If you are in the process of shopping for new carpet for your home I am sure you’ve come to realize how many options are now available. These options are fantastic because so many needs will be met. At Bretz Interiors, we know the process can be a bit intimidating and overwhelming and we are here to help you with that! Here are a few carpet fiber facts to help ease the process of choosing a carpet that is right for you and your home! [Read more…]
Storewide Flooring Sale! Save $100 on Flooring – Limited Time Offer
Our entire flooring showroom is on sale for the rest of the year! Stop by the Bretz Interiors Showroom to view our large selection of products which includes carpet, carpet tile, sheet vinyl, vinyl planking, laminate, hardwood, engineered hardwood, bamboo, tile, and cork. Orders must be placed by or before 12/31/2012 with your salesperson and coupon must be presented to salesperson at the time of purchase. Please give us a call or send us an email if you have questions or would like to set up an appointment! Showroom appointments are not necessary but are recommended to ensure that a salesperson is present when you come by.
Pat Fear – pat@bretzinteriors.com
Kyla Fear- kyla@bretzinteriors.com
303.234.1727
Bring In The New Year With Relaxation
Does winter make you want to curl up and enjoy a good book? Think about creating a cozy place in your home to read, whether you have an entire room to devote or just a small nook or bay window.
A home library is different than a home office because it’s a place for enjoyment and relaxation, while you may need to actually work in a home office. A home library is a retreat from the stresses of your life and your home. You can quietly read a book while sipping a glass of port or a warm cup of tea.
Key to a home library is a comfortable place to sit and put up your feet. And good lighting is critical. Purchase a lamp that provides enough light to read small print comfortably and position it over your shoulder.
Creating a cozy place to read in your home will give you hours of quiet pleasure while you’re improving your mind!
Bretz Wants to Say Thank You to All Our Loyal Customers
As we start calming down from the busy holiday season, I wanted to take a moment to thank all of our wonderful clients for another great year. We are so thankful for our loyal customer base and the opportunity to work with many new clients this year. My grandfather started this business over 50 years ago and we have been able to stay in business for this long because of our wonderful clients and their referrals. We appreciate you.
How to Remodel Your Home on a Budget
Monday was my anniversary. My husband and I have been married for a year. We had a really big year last year. We got engaged, bought a house, got married, and if all of that wasn’t enough, I also started a photography business.
This year we have slowed down a bit and have started to focus a bit more on our house, but there is so much to be done that we often feel overwhelmed and stuck. We don’t even know where to start. We are in that middle ground of wanting to create beauty in our home and not being able to afford what we want, much like many people our age who are just starting out their “adult” lives.
We have friends that are avid Craigslisters. Basically everything they have done to their home was a Craigslist purchase. And as far as I know, they are pleased with all of their purchases. Probably because they didn’t feel bad about spray painting chairs they got for super cheap to fit their own style and or needs. I LOVE the idea of our home being filled with wonderfully recycled products that we tweak to fit exactly our style, but the TIME involved… We just don’t have the TIME to dedicate to it. We don’t even have kids. It is just us and our wonderful but allergic to everything black lab/hound, Piper. Well, us and our full time jobs and my “part-time” photography business. And our general lack of corresponding schedules. And our TV. And my photo editing. Okay, so we COULD have time, I’m sure, but we don’t want to MAKE time for getting creative with Craigslist. But that wouldn’t really help us with the big stuff like our floors and windows.
We bought a foreclosure. Honestly, short sales and foreclosures are the only thing on the market aside from mansions. We are lucky in that the house was not completely trashed when we bought the place. The yard was a little scary.. 6 foot tall weeds all over the place, but the house itself was in pretty good condition. The carpet was dirty but cleanable and will probably last a bit longer. We have engineered hardwood in the kitchen that is in okay shape, but the install job was not done very well. We have horrible vertical blinds that are just a bit too long for the windows and the vanes stick when you’re opening the blinds. They flap in the wind if the window is open, and they also let light into our room at night, allowing the moon and or lights to seep through. They are my least favorite things in the whole house.
So, I thought that perhaps I should put together some product information for first time home buyers who are looking for quality but can’t afford to spend the big bucks at this point in their life.
Carpet. If you are looking for a good quality carpet that is going to wear well for a good chunk of time, look fairly nice, and hold up to kids, dogs, constantly cleaning, stains etc, Mohawk has a great product called SmartStrand.
Not even joking, they put this product in with rhino at a zoo for two weeks and let them do their business all over it and then cleaned it and the carpet cleaned incredibly well. Watch a video below. They also do a durability test with elephants, rhinos, and camels and the carpet bounced back really well.
http://www.mohawkflooring.com/smartstrand/challenge/default.aspx
Polyesters are also carpet fibers that clean fairly well, and because the technology has improved so much, the durability has improved quite a bit as well. It is less expensive than most nylon products and if you spend a bit more you can get a great polyester product that will wear better than some of the lower end nylons.
If you don’t want to mess with carpet and would much rather have a hard surface but can’t afford hardwood or engineered hardwood, I’d suggest looking at a vinyl product. Honestly, anyone with kids or pets should seriously consider vinyl or laminate. Armstrong and now Karndean have come out with Luxury Vinyl Tile products that look remarkably like real hardwood because the digital photography has come so far. There are also some really interesting patterns for kitchen and bathrooms in vinyl sheet flooring that really do look like real ceramic tile when installed.
For window coverings, if you want a step up from your generic aluminum mini blinds, cellular shades offer great UV protection and are very energy efficient, especially if you go to a double cell. Composite wood blinds are also fairly inexpensive and still provide a great wood look that will last.
Hunter Douglas provides excellent quality and they are always creating great ways to save money through their energy efficient window coverings.
If you have any questions, please call us! We’d love to hear from you! We would also love for you to stop by our showroom to take a look at these products!
Our showroom is open the following hours:
Monday, Wednesday – 8 AM – 5 PM
Tuesday, Thursday- 8 AM- 7 PM
Friday – 8 AM- 4:30 PM
Come visit us during our new extended hours during September and receive a complementary bottle of Carpet Odor and Spot Remover spray!