Surfaces
CLASSICALLY CONTEMPORARY
Reflecting current colour and pattern trends in today’s home interiors, four
stylish new décors in Showerwall’s Custom Collection bring a timeless yet
contemporary aesthetic to the bathroom. The new Navy Herringbone, Scallop
Blush, Scallop Coral Reef and Geo Cube décors embrace the current appeal
of art deco and geometric designs and bold blues and pink hues in the interior
design market. The four new additions also reflect the popularity of existing
decors within Showerwall’s Custom range of acrylic bathroom wall panels. Steph
Harris, Product Manager for Showerwall, says: “We have taken inspiration from
all of the latest trends in the interiors market to expand Showerwall’s Custom
range. Scallop designs and patterns are currently proving very popular in the
furniture, fashion and tile industry, which we have seen echoed in the sales of
our existing blue décor. Millennial pink, rose and blush tones have been big in
the interior and fashion market for a while now and these pink tones are now
making their way into our bathrooms, so we have added Scallop Blush, which is
light and airy but also injects some playful colour into the bathroom. Meanwhile,
Scallop Coral Reef adds an element of dimension with its multi-colours.”
0845 604 7334 | [email protected] | http://www.showerwall.co.ukORGANIC DESIGN
Harvey Maria has introduced its new Organics Design Collection. Combining a
mellow stone-effect with a square-in-a-square motif, the collection includes
eight individual LVT’s from a palette of four shades. Each design uses a
seamless shadow detail, which creates a stunning visual contrast between
the tile’s inner square and edge. Organics Design replicates the clean, neutral
palette from Harvey Maria’s Organics Stone range, Natural, Portland, Jurassic
and Cambrian. Four designs have a dark inner square and a light border, and
four have a light inner square and dark border. Laid alternately, the geometric
design creates an almost 3D illusion, alternating from light to dark. When a
single colour contrast is repeated, the tiles create a mini cube effect. Endless
other designs can be created by mixing the plain and patterned tiles, and by
combining them with single shade tiles from the Organics Stone range. Each
Organics Design tile measures 30.5 x 30.5cm and the larger Organics Stone
tiles measure 30.5cm x 45.7cm. All designs have a bevelled edge and can be
laid in all settings, including bathrooms and over underfloor heating.
0330 330 1231 | [email protected] | http://www.harveymaria.comCHIC EFFICIENCY
New Altro Ensemble™ wood-effect modular luxury vinyl tiles (LVTs) have
been fitted in a loft apartment suite in Best Western Premier Mount Pleasant
Hotel, Doncaster, to solve a longstanding problem with noise reverberation,
and provide a stylish practical flooring. Hotel Manager, Richard Tyas, said: “Our
upstairs apartment suite is very popular with small parties and group bookings
who want a private social gathering. Before the refurbishment, the apartment
was fitted with carpet, which is standard in hotel rooms, but it was giving us
some problems. “Firstly, the noise from the apartment was reverberating and
disturbing guests in the bedrooms below. Secondly, the carpet was hard to
keep clean. Food is often served in the apartment, and sometimes if it was
ground into the carpet it was difficult to remove. Wear and tear is also an issue,
because carpet quickly starts to look shabby and tired. So we had a few issues
to solve. We work very closely BW Flooring, who do all our refurbishment
work, and I discussed these issues with them. They use Altro a great deal and
said they would have a flooring that could solve all our problems and give us a
stylish, practical surface that would provide good sound-proofing as well.”
http://www.altro.co.uk