You can cry, but only on my wood-look tile.

Welcome back, guys!

I hope you enjoyed my first post. I know my parents were beaming with pride. (No, it doesn't take much with them.) This time around we will be focusing on one of my FAVORITE options for flooring. 

Wood-look tile

Wood-look tile is the best of both worlds. It's having your cake and eating it too (without the calories.) It's friends with benefits (not recommended.) It's the peanut butter to... okay, you get it. 

Lot's of people love the look of wood, but unfortunately we live in the South. It's humid as a steam room and there is water everywhere. So, when you want to get gorgeous 5" wide solid hardwood floors don't be surprised when we cringe a little bit. If you tell us you want to put it in your laundry room, bathroom, and kitchen don't be surprised when we start crying a little. You would be amazed how many horror stories we hear from toilets overflowing, dishwashers exploding, and washing machines bursting into spontaneous waterfall-like behavior. With all that said, wood-look tile is your new best pal. 

It's gorgeous, water safe, and most importantly cheaper than wood (most of the time!) You can live on the lake, at the beach, or chill in your new kitchen with wide, lovely, DRY "hardwood" and not have to fret. Some of our favorite hardwood looks are rustic and worn, but they come in all shapes and sizes. (Okay really just sizes, most are rectangle shaped.) Some of our favorites are pictured below. Wood-look tile is installed the same way normal tile is installed. You can do thinner grout lines for a more "wood inspired" look and stay away from annoying grout. 

If you're interested in wood-look tile swing by the store and chat with myself or Cindy. We will promise to guide you to wood-look tile nirvana. 

Thanks for reading! If you have something you'd like to know more about comment and let me know. I'm like a wedding DJ, requests are welcome and encouraged.

-Amber

                                                              

Let's get ready to rumble!

It's beyond time for us to have our own blog!

I'll start by quickly introducing myself, as I'll be handling the account and mostly speaking in first person.

My name is Amber and I've been here at Carolina Wholesale Floors for right at 1 year. I started drinking the flooring industry kool-aid and haven't been able to look back. I find myself walking into restaurants, friends homes, and stores inspecting their choices they've made on flooring. It's a blessing and a curse. I enjoy noticing the choices, but I also would rather be focused on my friend's conversations than the tile creeping up the wall beside their head.
(This photo is me at a vendor fair, where I wow-ed people with awesome prices and my charm)

Flooring is such a fun industry to be in because there are endless choices, whether you're looking for carpet, hardwood, tile, or laminate and vinyl, you can make your dreams come true at our store. It's interior design with blinders on that keep your focus on the ground. Our customers come in with a counter top, or a cabinet, or a fabric swatch and we get to elaborate and create a beautiful room!

As a wholesale store, we can almost always ensure lower prices than the other guys. But, I like to think our main perk is that we truly care. Gillian, Cindy and myself are the only three you work with and we will drop what we are doing if you need some time to vent about your renovation project or change your selection because it's not working. We are more like a family than anything. (Yes, I am awkwardly inserting myself into the family business without asking... don't judge me)

So, what can you expect from this blog? My awful attempts at being humorous, but more importantly examples of work we've done and helpful hints and tricks to making this process fun and affordable.

Share this with your friends and make me flooring famous!

Until next time,
Amber