There are no set guidelines when looking to finish off your home’s area rug, hall or stair runner. It simply comes down to personal preference. The advantage of creating a custom piece is you have options of material and how it’s done. Here are some of your best options. For a higher end finish, often…
One of the most effective ways to finish off the look of a room is to add an area rug. However if you have the opportunity, it is often best to build your décor from the floor up! Often decorating with rugs is based on the principles of proportion. When possible, choosing your area rug…
The first thing you need to know about carpet styles and fibres is the difference between tufted and woven carpet. Tufted carpet consist of rows of machine-punched yarns held together by adhesive and a backing. Woven carpets, made on a loom, are known for their long life span and higher price point due to the…
As a proud Canadian company, all of us at Vifloor Canada are pleased to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday and say Happy Birthday Canada! Vifloor designed commemorative custom hats to mark this momentous occasion and distribute them among our clients and friends. Below is a gallery of our colleagues in their new head-toppers thus far. Please…
If you truly want to have a custom rug or runner, then having a hand-tufted and over-tufted custom carpet or area rug is the way to go. Made from the finest silk and wool fibers, every colour used is custom dyed and tufted into the carpet stitch. Any design vision, colour and texture can be…
If you are thinking of installing landscape grass yourself, here’s how the professionals would do it. Remove any old grass. Level the surface and spread a generous amount of building sand across the surface (5 to 6 cm). Compact the sand, sprinkle with water and level so you are left with a nice even surface.…
Stair runners and area rugs look best when contrast in colour is created with the flooring underneath. We are seeing more greys, cooler tones over beiges because they allow you to add pops of colour in rooms by adding other decorative accents. Grey tones in particular have been on the rise due to the dark…
This just in! Vifloor Canada is pleased to launch three new wool carpet styles. Please take a look below and let us know what you think! Clipper II: Tried and true and re-coloured for a contemporary palette Re-coloured for today’s contemporary buyer. Soft greys and neutral colours offering a woven texture of a durable wool and…
Have you ever found an area rug and wished it was just a little shorter or a little wider, or do you have an odd shape or indent that you need to accommodate? Having a custom rug is like getting a tailored suit made. The area rug is made-to-order with the exact width, length and…
Now that 2016 has passed us by, we at Vifloor Canada are proud to take a look back at some of the notable carpet and commercial matting installations we’ve completed for our clients. In the collection below, we’ve shared just a handful of our favourite residential carpet, commercial carpet, and commercial matting installations from the past…