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Flooring experts at Western Carpet One Floor & Home Tip On Choosing the Right Carpet For your Home

Western Carpet One Floor & Home is a locally owned and operated Saskatoon flooring store. They have been servicing Saskatoon and area since 1974. Their stunning showroom offers a comfortable shopping experience for every type of flooring. Whether it is Carpet, Hardwood, Ceramic Tile, Laminate flooring, Cork, Sheet vinyl, or area rugs, you will find it at Western Carpet One Floor & HomeIn their latest Saskatoon flooring tip, Western Carpet provide som great expert assistance when selecting a carpet for your home! 



BEAUTIFUL AND DURABLE: CHOOSING A CARPET THAT IS BOTH


New carpet flooring can add beauty and style to any interior space. Whether you’re considering durable wall-to-wall carpeting or a bright,colorful area rug, the perfect type of carpet can enhance the rest of your room with ease. However, we know that choosing a carpet or flooring type can be a daunting task, especially when you’re considering everyday use frequented by pets accidents and the little one’s spills.


At Western Carpet One Floor & Home in Saskatoon, our flooring experts can guide you in the right direction while meeting the needs of your personal interior design scheme and lifestyle. 

 

Carpet accounts for the majority of flooring on the market and is a great option for almost any space. If you’re looking to invest in a carpet that is beautiful and durable, check out the different types and styles of carpet to find one that best suits your interior. 

 

Types of Carpet: Which One Works Best For My Home?

Choosing the most beautiful and durable carpet starts with the type of carpet that is best for your space. Part of what determines which carpet is best for your home is its specific make, and this includes understanding the differences between the main fibers and the texture of a specific carpet. 

 

There are four common fibers: 

  • Nylon

  • Polyester

  • Polypropylene

  • Wool 

 

Here’s a closer look at each fiber type and how these types of carpet can benefit your home!



Nylon Carpet

Nylon is a common carpet fiber that is incredibly durable and versatile, which makes nylon carpet a great fiber choice for many areas of the home. 

 

Some benefits of nylon include: 

  • Durability: excellent resilience to fading and stains, so it’s able to keep its appearance for longer than other options. 

  • Soft texture: Nylon carpets are also soft to the touch, and some are even engineered for increased softness. 

  • Stain-Resistant: Most nylon carpets are treated to protect against spills and stains. 

 

While nylon is an excellent choice for many spaces, it’s also important to keep in mind that there are a variety of qualities of nylon, so be sure to do your research when looking for the perfect nylon carpet in your home!

 

Polyester Carpet

Polyester carpet fibers are some of the most popular available today. Polyester carpeting is known for its durability and price point, but also for its naturally stain-resistant qualities. While polyester is not as resilient as nylon in some cases, it’s still a great choice for homes looking for both durable and beautiful carpets.

 

Did you know? Unlike nylon, polyester is naturally stain-resistant, and it’s also engineered to repel liquids from seeping below its surface! For this reason, polyester is a durable carpet option for most high-traffic living spaces, including bedrooms, living rooms, and hallways.

 

Polypropylene Carpet

Polypropylene carpet, also known as olefin, is a synthetic carpet fiber that offers unique characteristics. It is known for its wool-like appearance and is most often used to create berber carpets. While polypropylene carpet is a budget-friendly choice, it’s not necessarily the most durable. 

 

When purchasing this carpet type, keep in mind:

 

  • Unlike nylon, polypropylene does not bounce back as easily. For this reason, polypropylene carpeting works best in spaces like offices and low-traffic areas. 

  • Some Berber carpets with low piles can offer moderate durability. 

  • When it comes to stain resistance, polypropylene carpet performs well.

Wool Carpet

For a truly natural fiber option, wool carpet offers many of the same features of man-made fibers, making it a popular choice. Wool carpeting is a luxurious statement piece that is meant to last, and it is an investment. For this reason, we advise wool carpeting for low-traffic areas, including guest rooms, bedrooms, and office spaces.

 

Benefits of wool carpeting:

  • One of the many features of wool carpet is that it is hypoallergenic, so it’s perfect for those who experience allergies.

  • While wool is not as durable as nylon, it is flame and dirt-resistant. 

  • In many ways, wool carpet is a great choice for a variety of styles.

Carpet Texture: Which Texture Is Best For My Floor?

There are also four common carpet textures to explore. These carpet textures include Berber, Loop, Cut Pile, and Cut Loop. Not sure which type works best for your flooring? Here's a closer look at these carpet textures and what they can offer your space.


Berber Carpet

Berber carpet is a looped carpet tufted with thick yarn. It often has random specks of color in contrast to a base hue and is a beautiful addition to any space. 

 

Some benefits of berber carpeting include:

  • Durability

  • Stain-resistance

  • Pet and spill-proof 

 

Some common areas where Berber carpet can be installed include kids’ playrooms, bedrooms, living rooms, and offices. 

Loop Carpet

Loop carpet has yarns that are looped and uncut on the carpet surface. The pile height can vary from low, tightly constructed to a more luxurious high-level pile. 

 

Some things to consider with loop carpet:

  • Loop carpets can easily hide dirt and spills. 

  • This style is ideal for heavy traffic areas like kids’ rooms and family rooms. 

  • The shadings in this carpet will resist traffic patterns while making colors appear deeper and richer. In other words, there’s no need to vacuum every time your carpet gets walked on.

Cut Pile Carpet


Cut pile carpet consists of yarns that are cut at the ends. The soft feel of cut carpet makes it a perfect choice for the most comfortable areas of your home — bedrooms, living rooms, and family rooms.

 

There are five basic styles of cut pile carpet: 

  • Velvet

  • Saxony

  • Frieze

  • Shag

  • Cable

 

The primary difference among these styles is the number of twists in the yarns that will ultimately influence the carpet’s durability. For example, plush Saxony carpeting is often installed in formal settings, whereas textured plushes are less formal and help hide footprints and vacuum marks. There are a wide variety of looks and colors in cut-style carpets. When you’re looking for durability, remember — the tighter the twist level, the better the carpet will perform.

Cut & Loop Style Carpet


As its name suggests, cut and loop style carpet has a combination of high-cut tufts and lower loops in a variety of sculptured patterns. This is why you can find innumerable patterns in beautiful shades  of cut and loop carpets today. This type of carpet offers good performance but isslightly less durable than loop carpet. Tough and durable, cut and loop carpets can be used in any place that gets a lot of activity. These carpets are great at adding a dimension of texture that creates an enhanced plush profile and camouflages traffic patterning.

Choose The Perfect Carpet Flooring for Your Home 

Carpet flooring is often used in living rooms, bedrooms, family rooms, and kids’ playrooms because it adds a level of coziness to the interior space. The benefits to installing a carpet are endless from safety to added insulation and acoustic dampening—this is why you often find carpeting in movie theatre's because it absorbs sound.

 

Carpet For Your Family Spaces

When it comes to your living room, carpet is ideal as this is often where your family spends most of their time so why not add a little comfort? Common misperceptions about carpet for the living room include that it’s difficult to maintain. However, thanks to the latest in carpet technology, carpet is often better at hiding dirt and stains than hardwood. If you’re concerned about the kids spilling their drinks or pets making a mess on the living room floor, choose a modern carpet for the living room in a bold pattern as this makes it easier to hide any stray crumbs. 

 

Have an active family or pets? Explore durable, synthetic materials fibers that are versatile and stain-resistant, like:

  • Nylon 

  • Triexta

  • Olefin 

 

Do you require a cozy and quiet space? Consider natural wool carpeting which is unmatched in luxurious feel underfoot.

Choosing A Carpet for Bedrooms

Since the living room serves a different purpose than the bedroom, often becoming the hub of family conversations, happy hours, and late-night movie marathons, its carpet needs are a little bit different. Our bedrooms are designed for relaxation and a place to lay our heads at the end of a long day. 

 

Because of this, when choosing a bedroom carpet consider:

  • Finding a carpet with a pleasantly soft pile underfoot. 

  • Looking for plush styles in wool and nylon.

  • Your bedroom carpet likely won’t get as much foot traffic as the living room, so you can splurge on higher piles for maximum comfort.

 

Still not sure which carpet type is best for your space? Find out more about each carpet and the different types available for your home  by swinging by the store and meeting with our helpful team. Our flooring experts can help you determine which carpet works best for your space. Visit our website to find a local Carpet One near you and let us guide you to beautifully, durable carpet floors made for the modern challenges of your home today!




