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Bathroom flooring can be a difficult thing to get right, and it’s so important considering how much the room is used throughout the day. Vinyl flooring is one of the best options available, and there are many benefits which come from it. With that in mind, this post will highlight some of the benefits you can expect if you choose some vinyl flooring for your bathroom.

Water and slip resistant

Being water and slip resistant is essential for a bathroom floor. We’ve all had those scary moments when you step out of the bath or shower, and you slip or have a bit of a wobble. Having a floor which is slip resistant is a great safety feature to add to your bathroom. Water resistance is also very important. You don’t want the flooring in your bathroom to be damaged by water, some flooring options such as wood or laminate can curl or become distorted when it gets wet.

Cleaning

With all of the products we use on a daily basis, it’s easy to understand how things get spilt or dropped in our bathroom. Because of this, it’s important to have a floor which is easy to clean and maintain. Vinyl flooring is much easier to clean than other popular bathroom flooring options such as tiles. You simply need to wipe it clean, and you don’t have to worry about it staining as you would with a flooring material like wood or some light-coloured stones.

Underfloor heating

Walking into your bathroom first thing in the morning, you want the flooring to feel lovely underfoot. One of the great benefits of luxury vinyl flooring is how comfortable it is to walk on. Also, vinyl flooring is compatible with underfloor heating which can create a fantastic warm feeling when you enter your bathroom. On a cold winter’s day, the last thing you want is a freezing cold floor while you’re waiting for the shower to heat up. Underfloor heating creates a warm floor with either warm water running through pipes or wires carrying an electrical charge.

Designs

Getting the right design for your bathroom flooring is crucial to bringing your bathroom style together. With vinyl flooring, there are a large number of options in a range of styles. For bathrooms, stone options are often very popular as they work really well with the clean light colours of most bathroom appliances. Tile patters also work really well to create some contrast. There are also a number of laying patterns which can be created with vinyl flooring.

So there you go, vinyl tiles have some great benefits which can really enhance your bathroom and make it a lovely place to relax. There are different pricing options for vinyl, as there are with all flooring types, depending on the option you go for, and you should always remember the cost of installation may be added onto the price of your vinyl tiles. It’s always worth clarifying this with a retailer so you don’t get any surprises later on and you can just enjoy your lovely new floor.

Thanks to Amtico who helped with this post. You can find more information on luxury vinyl flooring on their website.

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Choosing a new sofa is a really big decision, and with the January sales not too far away, many of you may be starting to think about treating yourself. When choosing a new sofa, there are some really important things you need to remember. To help you with the process we have asked Robinson of England, who produce bespoke Chesterfield sofas and chairs, to give us some tips and things to keep in mind.

Don’t overestimate how much space you have

One of the hardest parts of choosing a sofa is working out exactly how much space you have in your home and how big you can go with the new sofa. The reason this is so difficult is that it can be tough to judge how big a sofa is in a showroom. To avoid this, you should take detailed measurements and work out exactly how much space you have for the sofa at home. Doing this before you even go to the showrooms will help you eliminate certain options. If you don’t check the measurements before buying you could have several problems. The first is that you may be charged extra for specialist delivery contractors just to get the sofa in your home is the companies regular drivers are unable to deliver it. The second is that you may get the sofa into the living room but realise you now have significantly less space than before and the room feels cramped and hard to live in. It is always wise when buying from a showroom to take the sofa measurements home with you and plan it out so you have a better idea of how it will impact the space of your room.

Budget and finance options

Remembering your budget is essential when buying anything, but especially something like a sofa which can be thousands of pounds. Depending on where you’re buying the sofa, there might be room to negotiate or ask them to price match, but this isn’t always the case. A new sofa should be something you enjoy for years to come, so you don’t want to feel guilty each time you sit on it because you spent more than you wanted to out of impulse. Some stores offer finance on sofas and other furniture so if that is something you’d be open to it’s always worth asking. Overall though, if you see a sofa that is out of your budget and there is nothing you can do about it, move on, you will find something else you like as there are so many options available.

The pros and cons of each material and how it fits with your needs

Different people will have different needs from their sofa, and as a result, this may rule out certain materials. Keeping this in mind as you look at options is really important. Always ask the sales consultant about the maintenance needs of the material, and if it’s more than you’re willing to do, look for another option. Also, if you decide to go for leather, you must remember than the colour can change over time and will wear differently to fabrics.

