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You cannot stand it. The same old dreary windows that do little to add life to your home. It is time for a change. But, where do you start? How do you keep from making an expensive or embarrassing mistake? In fact, how can you know what you...
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Whether you are in a brand new home or one that's had some
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area rugs can do the job. Here are 6 ways to use...
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How to Lend Your Home A Rustic Decor Theme
Rustic decor is a look that many people aspire to or choose as a
theme when decorating or redecorating part of their home. They
choose the style because it is homely, simple and can lead to a
warm and welcoming space.
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Ten tips to ensure that you choose the right carpet for your home or office.
Buying a new carpet for your home or business is a decision that
should not be taken lightly.
The right choices will ensure that your chosen carpet not only
looks great but also proves to be a wise investment.
The wrong choices however can be costly in terms of money and
time wasted.
The following ten tips should give you a head start when it
comes to buying the best carpet for your home or office.
Top Ten Buying Tips
1) Suitability - Ensure that your carpet supplier understands
how the carpet will be used in terms of location and potential
for wear and tear. Carpeting for your stairs for example may
well need to be different from that used for your bedroom.
Ensure that you discuss how your chosen flooring will cope with
the demands placed upon it with your carpet retailer.
2) Decoration - Your carpet should be a fundamental element of
any interior decorating scheme and as such chose your carpet
before you start decorating and install it after all the
decorating has finished!
3) Style and Design - Carpet offers great versatility in terms
of styling, colours and design. Ensure that you have really
exhausted all options in terms of colour, style and design
before finally picking your chosen carpet.
4) Longevity - What are your expectations of how long your
carpet is expected to last? Different carpets will have
differing levels of resilience to wear and tear so ensure that
you have fully explored all of the options if your carpet is to
match your expectations.
5) Budget - Budget is key. Buying a carpet involves additional
costs such as getting it fitted, laying underlay and perhaps
paying for furniture and other items to be moved or stored.
Don't forget to factor all of these elements into your financial
plans.
6) Professionally Measurement - Buying a new carpet is a big
investment and as such having your home or office professionally
measured will ensure that firstly you buy the correct amount of
carpet and secondly
that the carpet purchased is suited to the
role that it is being asked to perform. Good carpet retailers
will offer this service for free!
7) Get a Sample - Samples allow you to judge how your carpet
will fit into your home or office and should be viewed in
natural and artificial light at differing times of the day.
Again good carpet retailers will offer samples for free and
ensure that you have the sample to hand when the carpet arrives
and is being fitted to ensure that it is exactly what you have
ordered!
8) Buy New Underlay - New underlay will extend the life of your
carpet by up to 40%. For any size project, fitting new underlay
will return the cost invested into it, many times over.
9) Employ a Professional Carpet Fitter - Fitting carpets is a
skilled craft and offers of "free fitting" may well come back to
haunt you. A well fitted carpet should be seamless and tightly
stretched and only professional carpet fitters will achieve the
maximum potential from your carpeting investment.
10) You Get What You Pay For - As with most things in life you
really do get what you pay for with regard to carpets. Whilst
cheap carpeting with recycled underlay and a non professional
fitting may save you money initially, the rapid degeneration
that you see with regard to your carpeting will soon ensure that
more time and money is wasted on rectifying earlier mistakes.
Buy wisely, buy well, seek out professional retailers and
fitters and your new carpet will return the investments that you
have made into it many times over.
About the author:
Des Nangle is a director of Gilt Edge Carpets at www.giltedgecarpets.co.uk
, a London Carpet Shop that supplies high quality wool and
natural carpets to beautiful homes and stylish offices in West
and South West London. Gilt Edge Carpets provide a full sales
and fitting service to ensure that your London home or office is
fitted with the best looking and most appropriate carpeting
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