Tying the room together

As The Dude said, the rug “really tied the room together.”  Fans of the Cohen brothers will of course recognise the significance of floor finishes in helping to create a coherent room design and appreciate it’s importance to the lead character in the 1998 classic The Big Lebowski.  The Dude, played by Jeff Bridges, had his rug stolen and was left, much to his annoyance, with a living room that felt incomplete.

A good rug can provide the finishing touch to a room design.  It’s an opportunity to inject some colour, either in harmony or contrast to the surroundings.  It provides a centre piece around which all the other elements co exist.  Often used alongside a harder timber floor it provides a soft warming contrast, which is great under bare feet, and will soften the acoustics of any space.

The trend towards graphic and experimental techniques is exemplified by the Radient Gradients range by Top Floor Rugs, which feature shading and colour graduation that gives the illusion of depth to flat surfaces.

Designed by award-winning rug designer Esti Barnes, who combines her design expertise with the skill of Top Floorʼ s master dyers and craftsmen, the designs perfectly demonstrate the smoothest of colour shading across the cut-pile wool surface.

If you need help tying your room together contact Multi Story Thinking and we'll show you how to make the most of rugs in your home.

Fun on the floor-The Wooly Rug Co.

We love these rugs from our native Lake District. Jane Exley creates these unique hand tufted rugs from her riverside studio in Ambleside from local Herdwick and Swaledale wool. Find our more at her website.

Fun on the floor

Here's our top tip for sprucing up knackered old floor boards. Ronseal Diamond Hard Floor Paint in Slate grey. Sets off the white sanitary ware and our chenille twist mat just nicely.

Fun on the Floor

The orange tongue is a big hit with the pidgeons of Redchurch Street. Laid by the Burmatex team it welcomed visitors to our MULTI-STORY-THINKING design surgeries during the London Design Festival. Have a look on our website to see the orange line snaking through our office. The tongue has gone now but we're still running the surgeries so pop in for some free design advice.

Fun on the Floor

Get Creative with Carpet Tiles

Carpet tiles get a bad press. You start thinking of soulless office spaces with slabs of dark blue or grey tiles along with ranks of dispirited workers. But used creatively they can bring an office space to life. The guys at Burmatex thrive on the opportunity and their ranges are specifically developed to enable creative designs with families of colours and a range of patterns that are interchangeable. Their colour palettes draw inspiration from furniture design and fashion and by inserting panels you can create pretty much anything.



We challenged Burmatex to come up with a design for our showroom. Working alongside our design team they produced a design that demonstrates the potential of their products. With colours picked out to match our brand identity the design provides a high impact welcome for visitors to our Shoreditch showroom. Come and have a look. We're open during the London Design Festival.



For ACCA we introduced a contrast border along the entrance door wall to the CEO's newly refurbished office. A subtle detail to signify the change from one area to another.