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Buying Rugs Second Hand: Interview With Enthusiast
Tracy Johnson is a car boot enthusiast who tries to visit at least one event a week to see what she can find. Among her treasures are a number of...
Choosing Floors for Our Holiday Home in France: Case Study
Annabel and John Scott built a holiday home in France. Once it was finished they had to decide on all the fixtures, fittings and furnishings –...
Flooring a Rental Property: Interview With a Landlord
Elaine Smith has two rental properties that she lets out to paying tenants. Here she discusses her options and her decisions when it came to...
Flooring Our Basement Conversion: Case Study
Jen and Rob Baines used their cellar for storage for many years. When they eventually converted it into a fully useable basement, lots of new...
Floors We Chose for Our New Build Home: Case Study
When Gloria Bunn and Sam Carr bought their house, it was a completely new experience for them. For the first time ever they were both buying a...
I Make My Own Rugs: Case Study
Cilla Cameron works from her Nottinghamshire base The Rug Studio, where she makes rugs, teaches workshops and runs her mail order business selling rugs, and a full...
Reusing Engineered Laminate Flooring: Case Study
Laminate flooring is the big floor success story, having become very popular recently. It's quick to lay, hygienic and easy to clean, and gives a...
Solid Wood Floor in Our Open Plan Room: A Case Study
When the Williams family opened up their living room they knew they would need a new floor for the extended space. Eventually they settled on a...
Tiling Our Front Path in a Victorian Style: Case Study
The Parker family decided to try to recreate the Victorian tile path that would once have graced their front garden. It was not easy but they are...
We Bought Antique Rugs for Our Period Home: Case Study
Over the past 45 years, Peter and Eileen Tynan have been collecting antique rugs for their Edwardian home. Each piece has not only been an...
We Chose a Slate Floor for Our Kitchen: A Case Study
John McDonald has recently refitted his kitchen. He had the space it occupied extended and then opted to go for a whole new look. That included...
We Chose Carpet Instead of Trendy Solid Wood: A Case Study
May and Patrice Demange moved into a run-down Edwardian terrace in London that needed far more work than they anticipated and once they got going...
We Chose Stylish Floors for Our New Basement Flat
Shai Fenn and Jon Carter moved into their recently converted basement flat last year. As a new development, some fittings and finishes were part...
We Chose Travertine for Our New Bathroom: Case Study
It is always hard deciding what sort of finish to give a new room. The Alexander family have recently refurbished their bathroom and, after much...
We Made a Terrace With Reclaimed Brick
When Ian Bainbridge and his family moved into their Victorian home, it had a boring concrete terrace between the house and the back garden. So he...
We Polished the Concrete Floor in Converted Barn: A Case Study
Julie and Robert Macdonald have moved around a great deal and have renovated a number of properties over the years. During the course of each...
We Recycled Our Old Floorboards: A Case Study
Mary Williams and her family had a new oak floor fitted when they opened up their living space downstairs. This meant taking up the old boards -...
We Renovated an Original Wooden Floor: Case Study
The Lowe family had lived in their home for almost 15 years before they decided to renovate their original wooden floor. It was a major job but...
We Uncovered an Original Pamment Floor: A Case Study
Four years ago the Randalls bought a run-down country cottage in the heart of Norfolk. They set about renovating it themselves and found a...
Why I Painted My Oak Floors White: A Case Study
Sandra Henderson and her partner bought a seaside cottage three years ago. The property had recently been renovated. But Sandra wanted to make...
