The English Home

Stylish & practical WAYS TO USE CARPET & RUGS

Carpets, rugs and natural weaves are winning back the market share they lost, particularly to wood, but also to stone and tiles, as first choice for flooring prime areas of the home. The virtues of hard floorings are not in dispute, but they cannot compete with carpet, rugs and natural floorings for bringing texture, warmth, colour and pattern to floors through the house. The issue of controlling sound transmission, especially in a busy family house, also lands a winner in carpet’s court. Fitting any new flooring is an investment and it is important with carpet and natural floorings to take a realistic approach to the cost of quality underlay and expert fitting and factor it in. The appearance and life expectancy of the new flooring depends on it.

ON THE MOVE

Runners have an independent life beyond their popularity for stairs. They are a moveable feast, directing traffic across halls, along landings and corridors and, particularly when striped, bring perspective into play, drawing the eye beyond the

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