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Share-based Payment Arrangement, Inducement Awards, Threshold Percentage Of Stock Ownership

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Vesting Period, Number of Equal Annual Installments

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Amount of expense for award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes amount capitalized.

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Amount of cost capitalized for award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Weighted-average period over which cost not yet recognized is expected to be recognized for award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of cost to be recognized for nonvested award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes share and unit options.

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Estimated period over which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the equity-based payment award, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Number of shares authorized for issuance under share-based payment arrangement.

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The weighted average grant-date fair value of options granted during the reporting period as calculated by applying the disclosed option pricing methodology.

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Number of options outstanding, including both vested and non-vested options.

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Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Number of non-vested options forfeited.

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Stock-Based Compensation - Narrative (Details)		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
Stock-Based Compensation - Narrative (Details)	Nov. 04, 2019 shares	Nov. 26, 2022 USD ($) state installment	Nov. 27, 2021 USD ($)	Nov. 26, 2022 USD ($) state installment shares	Nov. 27, 2021 USD ($)	Feb. 26, 2022 USD ($) installment shares	Feb. 27, 2021 USD ($) shares	Feb. 29, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense \| $		$ 1,620,400	$ 8,878,500	$ 20,039,600	$ 26,874,800	$ 35,100,000	$ 31,600,000	$ 45,700,000
Stock-based compensation cost capitalized \| $		114,600	$ 195,700	$ 813,200	$ 783,900	1,000,000	$ 800,000
Restricted Stock Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation expense \| $						$ 8,900,000
Weighted average recognition period						2 years 3 months 18 days
Granted (in shares)				392,000
Restricted Stock Awards \| Cindy Davis, Chief Brand Officer and President, Decorist
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Terminated \| $						$ 160,255
Performance Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)				1,096,000
The 2012 and 2018 Plans \| Stock Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period commencement (in years)						1 year
Option grant expiration period						8 years
Number of stock options forfeited (in shares)							822,633
Options outstanding (in shares)							0
The 2012 and 2018 Plans \| Restricted Stock Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation expense \| $		4,500,000		$ 4,500,000
Weighted average recognition period				1 year 6 months
Granted (in shares)						47,000
The 2012 and 2018 Plans \| Performance Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation expense \| $		$ 5,600,000		$ 5,600,000		$ 15,800,000
Weighted average recognition period				2 years 1 month 6 days		2 years
Granted (in shares)						634,000
The 2012 and 2018 Plans \| Restricted Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period commencement (in years)				1 year		1 year
Unrecognized compensation expense \| $						$ 29,700,000
Weighted average recognition period						1 year 10 months 24 days
Granted (in shares)						1,108,000
The 2012 and 2018 Plans \| Minimum \| Stock Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of equal annual installments \| installment						3
The 2012 and 2018 Plans \| Minimum \| Restricted Stock Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of equal annual installments		5		5		5
Vesting period commencement (in years)				1 year		1 year
The 2012 and 2018 Plans \| Minimum \| Restricted Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of equal annual installments \| installment		1		1		1
Vesting period commencement (in years)				1 year
The 2012 and 2018 Plans \| Maximum \| Stock Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of equal annual installments \| installment						5
The 2012 and 2018 Plans \| Maximum \| Restricted Stock Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of equal annual installments		7		7		7
Vesting period commencement (in years)				3 years		3 years
The 2012 and 2018 Plans \| Maximum \| Restricted Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of equal annual installments \| installment		3		3		3
Vesting period commencement (in years)				3 years
The 2018 Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common shares authorized for issuance (in shares)						4,600,000
The 2012 Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common shares authorized for issuance (in shares)						43,200,000
Weighted average fair value for stock options granted (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares								$ 4.18
Options exercised (in shares)						0	0	100,000
Inducement Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Inducement award threshold percentage of stock ownership		50.00%		50.00%		50.00%
Inducement Awards \| Performance Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period commencement (in years)				2 years		2 years
Granted (in shares)	273,735
Inducement Awards \| Restricted Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period commencement (in years)				1 year		1 year
Unrecognized compensation expense \| $		$ 100,000		$ 100,000		$ 1,600,000
Weighted average recognition period				4 months 24 days		1 year 2 months 12 days
Granted (in shares)				0		0	816,158
Inducement Awards \| Minimum \| Restricted Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of equal annual installments \| installment						1
Inducement Awards \| Maximum \| Restricted Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of equal annual installments \| installment						3