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                  NICHOLSON FLOORING CO WINS
               NWFA FLOOR OF THE YEAR AWARD

St. Louis, Missouri (May 31, 2006) - The National Wood Flooring Association is
pleased to announce that Nicholson Flooring Company, Greensboro, North
Carolina, won the Best Kitchen/Dining Room category in the NWFA's 2006 Wood
Floor of the Year Contest.  The awards were presented during the NWFA's
convention in Baltimore, Maryland, April 26-29.

The Best Kitchen/Dining Room Category features wood flooring installations
appearing in kitchens, dining rooms, breakfast rooms, and hearth rooms, in a
residential setting.

This year's competition yielded 157 entries from
four countries, including Australia, Canada, the
United Kingdom, and the USA.  Winning
entries were judged by members of the NWFA
through on-line voting during March, as well as
on-site voting during the convention.

The National Wood Flooring Association is a non-profit trade organization of more
than 3,900 wood flooring professionals working worldwide to educate consumers,
architects, designers, and builders in the uses and benefits of wood flooring.  The
NWFA can be contacted at 111 Chesterfield Industrial Blvd., Chesterfield, MO
63005, or at 800-422-4556 (USA), 800-848-8824 (Canada), or 6360530-0682
(International).

Best Kitchen/Dining Room: Nicholson Flooring Company (Greensboro, N.C.)
Best Living Room/Family Room: The Sherwood Flooring (Toronto)
Best Library/Office: Johnson Yarema Hardwood Floors (Troy, Mich.)
Best Bedroom: Diamond Flooring (Elizabethtown, Ky.)
Best Entry/Foyer: The Sherwood Flooring
Best Commercial/Showroom: Johnson Yarema Hardwood Floors
Best Restoration: Legendary Hardwood Floors (Terre Haute, Ind.)
Best Factory-Finished: Scheller Hardwood Floors (Lemoyne, Pa.)
Best Limited Species: New Detroit Design Studio (Ray, Mich.)
Best Reclaimed: Birger Juell Ltd. (Chicago)



Degrees and Awards Presented at Convention

In 2005, 68 NWFA members earned degrees. At the show in Baltimore, those
receiving Craftsman Degrees (for professional wood flooring education) included
Lisa Burton, John Dailey, Kathy Goering, Tom Goering, Vance Hough Jr., Bob
Humphreys, Robert Kilchenstein, John Lessick, Jamie Lupresto, Reed Maddray,
Nick Motto, Robert Morrow, John Mullen,
Tommy Nicholson, James Prentice,
Chris Pryjomski, Daniel Racareanu, Mark Scheller, Frank Szubart and Matt White.
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