Leamington and Warwick Living Jan - Feb 2021

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“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!” 18 | www.leamingtonspaliving.co.uk
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