Local House Is Your Trusted Saskatoon Online Retail Mall That Delivers Locally!

Local House Joins Trusted Saskatoon In The Saskatoon Speciality Retail Category


The Trusted Saskatoon Directory team is thrilled to brag about our newest Saskatoon partner in our Saskatoon Specialty Retail category. We would like to welcome and introduce you to Local House Your Trusted Saskatoon Online Mall

Local House was founded in 2020 by Mike and Chuck Le Page, who themselves are local retail business owners with stores in both Saskatoon and Regina. When COVID-19 shut down nearly everything in March of 2020, Mike Lepage recognized a unique business opportunity. Scrambling to buy a birthday gift for his fiancée, Lepage reached out to several local businesses but found it very tedious to organize the purchase and delivery of products.  Knowing there could be a better way to navigate this time-consuming approach, Mike and his father, Chuck, reached out to Trusted Marketing Services, and together, they started the complicated task building on the idea of Local House and bringing it to market with a brand and custom online shopping platform.
“I kept wishing there was a marketplace and delivery system for local business,” Mike Lepage explains. “I had been sitting on the Local House URL for a while, so I did some research on the concept, and there wasn’t anything quite like it yet.”

What Is Local House And How Does It Compete With Amazon?


Michael LePage wants to give local retailers in Saskatchewan a digital platform that can compete with the likes of Amazon.
Local House is more than just an e-commerce store, it’s a local ecosystem and essential a local online shopping mall that allows small local retailers to gain access to new sales opportunities, compete with foreign/out of market retailers stealing local market share and extend their brand reach to new customers in new places near where they operate. Retailers set up Local House stores for free and they can upload their products directly into the store. The development team spent many hours working on allowing Local House to work in hand with other well know and established major e-commerce platforms, such as Etsy and Shopify to make it more accessible for businesses and merchants who have already invested time and money in their own online stores. Now merchants can simply integrate with their existing online store software at the click of a mouse. The full checkout takes place on Local House and the retailers only pay if they make a sale- so it’s a win-win! 

Local House Delivers Same Day Or Next Day to Saskatoon Shoppers 

Convenient, same-day delivery or next-day delivery ( dependant on order time) on most products on Local House, means you can shop at your convenience, and get items delivered directly to your door. If your order total is under $25 delivery costs $7.00. If your order is larger than $25 delivery is $3.50. Some vendors also offer free delivery if a minimum purchase amount is met. 
 

Local House is an amazing and innovative example of a local business whose mission is to support other local Saskatoon businesses and provide solutions to Saskatoon consumers, which is the foundation of why we started the Trusted Saskatoon directory! 


Trusted Saskatoon warmly welcomes Mike and the Local House team to the Saskatoon directory of excellence in the Saskatoon specialty retail Category and we are proud to give them the ‘Thumbs Up’! 

 Local House Is Your Trusted Saskatoon Online Shopping Mall- Check out all Local House offers and read reviews on their listing by clicking here ...then go shop and support local retail.




Trusted Saskatoon Team Brags About Saskatoon Bag & Case, Your Trusted Saskatoon Speciality Bag & Case Store!

The Trusted Saskatoon team is thrilled to welcome Saskatoon Bag & Case to the Trusted Saskatoon community. They have joined our Saskatoon specialty retail category, and specialize in custom designs of high-quality and durable bag and case products. They work with any industry, including sports teams, work crews, company promotions, and music and audiovisuals. Saskatoon Bag & Case are your Trusted Saskatoon Custom Bag & Case Experts!

Have You Heard of Saskatoon Bag & Case?

If not we have some news for you! Did you know that Saskatoon Bag and Case is one of the very few case facilities in Canada that offer such a wide variety of cases and bags under a single roof? And this local, family-owned business has been providing its huge selection of products combined with exceptional service since 1984! 


Saskatoon Bag and Case carry a huge selection of Pelican branded products as well as standard cases and bags, but their specialty is designing custom, one-of-a-kind cases and bags of any shape and size, designed to meet your exact specifications. Whether it be high-quality, durable bags for sports teams, work crews, musicians or company promotions they are the experts in this industry in Canada.


