Standfields excited about working together to open flooring business – Osceola Sun

Robert Standfield didnt imagine he would find his career profession before he graduated high school.

To earn money like any other teenager who wanted a car back in the 1980s, Standfield said sure to a request from a friend of his fathers to assist him in laying carpet.

By the 12th grade, I was installing by myself and two years after that, I was self-employed, he explained.

Nearly 35 years later, Standfield is still in the industry as he and his wife Candace opened Floorworks, LLC, Oct. 1, at 2071 Glacier Drive, Suite 3 in St. Croix Falls.

A lot of people come into these stores with a deer in the headlight look, he said last month before they opened. They dont know where to begin. They go on the Internet and all they read is how great everything is.

Yet, theres downside to some flooring. Wood scratches, Ceramic tile is very hard and if you drop something on it, it cracks. Carpet actually improves the air quality of a home.

Im going to give them the positive and negative information and allow the customer to make the best decision for them.

Every floor we offer Ive worked at for decades.

Standfield has been an installer for a long time. In 1998, he had his first back surgery and in 2011, came the second back surgery on the same part of the back.

With that in mind, he made the transition to sales. At the same time that meant working nights and weekends, traditionally the same time Candace was working as well, being an esthetician.

We never got to seeeach other, Robert said. We had to become family first. The couple are the parents of Olivia, 10 and Audrey, seven and live in Osceola.

Those plans are now changed, as she will join Robert in the stores operation, focusing on interior decorating.

We are going to treat each job like it is our own, Robert said. Look at them as a person and not as customers. Make them enjoy the process and giving them no stress.

Word-of-mouth has worked.

We are already getting business and we havent even opened, he said.

The Standfields have called this area home for the last five years.

There are a lot of good people in the area who are down to earth, Robert said. We love being so close to the River.

Store hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Tuesdays-Fridays and 1 p.m.-6 p.m. Saturdays. The store will be closed Sundays and Mondays. For additional information, visit floorworks.llc.

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