Nor Cal Floor Design Blog
We recently had the opportunity to work with Carrie Conway of Spirit Tahoe Interior Design and Jim of JB Construction on this fun remodel. Carrie’s attention to her clients’ desires and tastes led us to use a custom finished Rustic Oak with warm brown tones plus a modern twist of grey liming. The floors turned out gorgeous! Carrie also had a vision …
Featured Project: 400 Grove Street, San Francisco Another Beautiful Mixed-Use Retail and Residential development you can see our floors in! It has been our pleasure partnering with DDG and working with Anne of Fougeron architects to achieve the perfect floor. We can’t tell you what it is just yet….stay tuned for updates in future newsletters. The land was previously a parking …
We’ve been working hard on the new warehouse in Sparks, Nevada. It’s fully functional now!! The showroom to come later in 2015. Stay tuned!
Nor-Cal Floor Design has recently been voted by the Houzz community as a winner of our Best of Houzz 2015 awards in the Customer Service category. This is huge social media platform for designers and builders nationally, so this award was exciting to receive. View our Houzz page here…
Homeowners Tip: For most of us on the West Coast, we are experiencing spring weather in February so I thought I would share some “Green” Cleaning tips: Do you know about these basic cleaning essentials? Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) — gritty scrubber, also reacts with acids like lemon and vinegar Borax — disinfects, whitens and deodorizes White vinegar — disinfects …
Here are some February events to mark on your 2015 calendar: 2/6 National Wear Red Day- men and women are encouraged to wear red on this day to support women’s heart health 2/14 Valentines Day- It’s on a Saturday this year. Did you get your babysitter? Or how about reservations at your favorite restaurant? 2/16 Presidents’ Day 2/17 Mardi Gras
Many thanks for the nomination and votes from our fellow design and building professionals at the Contractors Association of Truckee Tahoe (CATT). Nor-Cal Floor Designs took home the Sub-Contractor of the Year Award for 2014 – actually, we took home one of two awards because of a tie and are pleased to share the honor with Greg Haugen at Martis …
We are working with a private client in San Francisco on the top floor in the second tallest building in the city (4th tallest in CA). There will be flooring, wall paneling, and custom furnishings that will utilize custom, oil-finished Larch. This beautiful flooring and unique wall panelling will accent their exceptional views making their office views stunning from every direction.
We are very excited to tell you about our new warehouse! We will be moving from a completely full 2700sf warehouse in Truckee to a 8200sf warehouse, just 38 miles away in Sparks, NV. This will allow us to be more efficient in the completion of finishing your custom products as well as giving us more room to store materials. …
Softwoods, such as larch, spruce, pine, stone pine, and Douglas fir are softer and lighter than their hardwood relatives. Their hue and the patterning of their even grain allow for some beautiful design possibilities. One common use of softwoods in flooring is when homeowners are looking to add a warm undertone to their home. Larch, in particular, is the warmest …
December Events 12/16 Hanukkah begins at sundown and will last for 8 days, Happy Hanukkah! 12/17 1902- The Wright brothers took their first flight! 12/21 The first day of Winter – Up in Truckee we are all hoping this will bring some of that white stuff we’ve been missing the past few years! 12/25 Wishing you and your families a …
At Nor-Cal Floor Design, craftsmanship and quality are our highest priorities. Hand scraping is just one of our many artisan skills. It seems like every hardwood flooring supplier has a hand-scraped option these days. Upon close inspection, you can easily identify the true hand-scraped products from the machine-scraped imitators. Our craftsmen treat each individual plank with care to avoid repetition …