Kate Watson-Smyth, Journalist and Interiors Blogger of Mad About The House Kate Watson-Smyth is a journalist, author and creator of the award-winning Mad About the House blog – a generous sourcebook for modern living. It’s a place to show … Continued
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COLOUR ME HAPPY
Elle Decoration’s March cover declares that colour is bold, brighter and better in an issue that has its first ever dedicated colour section. Here we learn that the Scandinavians are shifting from white, why 1970s shades are hip and how … Continued
Earn Your Stripes
Great British designers love stripes. We have artists and their stripes with Bridget Riley, the fashionable Paul Smith barcode and now we have designer stripes for interiors, beautifully crafted by woven textile designer Margo Selby for Alternative Flooring. … Continued
Pattern Play!
Images from top left to bottom right: Rock ‘n’ Roll Kiss rug, Rock ‘n’ Roll Mr Blue Sky rug and the new Margo Selby Stripes collection. Floral and Stripe fashion designs from Vogue’s Ultimate Spring/Summer Trend Guide 2017: Marques Almeida, … Continued
A CARPET FIT FOR A QUEEN: Why RHS Chelsea Flower show picked Flowers of Thorpe
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth visits the RHS Chelsea Flower show in London, Monday May 22, 2017. Photo Credit: RHS Special Events Discover our alternative red carpet Floral fashion is in full bloom at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show and … Continued
Rugs make light work!
Images from top left to bottom right: Pooky lights Nellie table lamp in an emerald glaze with empire shade in grey ferns; Verona black table lamp with black zig zag Ikat shade. Alternative Flooring’s Make Me A Rug online – … Continued
High Fibre Floors
Images from top left to bottom right: Seagrass Herringbone, Seagrass Herringbone detail, Big Jute Panama Brioche runner, Big Jute Panama Brioche runner detail, Sisal Metallic Aluminum, Sisal Metallic Aluminum detail, OCHRE Walnut rug, straw footwear by Osklen and Big Jute Boucle Muffin How to … Continued
New Year Decorating Resolutions with Alternative Flooring
Captions from top left to bottom right: Naked Kitchens Cabinetry; Two styled images from Turner Pocock Interior Design; far left image of Mr Blue Sky, Rock ‘n’ Roll; Strawberry Meadow Peacock, Alternative Flooring with Liberty Fabrics; Margo Selby Hastings bedlinen; … Continued
A Bright Future for Wool
Bridgette Kelly worked in both the public and private sector before joining the wool industry and has worked both in-house at the British Wool Marketing Board and as a consultant for the Campaign for Wool. She understands the entire fleece to finished product … Continued
Why Cwtch is the New Hygge
Alternative Flooring and Melin Tregwynt got together at The Campaign for Wool’s first ever Wool BnB. We are now thrilled to welcome Eifion Griffiths (the owner of Melin Tregwynt) to be our guest blogger. This family owned woollen mill in Pembrokeshire … Continued
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