INTERFACE, INC.



                                  $175,000,000



                          10 3/8% Senior Notes Due 2010



                               Purchase Agreement



                                                             New York, New York

                                                               January 11, 2002



Salomon Smith Barney Inc.

First Union Securities, Inc.

SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc.

Fleet Securities, Inc.

As Representatives of the Initial Purchasers



c/o Salomon Smith Barney Inc.

388 Greenwich Street

New York, New York  10013



Ladies and Gentlemen:



         Interface, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the state

of Georgia (the "Company"), proposes to issue and sell to the several parties

named in Schedule I hereto (the "Initial Purchasers"), for whom you (the

"Representatives") are acting as representatives, $175,000,000 principal amount

of its 10 3/8% Senior Notes Due 2010 (the "Notes"). The Notes will be

guaranteed, jointly and severally, on an unsecured senior basis (the

"Guarantees") as to principal, premium, if any, and interest by the subsidiary

guarantors listed on Schedule III hereto (the "Subsidiary Guarantors") (the

Notes and the Guarantees, collectively, are referred to as the "Securities").

The Securities are to be issued under an indenture (the "Indenture"), to be

dated as of January 16, 2002, between the Company, as issuer, the Subsidiary

Guarantors and First Union National Bank, as trustee (the "Trustee"). The

Securities have the benefit of a registration rights agreement (the

"Registration Rights Agreement"), dated as of January 11, 2002, between the

Company and the Initial Purchasers, pursuant to which the Company has agreed to

register the Securities under the Act subject to the terms and conditions

therein specified. To the extent there are no additional parties listed on

Schedule I other than you, the term Representatives as used herein shall mean

you as the Initial Purchasers, and the terms Representatives and Initial

Purchasers shall mean either the singular or plural as the context requires. The

use of the neuter in this Agreement shall include the feminine and masculine

wherever appropriate. Certain terms used herein are defined in Section 17

hereof.



         The sale of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers will be made

without registration of the Securities under the Act in reliance upon

exemptions from the registration requirements of the Act.









         In connection with the sale of the Securities, the Company has

prepared a preliminary offering memorandum, dated January 7, 2002 (as amended

or supplemented at the Execution Time, including any and all exhibits thereto

and any information incorporated by reference therein, the "Preliminary

Memorandum"), and a final offering memorandum, dated January 11, 2002 (as

amended or supplemented at the Execution Time, including any and all exhibits

thereto and any information incorporated by reference therein, the "Final

Memorandum"). Each of the Preliminary Memorandum and the Final Memorandum sets

forth certain information concerning the Company and the Securities. The

Company hereby confirms that it has authorized the use of the Preliminary

Memorandum and the Final Memorandum, and any amendment or supplement thereto,

in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities by the Initial

Purchasers.



         1.       Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and

warrants to each Initial Purchaser as set forth below in this Section 1.



                  (a)      The Preliminary Memorandum, at the date thereof, did

         not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state

         any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the

         light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

         At the Execution Time, on the Closing Date and on any settlement date,

         the Final Memorandum did not, and will not (and any amendment or

         supplement thereto, at the date thereof, at the Closing Date and on

         any settlement date, will not), contain any untrue statement of a

         material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the

         statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they

         were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes

         no representation or warranty as to the information contained in or

         omitted from the Preliminary Memorandum or the Final Memorandum, or

         any amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon and in

         conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or

         on behalf of the Initial Purchasers through the Representatives

         specifically for inclusion therein.



                  (b)      Neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor

         any person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly,

         made offers or sales of any security, or solicited offers to buy or

         otherwise negotiated in respect of any securities of the Company of

         any class such that, as a result of the doctrine of "integration"

         referred to in Rule 502 under the Securities Act, such offer and sale

         would be rendered invalid or unavailable (for the purpose of (i) the

         sale of the Notes by the Company to the Initial Purchasers, (ii) the

         resale of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers or (iii) the further

         resale of the Notes) the exemption from the registration requirements

         of the Securities Act provided by Section 4(2) thereof or by Rule 144A

         or by Regulation S thereunder or otherwise.



                  (c)      Neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor

         any person acting on its or their behalf has engaged in any form of

         general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of

         Regulation D) in connection with any offer or sale of the Securities

         in the United States.



                  (d)      The Securities satisfy the eligibility requirements

         of Rule 144A(d)(3) under the Act.





