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The Interior Design Collective

The co-founders tell us more about the IDC and break down some myths about interior design in our Q&A….

Ella Doran: Sheep to Seat, Fleece to Floor

Award-winning homewares designer Ella Doran tells us about what inspired Sheep to Seat, Fleece to Floor project in our Q&A….

MID-CENTURY MODERN

Discover the beauty of Mid-Century Modern design and get inspired by our Alternative Rug Stars, Keith and Mark AKA Mini Moderns.

Boutique Zoffany for Alternative Flooring

For the first time, Zoffany’s inspirational design stories are translated into a different cloth, wall to wall carpet. Discover how Zoffany for Alternative Flooring was created. We caught up with Peter Gomez, Head of the Zoffany design studio to talk through the inspiration behind this new collaboration.

Mini Moderns Rug Stars: We’re talking rugs with stars of the interior world.

Creative duo Mini Moderns choose their perfect rugs. Keith’s Rug Stars choice is a Wool Milkshake Coconut rug and Mark’s Rug Stars choice is a patterned Quirky B Honeycomb Moss rug designed with our bespoke Make Me A Rug service.

Margo Selby Rug Stars: We’re talking rugs with stars of the interior world.

Award winning textile designer Margo Selby’s Rug Stars choice is her own design Frolic Westbrook, a multi-coloured striped rug, that she has teamed with an inner Double Piping Cotton Border in Pink and an outer Stripes Thick Black border.

Kate Watson-Smyth Rug Stars: We’re talking wool rugs with a star of the interior world.

Journalist, author and award winning blogger Kate Watson-Smyth’s Rug Stars choice is a made to measure Wool Pebble Stade carpet with a Thick Stripe Grey border.

The story of ‘Authentic Lucienne’ by Paula Day

Here Robin and Lucienne Day’s daughter Paula Day, founder of The Robin and Lucienne Day Foundation, tells how she has collaborated with Alternative Flooring to bring authentic Lucienne Day patterned carpet designs back in production.

GORGEOUS GREYS – How grey has become our new neutral

Grey is our guilty pleasure NEW greys include luxurious wool carpets like Barefoot Hatha Sutra and Barefoot Bikram Nadi that are 100% undyed wool, feel-good flooring.

Woolability – live naturally and choose wool carpets

Flooring is where wool excels. Let’s spin some of the benefits of wool carpets in the home. Practically speaking wool is resilient, stain resistant, flame-retardant, a natural insulator and as a soundproofer brings much welcomed peace and quiet to interiors.

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