home Archives | The Alternative Blog https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/tag/home/ Blog title Thu, 07 Mar 2024 10:18:45 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 Mini Moderns Rug Stars: We’re talking rugs with stars of the interior world. https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2018/08/mini-moderns-rug-stars/ https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2018/08/mini-moderns-rug-stars/#respond Tue, 21 Aug 2018 13:23:26 +0000 https://www.alternativeflooring.com/blog/?p=2301 Creative duo Mini Moderns choose their perfect rugs. Keith’s Rug Stars choice is a Wool Milkshake Coconut rug and Mark’s Rug Stars choice is a patterned Quirky B Honeycomb Moss rug designed with our bespoke Make Me A Rug service.

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]]> https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2018/08/mini-moderns-rug-stars/feed/ 0 Margo Selby Rug Stars: We’re talking rugs with stars of the interior world. https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2018/06/margo-selby-rug-stars/ https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2018/06/margo-selby-rug-stars/#respond Mon, 04 Jun 2018 08:47:27 +0000 https://www.alternativeflooring.com/blog/?p=2266 Award winning textile designer Margo Selby’s Rug Stars choice is her own design Frolic Westbrook, a multi-coloured striped rug, that she has teamed with an inner Double Piping Cotton Border in Pink and an outer Stripes Thick Black border.

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]]> https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2018/06/margo-selby-rug-stars/feed/ 0 Kate Watson-Smyth Rug Stars: We’re talking wool rugs with a star of the interior world. https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2018/03/kate-watson-smyth-rug-stars/ https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2018/03/kate-watson-smyth-rug-stars/#respond Fri, 16 Mar 2018 19:11:17 +0000 https://www.alternativeflooring.com/blog/?p=2200 Journalist, author and award winning blogger Kate Watson-Smyth’s Rug Stars choice is a made to measure Wool Pebble Stade carpet with a Thick Stripe Grey border.

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]]> https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2018/03/kate-watson-smyth-rug-stars/feed/ 0 Colour Me Happy Trends https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2018/02/colour-me-happy/ https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2018/02/colour-me-happy/#respond Mon, 12 Feb 2018 13:17:24 +0000 https://www.alternativeflooring.com/blog/?p=2171 Elle Decoration’s March cover declares that colour is bold, brighter and better in an issue that has its first ever dedicated colour section. Discover how we transform these trends into flooring.

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]]> https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2018/02/colour-me-happy/feed/ 0 Earn Your Designer Stripes with Margo Selby https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2017/09/earn-your-stripes/ https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2017/09/earn-your-stripes/#respond Fri, 22 Sep 2017 10:18:11 +0000 http://www.alternativeflooring.com/blog/?p=1978 We have artists and their stripes with Bridget Riley, the fashionable Paul Smith barcode and now we have designer stripes for interiors, beautifully crafted carpets by woven textile designer Margo Selby for Alternative Flooring. The perfect striped wool carpet choice for stairs, rugs, runners and wall-to-wall flooring.

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]]> https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2017/09/earn-your-stripes/feed/ 0 Pattern Play! https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2017/07/pattern-play/ https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2017/07/pattern-play/#respond Fri, 28 Jul 2017 12:56:48 +0000 http://www.alternativeflooring.com/blog/?p=1966 Forget stars and stripes, florals and stripes make the perfect pairing this summer. Pattern play is all the rage on the catwalks walks with eye-popping florals mixing with stripes in every which way. It’s a winning fashion combination that is inspiring interiors too.

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]]> https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2017/07/pattern-play/feed/ 0 A CARPET FIT FOR A QUEEN: Why RHS Chelsea Flower show picked Flowers of Thorpe https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2017/05/a-carpet-fit-for-a-queen-why-rhs-chelsea-flower-show-picked-flowers-of-thorpe/ https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2017/05/a-carpet-fit-for-a-queen-why-rhs-chelsea-flower-show-picked-flowers-of-thorpe/#respond Thu, 25 May 2017 17:43:16 +0000 http://www.alternativeflooring.com/blog/?p=1933 Here at Alternative Flooring we are blushing with pride. Why? Well because we made the floral ‘alternative red carpet’ that The Queen walked along at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show Charity Gala Preview on Monday 22 May 2017.

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]]> https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2017/05/a-carpet-fit-for-a-queen-why-rhs-chelsea-flower-show-picked-flowers-of-thorpe/feed/ 0 Rugs make light work! https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2017/03/rugs-make-light-work/ https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2017/03/rugs-make-light-work/#respond Tue, 07 Mar 2017 18:19:18 +0000 http://www.alternativeflooring.com/blog/?p=1858 If lighting and flooring are the two most important elements when designing a home, then lamps and rugs are the most important accessories in the final decorating sweep. It’s the time to focus on the finishing touches. Here’s how to play with not just colour and pattern, but with your imagination.

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]]> https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2017/02/high-fibre-floors/feed/ 0 New Year Decorating Resolutions with Alternative Flooring https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2017/01/new-year-decorating-resolutions-with-alternative-flooring/ https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2017/01/new-year-decorating-resolutions-with-alternative-flooring/#respond Mon, 23 Jan 2017 14:42:10 +0000 http://www.alternativeflooring.com/blog/?p=1826 Once the Christmas clutter is cleared, the next step is to think about how you can streamline your space. We all dream of building up, out or down, but there are other ways to unlock the space that you already have. What about supersizing all doors and adding a striped carpet runner like our Mr Blue Sky to give the illusion of space?

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