Beautiful Floors Define Style

   To see the latest in area rugs, carpet, and hardwood and laminate floors as well as marble, granite, stone and porcelain, one-stop shopping is minutes away. For a clear view of the finest selection in flooring, visit Bonita Springs Floor Covering, Marco Island Floor Covering or Naples Bay Floor Covering. Serving Southwest Florida for two decades, this family-owned business employs more than 100 sales and installation professionals at three state-of-the-art showroom locations.
   Today’s finer homes are not just wall-to-wall carpeting or tile any longer. The most fashion-forward residences incorporate a variety of flooring. The kitchen might be durable porcelain while the more elegant living rooms are travertine marble, and the master bedroom is a luxurious retreat with broadloom carpet. Wood in the study and more casual family room adds character to any design. Exquisite Oriental area rugs or custom carpets woven with rich color complement wood and stone floors.
   More than anything, the biggest trend in flooring is buying it all from one source. Even 10 years ago, customers were buying tile at one location, stone at another and carpet at yet another. Who has the time?
   “In the past few years there’s a definite change in customer attitude,” says Bill Pascale, president. “When clients learn of the selection and reasonable prices, they desire to purchase everything here. With all of the components that go into building or remodeling a home, if they can select the finest products and receive top-notch service at one store, that’s where they go.”
   Bill’s brother Mike, and sons Chris and Gregg oversee the three locations, serving reputable builders as well as homeowners. Marco Floor Covering open first, in 1984, a 7,000-square-foot showroom. Recognizing a healthy economy in Bonita Springs, 8 years ago Bonita Springs Floor Covering opened with a 5,000-square-foot showroom. The latest addition to the family is Naples Bay Floor Covering, a 15,000-square-foot facility that houses a 3,000-square-foot showroom and space for administration and installation services.
   “We’ve not only witnessed growth in the markets that we serve, but we’ve seen considerable change in the flooring industry,” says Pascale. “Builders and homeowners want to add character to their homes with a variety of floorings, and the industry is responding with incredible products.”
   In carpeting, broadloom is experiencing renewed demand with raised botanical patterns being the perfect addition to monochromatic interior designs. Stain-resisant, synthetic sea grass and sisal, both of which complement a preference for natural design, are in vogue. Reinforcing a color scheme, area rugs can be focal points. Easier on the spine and a sound absorber, carpeting is desirable in rooms that don’t receive the floor traffic. Today’s sturdy carpets feature attractive warranties.
   When people want a hard surface that warms a color scheme, when they want to add the look of age and when they want to dignify a small space, they look to wood. As contemporary design draws more appeal, designers recognize that wood can soften the straight lines of modern furnishings.
   “Exotic woods and hand-scraped woods are our biggest seller in wood flooring,” says Pascale. “From all parts of the world, these floors are gorgeous and they have the ability of adding so much color and character to a setting.”
   Nothing makes a statement like stone, and even many of the ceramic tiles on the market are designed to emulate it. Marble and limestone lend an aged appearance that complements the Mediterranean and Old World architecture so prevalent in Southwest Florida. Stone is a cool surface in a warm environment and forms the perfect natural transition from interior rooms to outdoor settings that are used year-round for al fresco dining and entertaining.
   Without doubt, floors take more abuse than any other surface in the home. For a floor that takes a beating and still looks marvelous, try porcelain. Porcelain, relatively new on the flooring market 10 years ago, has come down in price just as demand has risen. Now much more comparable in price to ceramic, porcelain tile is much harder than ceramic. Unlike ceramic, which has a layer of surface color, porcelain’s hue is tile deep. Manufactured to look like stone or any type of stylish ceramic, with a cost that’s easy on your wallet, porcelain is a hit.
   If chosen wisely, your floors will increase the value of and enhance the enjoyment of your home.

BONITA SPRINGS FLOOR COVERING
3431 Bonita Beach Road
Bonita Springs, FL
239 498-1840

MARCO ISLAND FLOOR COVERING
1711 San Marco Road
Marco Island, FL
239-394-1171

NAPLES BAY FLOOR COVERING
3910 Domestic Ave.
Naples, FL
239-262-7596
www.floridafloors.net