February 25, 2015 - Lethbridge Sun Times - page 32 BEST OF THE BEST


become all the rage for home owners’ flooring choices. “It is the big up-and-coming trend. It has a hardwood like


Grocery shopping inspires a new flooring trend W


Richard Amery For the Sun Times


ho would have thought grocery shopping could inspire a flooring trend? But since Safeway started installing commercial vinyl planking and luxury vinyl planking, it has


look but with the forgiveness of traditional vinyl flooring,” said John Kerber of Kerber Floors, this year’s winner of the “Best Flooring Store’ category in the Best of the Best survey. “It doesn’t dent, it doesn’t scratch and it


doesn’t wear out and it doesn’t need waxing. It doesn’t need maintenance,” he continued, adding it has been a popular trend for the past five years. “People were inspired by grocery


shopping. Who would have thunk it?” he asked. He said there are a lot of different


designs available. “There is everything from simple designs to barn board,” he noted. More importantly, new materials are easy to replace and


repair without being able to see the seams. They are also waterproof which helps limit flood damage to floors. “All you have to do is pull it back and let it dry out,” he said. He said carpeting styles are a throwback to the past. But


while what’s old is new again, with new comes the newly improved. “Short shag carpeting is back,” said Kerber, who has been


part of the family run business since shag carpeting was first popular. His dad started Kerber Floors in 1958. “You could count the individual tufts originally,” he


observed. “Some of those old trends are new again. People are going


back to traditional styles,” he said, adding others, like hardwood flooring, are going by the wayside as a result of the new materials like hard surface vinyl flooring which looks like real wood. “There are super nice wood grains that look like hardwood


floors,” he said. “I wouldn’t recommend hardwood floors for households with


a lot of traffic or dogs because it scratches,” he said, adding the new vinyl sheet flooring materials are more durable.


PHOTO BY RICHARD AMERY John Kerber shows a few of the flooring options at Kerber Floors, “Best Flooring Store” winner in the Best of the Best survey.


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