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We know people have choices when it comes to home improvements. That's why, from time to time, we take a moment to thank a few special ones like Chris Blakeman, Shelton's Grocery, Dr. Jennings, Jenny Lind Baptist Church, and Larry Bedell. Our clients are great.

If your looking for a great floor... this is it. 

This past weekend we attended the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) state convention in Rogers, where we graciously accepted the 2007 Excellence in Construction award for our interior finish work on the 188th Fighter Wing Vehicle Maintenance Complex Building. The marble "eagle" as it's called, is a symbol of quality work. We also won last year for our work on the Mt. Magazine State Park cabins. We want to thank the ABC staff for all its hard work on putting the convention together. It was great fun. 

My trip to St. Louis was a good learning experience. I met with Andy Touchette, the owner of Home Source in Chesterfield, which is just outside St. Louis. Andy’s store is also in the Floor To Ceiling group like us. Andy gave me a lot of insight into his store operations with some useful tips on store display arrangements and office operations. We'll implement these new ideas in the near future.

We would like to thank Sarah Stillman and Marianne Nicodemus with Architecture Plus, Travis Bartlett with MAHG Architects, and Shannon Reith with Guest Reddick Architects for meeting with us on Thursday to discuss our new commercial carpet line from Kraus Carpet. Kraus is Canadian manufacturer, and has an extensive line of quality “green” carpet marketed toward educational and health care facilities.

My flight to Monterrey was cancelled due to bad weather yesterday. I was going to visit a travertine stone manufacturing plant there. The trip will be rescheduled in the next month or two. I will be going to St. Louis next week for a Floor To Ceiling meeting. Justin will be going to Minneapolis in September for cabinet design software training. We try to take advantage of any opportunity to learn, whether here, or abroad. The more we know, the better we can serve our clients.

Our new lights in blown glass are a hit. We’re looking at some Italian lines that are spectacular. We’re looking at the different cabinet lines now that we plan to have ready sometime in the fourth quarter. They’re good-looking cabinets, with clean lines and loads of options... should be ready for full launch at the Fort Smith Home Show in February 2008. Stay tuned for more action.

Finding it difficult to select a color scheme for a room? Here's an easy way to help, use the Pick-See-LMD method.

The year is half over. Where has it gone? The last few weeks have been busy for us. We would like to thank Craig and Tifani DeMaria for helping us design thier beautiful new home. The hardwood and paver floor tiles really came together to give the house that "old world" look. We've brought in some new hand blown glass pendent lighting that really catches the eye. We have several projects in the works that will be finishing up shortly that really add to our portfolio. Stay tuned...

We had a blast at Neo-Con. Floor after floor of non-stop interior options. This year's designs are definitely sleek, linear, and modern. A lot of light green and orange seems to be the dominate color scheme at the show as highlighted by Haworth who had the best overall display furniture area. Blue Ridge Commercial Carpet had the best carpet show, and Villi had the best tile booth. We will use all of the ideas and products gathered there to better serve our clients here.