Look at your appliances. Are they Energy Star approved? These appliances will reduce your energy costs and reduce emissions. Energy is a resource we have to use in moderation. Saving as much as we can will help our children. The use of bamboo floors are also a great way to help save the environment. Bamboo is a very renewable source of flooring, and you just may be able to get a tax credit for its use. Come by and we’ll fill you in.

We would like to welcome aboard Bill Lamb as a new sales associate. Bill is originally from Paris, AR, has a lovely family (with one on the way), and looks forward to assisting you with any interior finish needs you have. Come by and see him and welcome him to the Fort Smith area. We also welcome Karen Mills as our new office administrator. Karen lives in Poteau and adds depth to our team with her background in office procedures.

Use patterns on the floor to define a space. Tiles are great for this. Today’s tiles are available in many sizes and are perfect for creating some “pop” in a space. Larger rooms will require larger patterns to be symmetrical in nature. Small rooms won’t need as much. You may loose the concept by using a large pattern in a small room. Think of looking through a telescope at something close up. You can’t see the “full picture” that close.