Leamington and Warwick Living Jan - Feb 2021

“We were just desperate for some
extra space with us both working
from home, and this has given
a new lease of life to a space we
hadn’t been using.”
really easy to cut to size. We couldn’t go
with laminate because it doesn’t cope
well with moisture, so the more obvious
choice were luxury vinyl planks. We chose
a product from the Colosseum range at
Lifestyle Floors (lifestyle-floors.co.uk - you
can find your local supplier on the website)
which we had installed through a local
fitter - the 7” plank width was perfect and
the colour was exactly what we needed.”
The colour of the flooring in a space like
this is crucial too, “if you were to stand
looking straight down the wall, you would
see the floor undulates back and forth,
like a wobbly line! We couldn’t have a dark
coloured floor as this would highlight this -
we went for the finish Limed Oak and it is
perfect - it looks like real wood and gives
us that nice Scandi look we love. I can’t
recommend this flooring enough - whether
your space is straightforward or tricky!
It looks spectacular, is so cost effective
and feels great underfoot. We finished
it with this beautiful Savannah rug from
Rug Love (ruglove.co.uk), which is the
plushest, loveliest rug we’ve ever had! The
colours really tie in well together and it’s
handwoven.”
Another challenge presented by this
project was furnishing. Due to the huge
curve and narrowness of the staircase
down to the room, the owners knew most
sofas and sofa beds would not fit into the
room. Thankfully the answer was found
with Snug Sofa (snugsofa.com). These
ingenuous sofas arrive in their constituent
parts in three boxes and are then
assembled in under five minutes. What’s
more, Snug can usually deliver within a
week - gone are the days of waiting eight
weeks for a sofa to arrive, only to realise
it won’t fit through the door. The other
sofa options include modular elements,
helping your sofa grow with your family
- and they come in a whole host of stainresistant
(coffee, wine, small hand prints,
paw prints) colours.
Owner Dan was also sceptical about
ordering a sofa online - Snug Sofa have
UK stores to try out the products, but
these were not in his locale. Though,
he admits he needn’t have worried
“the sofa is amazingly comfortable -
my expectations were low as it was a
sofa bed, but amazingly it’s even more
comfy than my normal sofa upstairs.
That, combined with lightning fast
delivery, made something I was dreading
Molly the dog is also a big fan of the Snug
Sofa Bed, snugsofa.com, and the Elowen
throw from hauslife.co.uk
incredibly easy. Because of lockdown, we
haven’t had guests yet, but they’ll be able
to sleep on a queen sized bed, which is
pretty impressive for a sofa bed! It was a
good opportunity to inject some colour
into the room too!”
Did the couple have any regrets from
the project? “Only that I wish we’d
done it sooner” says Kate. “Working on
renovations this size are intimidating,
but having a good plan of each step and
executing it are the key points - you do
have to consider the unique challenges
of your own project and try to plan ahead
to a degree. We were just desperate for
some extra space with us both working
from home, and this has given a new lease
of life to an area we hadn’t been using. It
feels like a natural extension of our home
and I love all the products we’ve used - so
much so that we are thinking of changing
up some rooms upstairs!”
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