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CB Whittemore from Flooring the Consumer encouraged me to participate in the meme 7 Things About Me. Instead of giving you details about me – I thought it would be more interesting to give you 7 things about the World Floor Covering Association and the WFCA website.

1. The WFCA originated in 1959 and is located in Irvine, California.

2. Each year, approximately 15 million consumers are reached by the WFCA.

3. The website offers a store locator that allows you to enter your zip code and find reputable flooring stores near your zip code.

4. The site contains many design tools including a virtual room designer that allows you to “try on” different floors in different types of rooms so you can see what different flooring surfaces look like in different sized rooms, rooms with different types of cabinets and colors as well as different sized flooring options.

5. Also on the site are design resources in the design center such as articles, tips and answers to FAQ’s. You can also view pictures of different floors in the flooring galleries.

6. You can take quizzes on how you live and what you like. (I recommend these – these are fun and informative)

7. All of these items can be saved in your very own workbook that you can use for yourself or share with others.

So – there are 7 things about the WFCA and the WFCA website. Visit the site and try out some of the tools available to help make decisions about flooring easier.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! to all of the loyal readers of Floor Talk! 2008 has been an exciting year for the blog and we have enjoyed an abundent amount of success helping those that are looking to buy flooring, have already made a flooring purchase or are looking to see what’s out there before deciding if a flooring purchase is right for them.

Thanks to you – here’s a list of the years top 10 most successful posts.

1. How to choose a grout color (over 5000 visits!)

2. The right way to clean ceramic tile

3. 2008 Color trends

4. The difference between vinyl and linoleum

5. What feeding the bears and ruining your hardwood floors have in common

6. Baby safe floor cleaners

7. Trends in flooring – carpet and area rugs

8. Dare to be different – trends in exotic flooring

9. Glass tiles – sizes, textures and design

10. Consideration for choosing interior paint colors

We look forward to a new year and more blog posts to help those of you that are interested in flooring, design and the latest trends. Feel free to let us know if there are any topics you would like to learn more about in the upcoming new year. What you want to read is the most important goal to us!

There are so many blogs out there….what makes this blog right for you? The most important part is that the sponsor of this blog is the World Floor Covering Association (WFCA). The WFCA is the floor covering industry’s only impartial source of information on flooring. The WFCA and its 3,000-strong retail membership are dedicated to providing consumers the information, service and support needed to ensure a successful floor covering purchase experience.

Our goal is to:
Provide you with information that will help you feel confident in your flooring choices.

You can expect to see/learn about:
Specific products
Trends and techniques
Unique installations
Featured retailers
Changes in the industry
Green flooring
How to use the WFCA consumer site

We also hope to provide you with:
Helpful hints to enhance your local shopping experience and the kind of design advice that I would want if I were shopping for floors!

You can look also look forward to the most current product information.