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Month: August 2020

Creating New Living Designs After COVID-19

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Our guest blogger Alison Jacobson, The Safety Mom, is back again this week to talk new ways to thing about designing the interior of your home now and in the future as a result of stay at home orders. Read on for Alison’s tip towards home redesign ideas that families will be thinking about in the future.

A lot of how we live our lives is changing due to the pandemic. More companies are realizing that work-from-home situations are not only possible but might be necessary in the future. We’re learning how to find our personal space and manage when the entire family is home all day. While we all hope that we never need to be under a quarantine like this again, it’s quite possible that we will and it’s making us take a look at how our homes are set-up.

“Cozy and Calm” will be more important.

Especially when you have young kids you’ve been entertaining all day, a place to escape to is critical to maintain your sanity. This could be redesigning your bathroom with a spa tub and skylights or adding small items such as a plant (studies have proven that indoor plants reduce stress levels and boost your mood) or a wall hanging or just a fresh coat of paint. Consider turning a small area of your bedroom into a meditation area or even redesigning a closet. Once again, some paint, a meditation pillow and a small table for a Buddha statue and some candles can transform it into a Zen oasis.

You can even update your floors with TORLYS’ soft and warm cork floors to warm your space. Formal dining rooms have been less important than casual gathering spaces for quite some time, but now more than ever people will be looking for places where the entire family can do activities or watch Netflix. Outdoor spaces will also become more important. We just created an area in our backyard for a firepit where we can all chill out as a family and roast s’mores or my hubby and I can have a quiet time with a blanket and a glass of wine.

Click here are a few more home redesign ideas that families will be thinking about in the future.

How to Prevent Mold in Your Home

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Maybe you’ve noticed it in the shower. Or maybe, while in bed at night, you caught a glimpse of it in the corners of your ceiling. Maybe you found it hiding in your paper towel holder. The where may vary, but one thing is for sure, mold and mildew are commonly found throughout the home.

While you can reverse the effects of mold after it’s been established, it can be costly and usually require professional help (and plenty of your precious time!). Which means the best course of action is prevention. Below are five ways you can help prevent the growth of mold and mildew in your home.

Invest in antimicrobial products

The best line of defense is investing in products with antimicrobial technology that protects against mold. These products, like anything that features Microban technology, are built to become inhospitable to microbes, meaning mold and mildew don’t ever have a chance to start growing. Plus, Microban protection works for the life of a product, so whether you’ve used it for 10 days or 10 years, you can rest easy knowing mold won’t have a chance to make way into your home.

Your floors should be no different. TORLYS flooring is backed by Microban’s antimicrobial product protection, keeping floors cleaner between cleanings!

Read more for 4 more tips to prevent mold in your home! 

TORLYS Introduces: Leuco & Sango Laminate Collections

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Latest additions to the Quick-Step® NatureTek program offer stunning wood visuals!

 

TORONTO, ON – August 2020 – TORLYS, a global flooring company known for bringing innovative flooring solutions to market, announced today the expansion of its laminate lineup with Leuco and Sango collections, a combined 10 on-trend SKUs featuring contemporary patterns and enhanced elegant wood visuals.

Leuco in Willow Oak

The latest additions to the Quick-Step® NatureTek program offered in Canada, Leuco is part of the NatureTek Select program while Sango is part of the NatureTek Plus program; both offering excellent performance at great value.

Leuco’s 6 SKU collection features a 2mm attached pad for increased sound reduction as well as an easy clean surface that can even be damp mopped.

With 4 SKUs in beautiful patterns of Ash and Maple, Sango’s 12mm waterproof laminate line is part of the NatureTek Plus program with GenuEdge™ technology and pressed bevels that can be wet or steam mopped!

Be among the first to see the Leuco and Sango collections and product specifications!

ABOUT TORLYS

Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, TORLYS is a global flooring company that specializes in providing beautiful, responsible flooring solutions. TORLYS has been creating and delivering innovative flooring solutions to homeowners, builders, and property managers, using the latest technologies for 32 years and counting.

For further information, contact:

Leah Robinson, Digital Marketing Specialist

E: Leah.Robinson@torlys.com P: 905-696-2399

Cleaning Tips for an Organized Kids Room

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This guest blog about cleaning tips is brought to us by The Safety Mom, Alison Jacobson

I don’t care how old your kids are, their bedrooms always look like they’ve been ransacked. I’ve tried to be Zen about it and just let it go but every time I walk by it makes me crazy! I mean how hard is it to put dirty clothes in the hamper that’s five steps away from where my daughter has decided to drop it on the floor?!

Whether they’re 7 or 17 chances are you sound like a nag even to yourself asking them to clean up and organize so manage your expectations. Understand that they’re kids and neatness just doesn’t rank as high on their priority list as yours.

Having said this, here are a few cleaning tips for helping keep your child’s room tidy and germ free, including investing in TORLYS floors backed by Microban’s antimicrobial product protection.

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