Even if you have your own case, Trevor Sonstelie, the owner  will design custom foam inserts to protect your valuable equipment or musical instruments. Many of Trevor’s customers regularly ask for custom embroidery and screen printing for company logos or team names, and we are happy to share that yes, SBC will do that as well. 


You can check out their website to see all they offer https://sbccase.com or visit their showroom on Faithfull Avenue in Saskatoon. Go and talk to Trevor in person about what it is you’re looking for, he is happy to help you navigate through the options to find the one best suited to you! There is no better place to buy personal or business cases and bags in Saskatchewan than Saskatoon Bag & Case. Their service is exceptional and their products are the best!

Don’t take it from us - when surveying Trevor’s customers as part of the Unique Trusted verification process, we consistently heard great things. Read some of their first-hand experiences below. 


"Saskatoon Bag & Case has provided Team Power Solutions with custom cases for sensitive test equipment. They are very responsive to design cases that protect our equipment and stand up to the field use and shipping requirements." - Allen, Team Power Solutions

"Trevor at Saskatoon Bag & Case is very willing to help and open minded for any project. He has been a big plus to our team and product at Guardian Angel Auto Flagger Mfg." - Kim, Watrous SK

You can read more glowing client testimonials and see all Saskatoon Bag & Case offers by checking out their listing in the Saskatoon Specialty Retail Category.

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Trusted Saskatoon Jewellers at Batemans share a Tip about Hand Sanitizer Effect On Jewellery

Bateman Jewellers are Trusted Saskatoon jewellery experts! Did you know that they are the oldest independent jewellery store in Saskatoon?  Bateman Jewellers maintain that the relationship with their clients is very important to them, and Trusted Saskatoon is sure you have heard Cam say in his well-known radio ads 

'Your jewellery is a lifetime investment; Buy it from a lifetime friend. ' 

What Does Hand Sanitizer Do to Our Jewellery?


In the past few weeks, you've probably increased your use of hand sanitizer and other soaps due to the global spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19 for short). But while all of those disinfecting agents are protecting you, they might be hurting something else—your jewellery.


In Batemans latest jewellery tip they share an article from JCK Online - a North American Jewellery Industry website. 




On the best days, many of us are germaphobes. My obsession with keeping germs at bay went into overdrive when I became a mom, and then throw in a pandemic, and I’m considering fashioning myself a hand sanitizer holster. Oh yeah, I’d wear it.
Years ago when I worked in retail, even then I had a small bottle of hand sanitizer close at hand. I remember being told that too much could eat away at the rhodium plating on my ring (I had a white gold wedding set at that time). Still, a quick rub here and there kept my hands feeling clean, and, though my ring definitely bled yellow over time, it’s hard to know if that was the reason why—or if it was just general wear and tear.


Currently, constant hand-washing and sanitizing isn’t just for peace of mind; it’s highly recommended. I don’t even want to write the word COVID-19—I swear it echoes in my dreams. But it’s keeping us prudently cleaning our hands, and in turn, cleaning our jewelry, too—at least, the pieces we wear on our fingers.
Let me please preface this by saying that yes, you should absolutely positively wash wash wash, spray spray spray, scrub scrub scrub—whatever keeps your hands clean. Jewelry is precious, that is true, but your health is all the more so.
However, given that I’m sporting a newly redesigned wedding ring, I can’t help but wonder what I might be doing to it with my constant use of chemicals. Am I causing damage?

I always take my ring off to shower, lotion, make meatballs—you get it. Not trying to gunk up the jewels here! But I almost never take it off to wash my hands, and certainly not to sanitize. I’m betting most wearers are the same.
I spoke with Shan Aithal, a metallurgist at Stuller, to get the dirt (pardon the pun) on keeping hands—and rings—clean. 

“To my knowledge, hand sanitizers are not capable of removing tough, albeit thin, rhodium that’s on a piece of jewelry,” says Aithal. “Hand sanitizers come in two varieties: alcohol-based and non–alcohol-based. The ones with alcohol are benign to jewelry items as alcohol is the main germ-killing ingredient. However, non–alcohol-based ones typically use chlorine-based compounds as germicides. These chlorine compounds could react with water and release free chlorine. Free chlorine radical is very reactive and could cause tarnishing of jewelry, especially if it is made of sterling silver. Also, halogens are known to cause stress corrosion cracking in low karat golds, in particular, nickel white golds.”

