1. Determine your lifestyle.  Busy, active, formal, casual, modern, traditional?  Do you have special needs for elderly, handicapped or those with allergies?

2. Write down your personal style and design objectives.  Are doing one room or the whole house?  Are you starting from scratch or designing around something special, like an heirloom?  What colors are important?  Bring samples and paint chips.

3. Investigate color.  Look to magazines for ideas from designers that you can adapt to your own lifestyle.  At Onondaga Flooring, our flooring consultants keep current with trends and products with colors that are popular now and will be into the future.

4. Review each of the six major flooring types, and look at the strengths and fashion-ability of each.  Carpet. Wood. Ceramic. Resilient. Laminate. Area Rugs.

5. Observe traffic patterns.  Which areas of your home get the most use?  The east?  Take measurements, and draw a map of the house to include elements like bookcases, doorways, windows, furniture layout, special design features and lighting.

6. Look for products with special features, like wear, soil and stain resistance, and ask about the right cushion for your carpet.  Check out cleaning products made specifically for your new floor as well as suggested and required cleaning and maintenance schedules. What's need to keep warranties up to date?

7. Check out your windows, their style, dimensions and condition.  You can coordinate window fashions with your floors and still meet your needs for privacy, lighting and decor.

8. Ask about a Mohawk/Onondaga Flooring Credit Card.  Think of it as a household management tool that gets you exactly what you want when you want it, as it frees up cash and regular credit for routine family needs or emergencies.

9. Ask your Onondaga Flooring Consultant for help and advice.  You'll get ideas on fashion and design as well as products, service and price.  Ask about performance. coordinating color for every flooring type and how to get the most from every square foot.

10. Learn to be a savvy shopper.  Ask for your "First Things First" savvy shopper checklist.  Make copies and use them as a guide for purchasing any flooring type and to get the most value from the knowledge and skills of your Onondaga Flooring Consultant.

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1. Determine your lifestyle.  Busy, active, formal, casual, modern, traditional?  Do you have special needs for elderly, handicapped or those with allergies?

2. Write down your personal style and design objectives.  Are doing one room or the whole house?  Are you starting from scratch or designing around something special, like an heirloom?  What colors are important?  Bring samples and paint chips.

3. Investigate color.  Look to magazines for ideas from designers that you can adapt to your own lifestyle.  At Onondaga Flooring, our flooring consultants keep current with trends and products with colors that are popular now and will be into the future.

4. Review each of the six major flooring types, and look at the strengths and fashion-ability of each.  Carpet. Wood. Ceramic. Resilient. Laminate. Area Rugs.

5. Observe traffic patterns.  Which areas of your home get the most use?  The east?  Take measurements, and draw a map of the house to include elements like bookcases, doorways, windows, furniture layout, special design features and lighting.

6. Look for products with special features, like wear, soil and stain resistance, and ask about the right cushion for your carpet.  Check out cleaning products made specifically for your new floor as well as suggested and required cleaning and maintenance schedules. What's need to keep warranties up to date?

7. Check out your windows, their style, dimensions and condition.  You can coordinate window fashions with your floors and still meet your needs for privacy, lighting and decor.

8. Ask about a Mohawk/Onondaga Flooring Credit Card.  Think of it as a household management tool that gets you exactly what you want when you want it, as it frees up cash and regular credit for routine family needs or emergencies.

9. Ask your Onondaga Flooring Consultant for help and advice.  You'll get ideas on fashion and design as well as products, service and price.  Ask about performance. coordinating color for every flooring type and how to get the most from every square foot.

10. Learn to be a savvy shopper.  Ask for your "First Things First" savvy shopper checklist.  Make copies and use them as a guide for purchasing any flooring type and to get the most value from the knowledge and skills of your Onondaga Flooring Consultant.

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