EXHIBIT 5


                              October 23, 1997


Interface, Inc.
2859 Paces Ferry Road
Suite 2000
Atlanta, Georgia  30339


          Re:  Registration Statement on Form S-8

Gentlemen:

     The undersigned has acted as counsel for Interface, Inc., a Georgia
corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the preparation of the
referenced Form S-8 Registration Statement relating to the Company's
Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, the Stock Option Agreement between the
Company and Paul G. Hawken, the Stock Option Agreement between the
Company and David D. Oakey, the Stock Option Agreement between the
Company and John W. Picard, the Stock Option Agreement between the
Company and Frederick S. Shehadi, Jr., and the Stock Option Agreements
between the Company and Joseph Paul Zink, III (collectively, the
"Plans"), and the proposed offer and sale of up to 1,865,000 shares of
the Company's Common Stock, $.10 par value per share (the "Common Stock")
pursuant to the Plans.  In connection with the preparation of said
Registration Statement, I have examined originals or copies of such
corporate records, documents and other instruments relating to the
authorization and issuance of such shares of Common Stock as I have
deemed relevant under the circumstances.

     On the basis of the foregoing, it is my opinion that:

     1.   The Company was duly organized and incorporated and is validly
existing under the laws of the State of Georgia, with an authorized
capitalization consisting of 40,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock,
par value $.10 per share, 40,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock, par
value $.10 per share, and 5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value
$1.00 per share.

     2.   The Plans and the proposed offer and sale thereunder of up to
1,865,000 shares of Class A or Class B Common Stock have been duly
authorized or ratified by the Board of Directors of the Company (or the
Executive Committee thereof), and the shares, when issued in accordance
with and subject to the terms and conditions of the Plans, will be
legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

     The undersigned hereby consents to the filing of this opinion as an
exhibit to said Registration Statement.

                               Sincerely,


                               /s/ Raymond S. Willoch
                               Raymond S. Willoch
                               Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel