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Kirsty Barton

Marketing Manager

With over 23 years working in the carpet industry and roles within Alternative Flooring ranging from sales, customer service to purchasing; Kirsty brings all of this experience to her role as Marketing Manager. Bringing together digital content, SEO, PPC, strategic social media management as well as PR and brand growth ensuring optimum reach, engagement and brand awareness. Here is a link to Kirsty's LinkedIn

Alternative Cottage Charm with Kemi Lawson

Colour and texture with a splash of Nigerian and Jamaican heritage best describe Kemi’s home style. Here’s our Q&A with Kemi, founder and editor of Cottage Noir…

Dee, Dermot and Deco

Inside Dee Koppang O’Leary’s home: the London based Norwegian TV and film Director shows us her brand new carpet runner by Alternative Flooring.

NOBLE ISLE

We caught up with Noble Isle to chat about their engaging and authentic story. Like us, this is an award–winning British brand with a shared love of sustainably and natural ingredients.

BOLD BRITISH DESIGN

Emilio Pimentel-Reid talks to us about his brilliant new book Bold British Design.

The Interior Design Collective

The co-founders tell us more about the IDC and break down some myths about interior design in our Q&A….

Laura Jackson

We caught up with broadcaster, author and tastemaker Laura Jackson to talk about interior inspiration and what makes a house a home.

THE BIGGER PICTURE

We’re talking SHOW ME MY ROOM with Kirsty Barton, Alternative’s digital guru and one of the creative folk behind our brilliant new visualiser for floors.