It is worth noting, in this case, that the CDC recommends using alcohol-based hand sanitizers with at least 60% alcohol content. As long as you’re doing that, your metal will probably stay in great shape.
Soaps, according to Aithal, are a different story. “Soaps can contain abrasives, like Lava or that orange goo dispensed near hand-washing stations, that could damage the surface of jewelry and cause rhodium to be worn away.”

What about diamonds and sapphires? 


It won’t damage them but can leave a filmy residue on the stones over time, dulling the sparkle. But it’s not permanent, and nothing a quick soak in an ultrasonic can’t fix.


“If anything, people should be cleaning their jewelry more,” says Susi Smither, founder of The Rock Hound. “Think of all that horrid buildup of crud under rings and behind the setting of claw-set earrings. Hand sanitizer kills the baddies then evaporates fast—this shouldn’t have any detrimental effects on your gemstones, even materials such as gemstones and pearls. If you’re worried, at the end of the day give them a rinse and dry when you get home.”


Peggy Grosz, senior vice president at Assael, suggests erring more on the side of caution when it comes to pearls. 

“Sanitized skin should not come into contact with your pearls until completely dry and evaporate—wait about five minutes before putting on your pearls,” says Grosz. “As with perfumes and hairspray, the alcohol in the hand sanitizer can change the surface of the pearl, the two noticeable differences being a loss of lustre and a change in colour—white pearls, for example, will become yellowed if repeatedly exposed to such chemicals. Pearl rings should be removed when applying hand sanitizer, but because they have a mounting which separates them from direct contact with the chemicals, it is safe to put rings back on after a few minutes.”

Bottom line? Most, if not all, jewellery will be just fine, lovers of Georgian and early Victorian pieces should  take special care as water can get into rings with closed-back mountings and affect the appearance of the stones. Also, locket rings or any ring that has a photo of some other decoration under glass should not be washed with water.

But of course, sometimes the simplest advice is the best. When in doubt, it is always better to take your rings off before washing your hands.!


 If you are resting your rings on the sink while you scrub, please be sure the drain is closed, okay


Bateman Jewellers is a Trusted Saskatoon Jewellery Store 




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Trusted Saskatoon Furniture Store Palliser Rooms EQ3 Support Children's Wish Foundation

Palliser Rooms EQ3 is an independent furniture store that has been operating in Saskatoon for fourteen years. The store specializes in offering a generous selection of contemporary furnishings (predominantly Canadian brands) and a personalized service that is forward-thinking and client-focused. Customer reviews describe Palliser Rooms EQ3 as a "great shopping experience," "with exceptional sales staff," "best displays and best furniture in town," and the kicker: "great delivery service." The comments reflect the company's commitment to providing excellent customer service and speak to their impeccable taste and attention to detail.

Palliser Rooms EQ3 a Trusted Saskatoon Furniture store 

'Tis the season for giving!


The Children's Wish Foundation has worked tirelessly for over 30 years to bring joy to children struggling with serious illness and their families. The bravery shown by these children & families, as they face the many challenges they do, is truly inspirational. We are a long-time supporter of the Children's Wish Foundation and donate annually to the organization's fundraising events. To give a child and their family some happiness during a dark time and a memory they can cherish is a cause we can all get behind.

This holiday season, give a minimum donation of $50 to the Children's Wish Foundation and receive a gift of $200 towards your purchase of Stressless seating OR $400 towards the purchase of a Stressless Peace Recliner at Palliser Rooms EQ3!

Visit our Stressless Gallery today at 2125 Faithfull Avenue in Saskatoon!

Offer ends January 15th, 2018. Some restrictions apply. Speak to your sales associate for details.


Find Palliser online at www.pallisereq3.com or go to their listing in SASKATOON FURNITURE here, or go and visit their massive showroom on Faithfull Ave, Saskatoon...they are on the Saskatoon directly of excellence...they are your Trusted Saskatoon Furniture store!

SEE ALL OF PALLISER EQ3'S TIPS AND ARTICLES ON TRUSTED SASKATOON HERE 





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