A new sofa should be something to get excited about and enjoy. By keeping these three key areas in mind when looking around, you’ll be able to quickly eliminate sofas that aren’t right for you and you’ll be able to find once which you’ll love for years. Happy shopping!

Getting more natural light into our homes is often a challenge. When you move into a different house, you have the constraints of the existing design and placement of the windows along with the other buildings surrounding you. One way which has allowed people to bring more natural light inside is the introduction of rooflights into their home. To give you some ideas for which rooms work best when adding a rooflight, we have teamed up with Direct Rooflights. On top of more natural light, the addition of a rooflight has a number of other benefits which make them really useful!

Loft conversion

Making the most of loft space can be a really fantastic addition to your home. You can transform the area into a number of great additional rooms, such as an extra bedroom, game space or home office. Rooflights are quite often the only way to bring natural light into a loft conversion. Not only do they add light, but they can make the room feel more spacious and open compared to a conversion with no windows.

Kitchen

If your home has an extension which houses your kitchen, you may be in a great position to add a rooflight. There are a number of benefits to adding a rooflight in your kitchen, but a better ability to control the temperature is certainly one of them. Kitchens can get very hot, particularly when cooking during the summer. As we know, hot air rises, so having a way for that hot air to escape the room at its highest point can really help control the temperature. It’s also great for letting out steam, or smoke (we’ve all had an accident or two with burnt toast or something worse).

Home office

Increased exposure to natural light has shown to improve our productivity when working. If you have a home office and work a lot from home, the addition of a rooflight could be really beneficial. One thing you will need to be aware of is how the light falls and if it’s going to create a glare on a computer screen. There are obviously ways around this, such as adding a retractable blind or just moving your desk, so that the screen is not in the path of the light.

Stairway

While it’s not a room, rooflights work really well in providing light to stairways which can sometimes be quite dark areas of your home. By adding a rooflight, you can create shards of light which nicely illuminate the stairs rather than just using artificial light.

So there are some ideas for you if you’re interested in adding a rooflight to your home. They can be a really stunning feature to any room, along with the benefits they bring for light and temperature control.

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Now that we’re in December, people are starting to get their homes ready for Christmas by dressing up rooms with all kinds of festive decorations. One room which often overlooked is the bathroom. For most of us, we won’t be able to set up a Christmas tree in our bathroom because there simply isn’t the space. However, there are lots of little things you can do, and we have asked interior design company Bespoke Interiors to share some tips on how you can give your bathroom a lovely festive feel. 

Coloured towels

Most bathrooms are primarily light and neutral colours, for example, whites, creams or light greys. These colours are found in most bathroom appliances, tiled walls and floors, and because of this, most bathrooms remain fairly plain all year round. Because Christmas is a time where you can get creative and more expressive with the colours around your home, you can do the same in your bathroom. Towels are a straightforward way to add some colour to your bathroom. During the festive season, you can add towels with classic Christmas colour’s such as reds, golds, and greens, to give your bathroom a simple but effective new look. If you want to go a step further, you should be able to find some towels with Christmas designs on.

Small festive ornaments

There often isn’t a massive amount of space to place decorative items in most bathrooms. Because of this, you need to think outside the box to bring festive ornaments into your bathroom. If you do have some space where items could sit, such as some free space on a shelf or drawer tops, think about small ornaments but ones which will add a burst of colour. If you have absolutely no flat space where ornaments could be placed, why not try hanging ornaments. You could use left over Christmas tree decorations and hang them off the end of radiators or on the door handles of cupboards. These little touches can really add to your bathroom.

Festive scents – candles or diffusers

Lots of people like to have a candle or diffuser in their bathroom to add a lovely fresh scent to the room and help them relax if they’re taking a bath. At Christmas, why not get one with a more festive scent. Classic options include orange and clove, cinnamon or gingerbread. These scents can add a really lovely element to your bathroom and remind you of Christmas memories associated with them. To keep things from getting repetitive, you can also get a selection of smaller candles and rotate them each week or every couple of days to ensure you don’t get bored.

Overall, there are lots of little things you can do to enhance your bathroom over Christmas and give it the festive feel the rest of our homes enjoy. Space is often a determining factor as bathrooms can be small rooms, so you need to keep in mind how much room you have to spare. The nice thing with items like towels is that, yes you can use them all year round, or you can save them just for Christmas and bring them out each year to enjoy.

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