Flooring

Forget traditional flooring, whack on some wallpaper!

We know – sounds silly, doesn’t it? But honestly, we’re not having a giggle at your expense, using wallpaper for other surfaces than your walls (i.e. as an alternative to traditional flooring methods) is apparently the next big thing in interior design.

The gurus of style have decreed that this is the way forward for making the most of your floor space to make a real style statement that’s as unique as you are. Sounds great, but surely it’s not a great long term investment.

Well, apparently so! All you need to do is pick your paper and then coat it with a vat load of polyurethane to protect it from general wear and tear. Saying that, obtaining such quantities of poly-fix-it might not be so simple. Nevertheless, we love the concept and really it’s no different from placing a big area rug down to cover undesirable flooring.

We’re thinking it’d be great for a runner down the stairs, the bedroom, a closet or kid’s room – but we’ve got to jog on to B&Q to pick our paper out first. Decisions, decisions!

If you’re thinking this funky flooring’s a bit too much effort, perhaps some nice knobbly round studded rubber flooring would make enough of a non-slip, room insulating statement instead.

We like it because there’s zero hassle – cut it to size and plonk it down. Job done. Or if you’re fussy you can use adhesive too – we won’t tell anyone that you’re not as laidback as you look!

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Tags: floor space, Flooring, rubber flooring, runner, wallpaper