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                  (e)      Neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor

         any person acting on its or their behalf has engaged in any directed

         selling efforts with respect to the Securities, and each of them has

         complied with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S.

         Terms used in this paragraph have the meanings given to them by

         Regulation S.



                  (f)      The Company has been advised by the NASD's PORTAL

         Market that the Securities have been designated PORTAL-eligible

         securities in accordance with the rules and regulations of the NASD.



                  (g)      The Company is not, and after giving effect to the

         offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the

         proceeds thereof as described in the Final Memorandum will not be, an

         "investment company" within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.



                  (h)      The Company is subject to and is in compliance with

         the reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the

         Exchange Act in all material respects.



                  (i)      The Company has not paid or agreed to pay to any

         person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any

         Securities of the Company (except as contemplated by this Agreement).



                  (j)      The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly,

         any action designed to cause or which has constituted or which might

         reasonably be expected to cause or result, under the Exchange Act or

         otherwise, in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any

         security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the

         Securities.



                  (k)      The information provided by the Company pursuant to

         Section 5(h) hereof will not, at the date thereof, contain any untrue

         statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact

         necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the

         circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.



                  (l)      Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries (as defined

         below) has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing

         as a corporation or limited liability company in good standing under

         the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is chartered or organized

         with full corporate power and authority to own or lease, as the case

         may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as

         described in the Final Memorandum, and is duly qualified to do

         business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the

         laws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification, except

         where the failure so to register or qualify or be in good standing

         would, individually or in the aggregate, not have a material adverse

         effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), business, earnings,

         prospects, properties, net worth or results of operations of the

         Company and its Subsidiaries (as defined below) taken as a whole (a

         "Material Adverse Effect"). All of the Company's subsidiaries (as

         defined in the Act), exclusive of the subsidiaries listed on Schedule

         II hereto (the "Inactive Subsidiaries"), are referred to herein

         individually as "Subsidiary" and collectively as "Subsidiaries." None

         of the





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         Inactive Subsidiaries is engaged in any material business activities

         or operations or has any material assets or liabilities.



                  (m)      All the outstanding shares of capital stock of each

         Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are

         fully paid and nonassessable, and (except for (i) directors'

         qualifying shares and nominal investments by foreign nationals

         mandated by applicable law, or similar interests and (ii) Shanghai

         Interface Carpet Co., Ltd. and Interface Modernform Co. Ltd., which

         are majority owned subsidiaries of the Company), all outstanding

         shares of capital stock of the subsidiaries are owned by the Company

         either directly or through wholly owned subsidiaries free and clear of

         any perfected security interest or any other security interests,

         claims, liens or encumbrances, except as described or referenced in

         the Final Memorandum.



                  (n)      The Securities conform in all material respects to

         the description thereof contained in the Final Memorandum.



                  (o)      The statements in the Final Memorandum under the

         headings "Description of Certain Indebtedness and Other Obligations,"

         "Description of the Notes," and "U.S. Federal Income Tax

         Considerations" fairly summarize the matters therein described.



                  (p)      This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed

         and delivered by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors; the

         Indenture has been duly authorized and, assuming due authorization,

         execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee, when executed and

         delivered by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, will

         constitute a legal, valid, binding instrument enforceable against the

         Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors in accordance with its terms

         (except as enforcement thereof may be limited by applicable

         bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws

         affecting creditors' rights generally from time to time in effect and

         to general principles of equity); the Notes have been duly authorized,

         and, when executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions

         of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Initial

         Purchasers, will have been validly issued and delivered by the Company

         and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company

         entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable in

         accordance with their terms (except as enforcement thereof may be

         limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other laws

         affecting creditors' rights generally from time to time in effect and

         to general principles of equity); the Guarantees have been duly

         authorized by the Subsidiary Guarantors and, when the Notes and

         Guarantees have been executed by the Company and the Subsidiary

         Guarantors, respectively, and authenticated by the Trustee in

         accordance with the Indenture and delivered to the Initial Purchasers

         against payment therefor in accordance with the terms hereof, will

         constitute valid and binding obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors

         entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable in

         accordance with their terms, (except as enforcement thereof may be

         limited by applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency,

         moratorium or other laws affecting creditors' rights generally from

         time to time in effect and to general principles of equity); and the

         Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized and, when

         executed and delivered by the Company, will constitute the legal,

         valid, binding and enforceable instrument of the Company (except as

         enforcement thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,

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