Solihull Living Jan - Feb 2021

ecause 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.”
Before
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
“These ingenuous sofas
arrive in their constituent
parts in three boxes and
are then assembled in
under five minutes.”
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