Top rug maker “hooks” first prize in show

An American lady who’s been hooking home-made rugs since childhood won first place at a state wide craft fair after entering a stunning five and a half foot arabesque octagonal hooked rug for the show.
Sounds like due credit when you learn that the rug is the product of having worked for at least an hour [...]

Power to the people in all-out doormat wars!

Housing chiefs in Wolverhampton have clamped down on – wait for it – doormats!
Those unruly beasts that are seen tearing across the city have become just too much trouble it seems for the health and safety fun-sucker patrol. Honestly, you’d think they’d have better things to enforce, but apparently not.
Instead they’ve waged war with a [...]

Protect sealife with a Float-Rope doormat

Here’s a feel-good company who really make a difference to the environment and raise awareness for a great cause.
Down East Doormats produced by the Maine Float-Rope Company not only save whales and marine life, provide financial assistance to lobstermen, but protect the environment too.

Float-rope was traditionally used by lobstermen to tether lobster traps together, but [...]

Dare your doorstep to say more

Not so long ago the average doorstep was bland, without personality and purely functional. But, understandably, we’ve become pretty bored of that.
These days there’s all kinds of innovative designs and statements emblazoned under the average household door, and one thing’s for sure people like to be noticed. We like to be different, to be stylish [...]

Vinyl was made to be Recycled

That’s the message we’ve received loud and clear after finding out about a vinyl flooring takeback scheme called Recofloor that’s been launched in the UK.
It makes sense really; we recycle virtually everything we can but when it come to refurbishing our homes there’s masses of unwanted materials that we inevitably have to find useful ways [...]

Donated equipment and flooring revamps Chicago fitness centre

We love a “good news” story around here – they’re a rarity these days, and this is certainly a nice one.
A couple of companies in Chicago have been cherry-picking schools to donate their surplus stock to. So good so far, but the prime company concerned supplies gym equipment and the other provides rubber flooring.
They hatched [...]

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 [...]

Lusting to live outdoors?

When it comes to wanting to escape the ratrace and get away from it all, the idea of retreating to a yurt is decidedly appealing.
However what fans of the moveable home have discovered is the lack of flooring options available to them as there are so few specialists, and even fewer legitimate general flooring professionals [...]

Rare rugs on show from deceased artist Francis Bacon

The haunting paintings for which Francis Bacon was famed throughout Europe may soon have to compete for his infamy as rare rugs produced by the deceased artist go on display for the first time.
Having been hidden in private collections for decades due to Bacon’s belief that his earlier works were vastly inferior to his later [...]

Coir’s just too cool these days…

Gone are the days when coir (coconut husk) matting was the preserve of matronly households and stamp collector types.

You can be assured that you won’t need to be putting leather elbow patches on Norwegian knit jumpers in order to pass of this little collection of cutesy coir doormats.
Keeping it natural, designer Ed Annink based these [...]