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Margo Selby for Alternative Flooring – British made carpets

Kirsty Barton — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 14:53:04 +0000

Margo Selby is a woven textile design company that produces exceptional quality fabrics. Here Margo shares her experience of watching her designs come to life as carpets.

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Rockett St George share new season trends

Kirsty Barton — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 16:37:25 +0000

Rockett St George is an online emporium of expressive homeware with an exceptional quirky style that inspires and delights. Here Jane shares some of her new season trends which include Alternative's very own Quirky Tess.

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Guest blog: Arabella McNie, Curator of Campaign for Wool Interiors Collection

Kirsty Barton — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 14:48:26 +0000

This month our guest blogger is Arabella McNie, the curator of the Campaign for Wool Interiors Collection, which is part of the fifth anniversary celebrations of HRH The Prince of Wales’ Campaign for Wool.

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Carpet – The Comeback King

Kirsty Barton — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 21:11:27 +0000

Carpet is making a comeback with a bang this season and bursting with pattern, texture and colour. People are becoming bolder with flooring choices and happy to mix and match or make carpet a statement.

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Alternative Highland Fling with Tartan

Kirsty Barton — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 09:51:11 +0000

Tartan has dressed kings, festooned castles, graced catwalks and now warms our floors. There are over 7,000 tartans on record with new designs being whipped up all the time.

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Guest Blog: New Trends are Afoot by Melinda Ashton Turner, Interiors Stylist

Kirsty Barton — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:01:30 +0000

Melinda Ashton Turner is an Interiors Stylist. Originally trained as an Interior Designer, Melinda has been working as Interior Stylist and Art Director since 1990. Over her career she has been Style Editor of Australian Vogue Living, Decoration Editor of Homes & Gardens UK and Style Director of Inside Out (UK).

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Alternative New Year Blog – Ring in the New!

Kirsty Barton — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:16:55 +0000

Spruce up your home after Christmas with our Alternative guide to what’s in the wind for 2013. We kick off with ‘Made in Britain.'

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