Kandy Blog

This past week a couple of major newspaper outlets featured stories on KANDY Outdoor Flooring and our "chic flooring trend'. Check out The Ottawa Citizen story online. Versions of the same story ran this past week in the Vancouver Sun, Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal and Vancouver Province. And tell us what you think!

KANDY Outdoor Flooring feels for those truckers and their families who believe strongly enough in their issue to elect to stop work and stop collecting paycheques. We know this is a sacrifice. We feel for those bureaucrats now working long hours and through the weekend writing back-to-work legislation and the briefing and policy documents that go hand […]

Now that KANDY’s booth (#2805) at the 10-day National Home Show, on through March 23 at the Direct Energy Centre at Exhibition Place, we thought it might be helpful to post a bit of a summary of the most common questions we get asked when we’re at GTA home shows. Can we put KANDY product […]

Trading in driveways and shovels and roof repairs for a view, a short walk to restaurants and the theatre, and a warm dry car every time you get in it. Trading your backyard and lawnmower for a smaller outdoor space – your balcony – and a view. If this sounds familiar, you’re probably about to, […]

Let’s talk! KANDY at Toronto’s International Home & Garden Show March 6 -9 While the city grits its teeth and steels itself to get through what is surely the last cold stretch of this #@#:!@ winter, at KANDY Toronto we’re gearing up for getting OUTSIDE! A big part of that “gearing up” is our tradeshow […]

We all know that a condominium, or condo, refers to a single building structure that contains numerous individually owned units along with common elements or areas that are collectively owned. That’s the practical explanation and it applies right across Canada, regardless of which province you are in.  How we talk about them differs slightly depending on […]

At KANDY we LOVE spring time. Ok, we know it is technically still winter, but we are SO ready for spring. And it is about more than grass and birds and sunshine… it is also about all those expanded home experiences we’re going to create for clients we haven’t even met yet. Spring is also […]

First, the gala. It was a blast. Great food, great networking, and a great keynote speech by Maxine Clark, founder of Build-A-Bear Workshop. KANDY sponsored the program by providing a $750 value for expanded home experiences from KANDY Outdoor Flooring in the silent auction.KANDY’s relationship with FWE goes back to FWE’s inception. Kelly Niessen, KANDY Co-Founder, served […]

The benefits of taking care of your “stuff” is more than a matter of helping them look good. It’s a prudent approach that saves money, energy, and waste.  Keeping an air conditioner clean, oiled, and in good running order will extend the life of the unit, delaying a deposit in the landfill and a withdrawal […]

Our commitment to choice and quality for our Canadian clientele is unwavering.  Its why we recently headed direct to the factories in China, where the majority of the world’s outdoor flooring deck tiles are manufactured. With the help of our quality control and translation experts, Doug and Rose, we saw first hand where, and how, some […]