![Amber Boisse of F&A Flooring said she and her husband, Forrest Boisse, have big plans for the community with their store. [Photo: Judd Weil]](https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2023/2/1677604386552.jpeg)
BY JUDD WEIL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — After their purchase of Thomas Flooring Co, upcoming business F&A Flooring is expecting to make their grand opening with their new sign and ribbon-cutting in late March.
Amber Boisse, one owner and the “A” in F&A Flooring, said they feel honored to continue the mom-and-pop service that Thomas Flooring has provided Hutchinson
“We are very excited to continue that,” Boisse said. “We gathered a great relationship with Ron Thomas before he left, and he has kind of been teaching us how he was doing business and helping us understand the industry and just being kind of in our back pocket. We're excited to bring energy to downtown and we're excited to bring our local family to downtown.”
The “F” in F&A Flooring is Forrest Boisse, Amber Boisse’s husband.
Amber Boisse said F&A Flooring aspires to be the store where anybody and buy flooring, but also be the ones that hit other markets that are not just personal.
“We want to be the ones that bring the hustle, that go after the commercial, the contractors the landlords, the builders, all of that,” Boisse said. “We want to be the ‘catch-all,’ we want to go for it.”
F&A Flooring hopes to provide flooring, tile, and countertops that people cannot find elsewhere.
“We don't want to provide what the big box stores have, we already know what they have, we want to give luxury,” Boisse said. “We want to be able to find that stuff that you might go on like HGTV and watch and be like ‘oh that's cool.’ We want to be the up-and-coming, this just-launched, we want to be that type of store, as well as provide the staples that everybody wants and needs can still get.”
Boisse said F&A Flooring wants to provide different and unique options to people.
“We have a designer on staff, Carla, she's our floor manager and so she's been helping to design so we're excited for that,” Boisse said.
The Boisse’s also plan to renovate the store to truly make it into F&A Flooring.
Despite their grand opening scheduled for late March, F&A Flooring has been open since February, and they are taking business.
“We have hardwood flooring; we have luxury vinyl tile, that is the new and upcoming thing everybody wants,” Boisse said. “You can get it in the wood look, you can get it in the tile look.”
They also have a variety of residential and commercial carpet, counter tops, and tiles in stock.
“We’re hoping to add cabinets to our shop at some point,” Boisse said.
F&A Flooring is located at 19 N. Main St. They are open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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