Sometimes we get a little sick of seeing FLOR everywhere. Even though we love the fact that it's recyclable and easy to maintain, we get tired of the limitations of the grid. When you have a FLOR rug, you can definitely feel stuck in a certain look. Recently, we unpacked the FLOR tiles from our old apartment and we were considering sending them back to be recycled until...
...we realized that our old spare room rug could work in our new place as a hallway runner. Which brings us to the argument for why modular carpeting is cool: it's designed for an extended lifecycle. Although we think the FLOR look can become stale, we have to give them credit for creating a product that can change as a home changes and, ultimately, can be sent back to the manufacturer for recycling once it's no longer wanted. (For other uses for old FLOR tiles, see this post.)
We'd love to see more products designed with their entire lifecycle in mind. For more information on designing for the long-term, check out William McDonough's book, Cradle to Cradle, and the Greenblue non-profit group for starters.
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Most carpets are some sort of rectangular shape. In fact, there are fairly standard sizes for most ready-made area rugs. So I don't know why you're picking on FLOR. I like the fact that you can make a rug (almost) any size you want.
I understand we see FLOR everywhere. But I think that's because they've cornered the residential market on carpet squares. Hah! (that pun wasn't intended). I'm sure Shaw and all the other commercial "carpet square" manufacturers are gnashing their teeth.
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well they come in tiles, but you can cut them and make your own patters and create shapes, we did that at our office and it looks very cool, we used Interface.
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How does Flor become more stale than a regular area rug? I also don't see how Flor traps you in a look any more than a rug does.
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I'd like to know how long it takes for someone to get tired of their carpet? I dont have any and I dont ever get tired of having no carpet. Is it a seasonal thing?
view Hollie's profile
great that they can be recycled but...if you just got tired of them but they were in good shape, couldn't you freecycle or craigslist them and let the next owner send them in or send them on? reuse before recycling...right?
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Who wrote this nonsense? Tired of carpet/tiles? I think what you may be becoming tired of is seeing Flor tiles all over AT.
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And am I crazy, or are they not that cheap when you actually get a full rug. I found some Flor I liked, typed in the amount I wanted and the total... $850 dollars.
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Yes, you can go to overstock and get a real rug for much less. I think the coolness needs to wear off a bit for the price to come down.
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I'll never get sick of my FLOR!
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