Flooring

The huge debate when designing or upgrading your home is whether you should have carpet or laminate flooring. Today, we are going to share with you some of the benefits of each flooring, to help you to decide which flooring type will be better for you.

Benefits of Carpet
Carpet is one of the most popular choices for flooring within homes across the world. With most people having carpet in their bedrooms, on their stairs, and in their lounge. Some of the benefits of carpet include:

Comfort- this is the main benefit of carpet. It offers much comfort to your feet when you are walking around on it due to how soft it is. Making it a more popular choice for places in your home where you may be walking barefoot.

No Scratch Marks- with carpet, you can also not scratch it. Laminate flooring is super easy to scratch and these marks can become extremely noticeable. The carpet does not have this issue due to it being a soft surface.

Benefits of Laminate
Laminate is another popular choice of flooring in homes across the world. With some people choosing laminate over carpet for the benefits it has. Some of these benefits include:

Easy To Clean- Due to the hardness and the surface of laminate flooring it is much easier to clean. You can wipe up any spillages without it leaving stains behind on your floor. Keeping your floor looking new and stain-free for longer.

More Durable- After time carpet will become worn down and will not be as soft as it was before. This makes laminate a more durable option due to it already being hard and not having any way of becoming worn down.

So, after looking through the benefits of both carpet and laminate it is hard to decide which is truly better. It is truly down to personal opinion and what you want from the flooring in your home.

We all want our homes to follow with the seasons. Knowing the basics of adding flowers to our homes in the summer and candles in the winter months. But what accessories can we bring into our home in the autumn months?

A festivity which falls within autumn is Halloween. Pumpkins are one of the best accessories you can bring into your home this autumn. The oranges and whites really add to the autumnal feel.

Knitted blankets are an excellent accessory for any home this autumn. To make this more autumnal choose a colour such as dark red, brown or yellow. This will put your house right on-trend.

Another accessory choice is a fake, light-up tree. These can come in many different colours and styles. We would highly recommend one with no leaves. As you know leaves fall from trees in the autumn. This will add a small amount of light to your room as well as looking trendy.

We all want our homes to feel as homely as possible but still be on trend. With focusing on our interior design, how can we make our homes fit with the current trends.

One design technique which is on trend currently is having a feature wall. This consists of having on wall in your room wallpapered or painted a different colour. Currently people are opting for darker colours.

On top of your feature wall, it is trendy to add a piece of art work. Whether this be a canvas and a painting. Any of these choices are bound to make your home one feel homely and two be on trend.

Another item which is currently on trend is clocks. These went out of fashion for a while however they are back. Specifically large wall clocks which are clear. These clocks are highly trendy. They also offer you a good way to see the time!

There are many rooms which you can place the wallpaper in. It is important that you decide which room you are wanting wallpaper in before choosing it. Once you have decided on a room, here are my tips for choosing the perfect wallpaper.

Firstly, you need to consider what colour scheme you are wanting for the room. Your wallpaper should follow this colour scheme. Sometimes it can be easier to choose your wallpaper and match your paint to the paper.

Some wallpapers can be textured. You will need to decide if you want it to be flat on the wall or slightly textured. Textured wallpaper does help to add emphasis to your room. This is best in bedrooms as they can be quite plain.

Finally, consider whether your wallpaper is one which you put paste on the wall or the paper. I have always found that putting paste on the wall is much easier. It does not make as much mess.

Your exterior design is important due to it being the first thing people see of your house. They can base their expectations on the outside of your house. However, this does not mean that your interior design is any less important.

The interior design of your home is just as important as the exterior. If you have designed the interior peoples opinions on your home may change. Leaving the interior will make your house seem more run down and uncared for.
Designing the interior of your home yourself will help you to add some of your own personality and style. This, in theory, makes your house feel more like home. Making people feel more welcomed and relaxed.
Focusing on the interior design of your home can help to improve the quality of your life too. Having a happy feeling home creates happy people. A run down home is just the start for feeling more upset and down.