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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments for Capital and Operating Leases [Table Text Block] | The Company is obligated under various operating leases for office and manufacturing space, machinery, and equipment. Future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable capital and operating leases (with initial or remaining lease terms in excess of one year) as of December 31:
| Capital |  | Operating |  | Total Future Payments
2013 | $ | 795 |  |  | 87,741 |  |  | 88,536 |
2014 | 587 |  |  | 75,509 |  |  | 76,096 |
2015 | 354 |  |  | 59,252 |  |  | 59,606 |
2016 | 266 |  |  | 33,665 |  |  | 33,931 |
2017 | 255 |  |  | 21,160 |  |  | 21,415 |
Thereafter | 16 |  |  | 27,068 |  |  | 27,084 |
Total payments | 2,273 |  |  | 304,395 |  |  | 306,668 |
Less amount representing interest | 228 |  |  |  |  |
Present value of capitalized lease payments | $ | 2,045 |  |  |  |  |
Restructuring activity | The activity for 2011 and 2012 is as follows:
| Lease impairments |  | Asset write-downs |  | Severance |  | Other restructuring costs |  | Total
Balance as of December 31, 2010 | $ | 10,983 |  |  | — |  |  | 2,108 |  |  | 420 |  |  | 13,511 |
Provisions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mohawk segment | 3,680 |  |  | 10,643 |  |  | 5,120 |  |  | 3,766 |  |  | 23,209 |
Cash payments | (3,707 | ) |  | — |  |  | (4,850 | ) |  | (2,406 | ) |  | (10,963 | )
Noncash items | — |  |  | (10,643 | ) |  | — |  |  | (269 | ) |  | (10,912 | )
Balance as of December 31, 2011 | 10,956 |  |  | — |  |  | 2,378 |  |  | 1,511 |  |  | 14,845 |
Provisions: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mohawk segment | — |  |  | 6,687 |  |  | 4,069 |  |  | (252 | ) |  | 10,504 |
Dal-Tile segment | 373 |  |  | 3,727 |  |  | 2,009 |  |  | — |  |  | 6,109 |
Unilin segment | — |  |  | 138 |  |  | 1,775 |  |  | 38 |  |  | 1,951 |
Cash payments | (3,872 | ) |  | — |  |  | (7,333 | ) |  | (1,297 | ) |  | (12,502 | )
Noncash items | — |  |  | (10,552 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (10,552 | )
Balance as of December 31, 2012 | $ | 7,457 |  |  | — |  |  | 2,898 |  |  | — |  |  | 10,355 |

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