Video: Angelo DeSanto on the Show Floor at TISE 2025

Feb 4, 2025

Wood floor pro and Wood Floor Business author/blogger Angelo DeSanto of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.-based wood floor contracting company Dande West takes viewers on a walk through the show floor at TISE 2025, the biggest flooring show in North America, at Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. TISE took place Jan. 28–30, 2025:

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How Manual Labor Saved an Art Movement (or ‘The Revenge of the Skinny, Vulgar Floor Scrapers’)

February 10, 2025

How Manual Labor Saved an Art Movement (or ‘The Revenge of the Skinny, Vulgar Floor Scrapers’)

Odd Stuff on Odd Jobs: Hack Work and a Saggy Subfloor

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How Manual Labor Saved an Art Movement (or ‘The Revenge of the Skinny, Vulgar Floor Scrapers’)

“The Floor Scrapers” by Gustave Caillebotte was singled out and deemed “vulgar and crude,” as it violated the unwritten law of popular art by showing the urban working class just going about their business—but it also ended up saving Impressionism.

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'Meeting of the Minds:' Pushing the Boundaries of What’s Possible in Wood Flooring

In October, I attended the “Meeting of the Minds,” a gathering of hardwood flooring professionals hosted by Daniel Antes at Distinctive Hardwood Floors. We all came together with one goal in mind: exchange knowledge, ideas and techniques.

Blogs

Trick of the Trade for Doing a Wood Floor Board Replacement

Lifelong wood floor pro Ron Teljeur, owner at Aldergrove, B.C.-based Acorn Wood Floors Ltd., demonstrates an easy tip that helps protect existing flooring when doing a board replacement.

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How Wood Flooring Pros Can Manage Their Tempers and Control Frustration

Wood flooring contractors know that when you are working with the general public all day every day, you can encounter some difficult personalities. Here are 10 points elaborating on how contractors can manage their tempers.

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Another Form of Contractor Currency: The Trade Out

Whether you call it bartering or a trade out, it’s an economic system that’s been around for centuries and can serve a useful purpose when applied properly. In my situation, I got a crash course in it because I was dirt poor when I started my business.

When I started out in the wood flooring business, I was dirt poor, but I managed to live for three years at Lizzie T without writing one check for rent by bartering refinish work.

Legal Advice

How I Avoid Getting Rolled Up Like Sushi in Court

In the far-fetched case a client is unhappy with me or tries to take me to court, I would hope and pray I don’t get matched against an attorney who is half of what my Uncle John was—his superpower was charisma, and Uncle John rarely lost.

Blogs

Wood Floor Mystery #17: What Caused This Weird Discoloration in the Floor? Part 2: The Answer!

It was the dog ... in the billiards room ... with the ... find out the complete answer to the mystery of the huge black discolorations in this wood floor.

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Wood Floor Mystery #17: What Caused This Weird Discoloration in the Floor?

When the wood floor pros arrived and removed the carpeting, they found the oak strip flooring in this condition—with these big dark stains. What’s going on here? What jumps out at you?

Management

Training for Our Future: Are You Providing It for Your Employees?

The wood flooring industry has been significantly impacted by the loss of knowledgeable employees due to retirement or attrition over the past few years across all industry sectors, and training is a critical factor for the future.

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