

- litterboxes

- non clumping litter

- cat toys like mice, balls, wands

 

We will be open today thru Saturday 10 til 5 to accept your donations. Thank you!

New Looks for A New Year

2021 is fast approaching. Thank goodness, right? Let's leave the not-so-wonderful 2020 behind us and welcome the new year with a new look. Here's what's trending in flooring:

Carpet

Pattern reigns supreme Today's carpet is bolder, brighter, and more stylish. No more boring builder beige! Look for bold patterns, striations and linear designs, as well as small scale geometric looks. Most clients still choose carpet for their bedrooms and upstairs due to the desire for something soft and warm underfoot combined with the noise reduction qualities. Patterns allow for unique styling that can bring character to any room. 

The best selling loop-cut-loops (LCLs) include solids, subtle tonals and contrasting multicolor designs.  Berbers are also popular again - but not the stiff and scratchy Berbers you remember from the 90s. Soft is the word of the day.

Pet preferred Another trend within the carpet segment focuses on pet-friendly designs. These carpets are durable and easy to clean. Some loop carpets even have warranties against snagging and unravelling.  

PRO TIP: If you have pets, be sure to upgrade to a pad with a liner.

Carpet is still your most budget friendly flooring option.

 

HARDWOOD

Wider, longer prevails Wide plank, long length boards are in high demand. These stylings are more in scale with today's open floor plans, or will make your not-so-open home feel more spacious. Look for lighter colors and low or no gloss finishes.

LVP

Wonderful waterproof flooring 

No one is turning their nose up at vinyl anymore. The realism of the higher end products will fool an expert. Who doesn't want a floor with commercial wear ratings, that is indentation resistant, and handles moisture like a champ? And just like with hardwoods, look for wider and longer planks. There are also great looking tile and stone looks to consider. 

PRO TIP: ask how many faces (repeats) to expect. The premier LVPs have 30+ planks before a repeat.

 

TILE

 

Options galore Large-format tiles are in high demand (remember, more tile, less grout!), and decorative looks are a must. Even if it is just a row of a decorative tile in your backsplash, this is the "bling" you need to style up your look. 

In terms of colorways, greys and blues have moved to the top of the leader board. Black and white is also popular. 

In decoratives, look for metallics, art deco, and Moroccan influenced designs. Popular shapes include hexagons, fans, and arabesques.

LAMINATE

Better than wood? Laminate never really went away, we just forgot about it as we embraced LVP. Most laminate has waterproof warranties, and the embossing techniques, screening and digital printing technologies render not only extremely realistic wood visuals but also great textures and heft. 

Today's laminates are scratch, stain, and fade resistant and incredibly durable. Most laminate are made in the USA, thus avoiding the tariffs that many imported LVPs currently incur.

Say goodbye to your worn, tired, outdated floors and hello to beautiful floors that are so much more your style!

How Much Does It Cost? 

Not all wide plank hardwoods are expensive. We just installed a 5" Mohawk hickory wood floor in the family room, living room, dining room, and hall of a Vinings home, 678 square feet of hardwood installed for $5900. The lighter color and wider planks our client selected made the not so big rooms feel much larger!

 

I Was FLOORED By Enhance

Becky in Canton writes:

 

"We replaced all the flooring in our home and Enhance was so helpful through the whole process: from deciding on color of carpet and wood, to coming out in a timely manner to measure, to efficient and well done installation. They even followed up to make sure everything was still okay. I would recommend them for anyone needing to replace any flooring in their home!"

 

Thank you, Becky. We enjoyed working with you and meeting your pups. We are glad to have helped you find floors that you loved and that would hold up to your dogs. We are all pet owners at Enhance, that helps us in making the right product recommendations.