Welcome to our showroom!
Well....... at least online. If this is your first time through, what better place to start than by viewing this photo of our showroom and office on Northwest Avenue, just north of Albertsons' Grocery Store.
Welcome! Come on in!
Here’s a list of the wholesale products we can furnish for your project:
FLOOR COVERINGS: Carpeting, Wood, Bamboo, Natural Stone, Natural Linoleum, Rubber Tile, Cork, Tile and Vinyl.
COUNTERTOPS: Tile, Granite, Marble, Laminate, Solid Surface (Corian, Ceasarstone, etc.), Ice Stone, Paper Stone, Concrete Countertops, Butcher Block and Quartz.
CABINETS: 2 Cabinet Lines and Cabinet Accessories. We offer semi-custom, modular cabinets by Premier Millworks, Inc. in Aldergrove, B.C. as well as custom cabinets by Smith & Vallee Woodworks, Inc. in Deming.
The standard finish on the Premier cabinets was developed in Sweden where environmental and durability standards are among the highest in the world. They contain no nitro-cellulose, no methanol, and no keytones. Furthermore, they contain less than half the hazardous air pollutant solvents (HAP’s) allowed by the EPA. Premier also has an optional Green Series which includes, for example, white, impact resistant, low-formaldehyde interiors.
Smith & Vallee offers locally made, sustainably harvested cabinets, since 1997. Their cabinet boxes are made with sustainably harvested maple plywood. Solid woods used in their projects are typically cherry, maple and fir. The fir and maple are locally harvested from a forest logged by the same family for over forty years. The logs are milled and kiln dried at their facilities in Deming. The cherry is purchased from a wood dealer in Pt. Townsend, WA and comes from a sustainably harvested forest in Pennsylvania.
All of the remaining photographs on this page are actual views of our showroom interior.
Here’s a partial list of the retail products we can help specify for you project, some using in-house samples and others via websites, catalogs and brochures:
WINDOW COVERINGS: Mini-Blinds, Verticals, Pleated Shades, Draperies, Shutters and Custom Curtains.
FURNITURE: Custom Furniture, Upholstery, Fabrics, Office Furniture and Accessories.
WALL COVERINGS: Fabrics, Wallpaper and Acoustical Systems.
WINDOWS: Glass Block, Wood, Clad Wood, Fiberglass, Aluminum and Vinyl
DOORS and LOCKSETS: Interior and Exterior Doors
SKYLIGHTS: Wood and Aluminum
PLUMBING FIXTURES AND FAUCETS: Sinks, Toilets, Tubs, Showers, and Continuous-Flow, Tankless, On-Demand Water Heaters
LIGHTING: Numerous Manufacturers with focus on the needs of improved lighting for our aging population
PAINT COLORS: Numerous Brands with Focus on Low/No VOC Products
INTERIOR TRIM: Paint/stain Grade and Engineered Wood
ROOFING: Composition, Wood and Metal
SIDING: Engineered Wood (i.e. Hardi Plank, etc.) and Natural Wood
DECKING and GUARDRAILS: Composite Decking, Natural Wood, Tempered Glass and Cable Rail
We've incorporated specific products and techniques into our own office and showroom –- inside and out -- so that we can actually show you the environmentally sensitive construction techniques we prefer to use in your home:
1. We used Advanced Framing to eliminate structurally unnecessary lumber and replaced it with insulation in the exterior walls.
2. We eliminated all of our lawn and replaced it with xeriscaping -- drought resistant plantings -- to minimize pesticides, herbicides, watering, and the very need for mowing. We hope you take the time to wander around our building in order to imagine incorporating these techniques at your home or office.
3. Our cabinetry promotes kitchen cabinet design that incorporates recycling as a standard household function. These vignettes display the optimal utilization of cabinet space (blind-corner access; roll-out shelving; etc.).
4. We house a growing lending-library of information promoting sustainability: energy efficiency, building with less, universal design, etc.
5. We installed an on-demand, high-efficiency, continuous, gas water heater to replace the standard electric water heater that was rarely used. No hot water is stored between uses!
6. We display lighting design that acknowledges the visual needs of our aging population. The halogen and fluorescent lamps you’ll see here produce a high quality light output per watt of energy consumed. And unlike most any other showroom we've ever seen, we turn off virtually all of our lights when clients are not present. If it looks dark and closed upon final approach, know that we're doing our best to do no unnecessary harm. Come on in! We'll turn the lights on for you!
7. We used low VOC/low toxic paints and easily renewable OS Color HARDWAX-OIL from the Environmental Home Center in Seattle to finish our wood trim and floor.
Besides products and techniques, our showroom also displays a diverse spectrum of building materials from which to choose. You'll see a selection of these products that foster greater environmental stewardship:
1. Smith and Vallee cabinets with live-edge maple tops; sustainably harvested, certified wood for the boxes and the doors/drawers; hand-rubbed oil finish with a wax top coat for added durability and water resistance.
2. Long lasting, natural linoleum – Marmoleum - sheet flooring.
3. Interface Carpet Tiles contains recycled material and are also recyclable. With carpet tiles, it’s easier to replace only the worn-out, high-traffic areas.
4. Cork flooring, is harvested without having to kill the tree!
5. Toli flooring, is a commercial-rated vinyl with a simulated wood-flooring look. Toil offers excellent, long-term performance. 6. Bamboo flooring, is harvested from fast growing grass rather than slow growing trees.
“I cannot praise you and your crew enough for their competence, consideration and cleanup. I think you did a superb job on a repair that just seemed to keep growing. I brag about your organization to everyone I talk to. Thank you! I’d be glad to testify to the quality of the work you do anytime!” - Caryl Hinkley
