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FLOORS
While we have access to and can purchase any type of floor for you, we are particularly excited about the wonderful recycled materials available today for flooring. Take the Stringworks carpet tiles pictured at left, for example, from the Artcraft Line at Mannington.
Developed from a new way of looking at the bits of yarn remaining at the end of a run, ArtCraft is composed entirely of post-production yarn. We take all the leftovers, wind them onto creels by color value and then use all of the yarn in a wonderful mixture of color and texture. Though not recycling as defined by the FTC, this really is true and effective recycling. No energy or additional resources are needed to turn the yarn into a new material.
Beyond using a resource that previously would have been down-cycled, this technique has other benefits. The carpet matches anything, can be installed randomly so no two installations are alike, and individual tiles can be replaced or areas added without a discrepancy in color between old and new tiles. This is truly a case of the sum being greater than the total of its parts.
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