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03
Jan

How to Avoid Home Remodel Mistakes

  A home remodel can bring the homeowner several headaches as well as pleasure. The best way to avoid those headaches are to have a full understanding of the scope of the project and educating yourself of potential pitfalls that might occur. Once you educate yourself or hire a good home remodel contractor to inform you of the full details of your project, you can take steps to avoid some…

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30
Dec

Natural Stone Tile 

  Natural Stone Tile or Countertop is a beautiful and ageless material that can add warmth and sophistication to your home for a lifetime. Of course that is if it is properly maintained. Natural stone tile or countertops come with some regular maintenance that is needed to keep it looking like new, so with that the homeowner has to decide if utilizing natural stone tile would be the right material…

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21
Dec

Fort Worth Laminate Floor Tips

  The Floor Barn is a Fort Worth Laminate Floor store that specializes in discount prices on brand name laminate floors. When customers visit our showrooms we get all kinds of questions about laminate floors so I thought I would cover a few of them real quick in this blog post to hopefully assist those of you who are doing your research online prior to purchasing your Fort Worth laminate…

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19
Dec

Hardwood Flooring Price Increases Expected in 2014

  Hardwood flooring price increases are forecasted for the upcoming year according to industry experts. The increases are expected to be between 5-15% and can vary with the largest increases expected for solid hardwood floors and the smaller increases for engineered hardwood since they use less lumber to manufacture. The main reason for these hardwood flooring price increase is due to the supply and demand for lumber. During the housing…

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17
Dec

Floor Buying Tips from Carpet Stores Arlington

  The Floor Barn is a Carpet Stores Arlington, TX that specializes in selling and installing all kinds of floor materials, like wood, tile, laminate, carpet, hardwood and luxury vinyl plank or LVT. With so many different options out there available for the average homeowner, it sometimes can be a difficult challenge to decide on which product is the right one for them and their home. So as flooring experts…

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09
Dec

Bathroom Remodeling Contractors Arlington, TX Tips

  The Floor Barn being a bathroom remodeling contractors Arlington, we hear all kinds of horror stories from clients about remodeling projects they have had in the past or are going through at present time. The tales vary from small DIY mistakes that the client made themselves to the client losing a lot of money from a contractor disappearing before completing the project that they agreed upon. Regardless of the…

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25
Nov

Home Remodeling Mansfield, TX Report

  As a remodeling Mansfield, TX contractor for many years, we have seen the market in it's best and worst. Luckily for us that live here in the Dallas and Fort Worth metroplex, we did not see such a dramatic decrease in the market during the recent housing recession that most other major areas did. Thankfully, after years of declining return on investment for home remodeling Mansfield projects, we are…

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19
Nov

How to Use Wood Flooring as a Decorative Wall Design

  Who knew that wood flooring has multiple uses? Not only is wood floors great for the obvious, providing a timeless look and feel to your home for lifetime, but it can also be used as a decorative accent to your room by utilizing it on a wall. As you can see from the picture we added to this blog post, we utilized wood flooring to decorate our pony wall…

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18
Nov

How to Choose the Right Countertops and Backsplash Combo

  Whether you are getting ready to embark on a kitchen or bathroom remodeling project, choosing the right countertops and backsplash can be overwhelming for some homeowners. There are so many different options of both countertops and of even more so of backsplash options, it can be hard to choose, but there are tips you can follow to help alleviate some of the stress to help you come up with…

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14
Nov

Bathroom Remodeling Tips for Modern Design

The fun and exciting thing about taking on new bathroom remodeling projects here at The Floor Barn is that they are always something new. Every once in a while we will get a popular design of a past client that gets replicated by new clients, but even then they typically make a few custom changes to make it their own design. One of the more popular bathroom remodeling designs is…

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