Getting Your Home Christmas Party Ready
Surrey homes were built to host. From the older, bigger townhouses to the more modern flats, they all feel better when they’re full of friendly faces. And what better time to host than Christmas?
If the festivities are happening at yours this year, then it’s time to start preparing. That means making sure your home is Christmas party ready; starting on any last-minute renovations, buying the extra chairs, placing that all-important food order.
When there’s lots to do, it can be hard to know where to start. Our suggestion? Start from the ground up. It’s time to make sure your floors are ready for the onslaught of high heels and spilled wine that December brings with it.
Unsure about how to update your flooring in time for the festive season? Here are some of our winter renovation tips.
Consider How You Use The Space
As with any renovation project, the goal is twofold. You want your home to look great, but you also need it to work for you. Updating your flooring is no exception. Every household is different, and that’s perhaps never clearer than when we have everyone over at Christmas.
Are you a sit on the floor and open presents kind of family? Will there be four-legged friends at the party? Shoes off at the door, or stilettos the whole day? All of these answers matter when you’re looking for the perfect flooring solution.
Don’t Forget The Pets
Christmas brings us all together. Friends and family are over for parties, meals, get-togethers. If your Christmas parties involve humans and their pets, then this needs to be something you consider when getting your home Christmas party ready. You’ll want a floor that’s scratch-resistant, and probably easy to clean, too.
That calls for LVT, or luxury vinyl tile flooring. A multi-layered approach to natural-looking flooring, LVT is water-resistant, durable, and it won’t hold on to any fur like a carpet would. It’s also incredibly stylish, and has a massive range of styles to choose from, so no matter what kind of decor you’re going for, LVT will work for you.
Expect Mess
Has anyone ever had a Christmas party that didn’t result in something being spilled? When you’ve got lots of people over and the mulled wine is flowing, it’s hard to prevent mess from happening. If there are little ones too, it’s even less likely.
With that in mind, for a winter renovation, there are two routes to choose from. You can choose a carpet that won’t immediately show any and all spills and mess, and that is easier to clean back to its original colour. Or you can choose flooring that’s built to withstand the mess that comes with a busy household, like Amtico LVT flooring or Karndean LVT designs.
Keeping Warm
Winter is approaching rapidly, and with it comes our trademark colder, wetter weather. For many of us, especially those living in the older properties across Surrey, this means colder days and nights, even at home.
So when you’re choosing flooring for your Christmas renovation, it’s important to make sure it helps maintain some warmth. For homes with good insulation, this might be less important. For others, thick luxury carpet can be a great way to add warmth to a home. Alternatively, for those lucky enough to enjoy underfloor heating, luxury vinyl flooring is the way forward. LVT conducts heat, allowing the heating system to keep the floor delightfully cosy and homely.
The Busiest Time of Year
Christmas is, for a lot of households, the busiest time of the year. From Christmas parties to the day itself, it’s often the busiest our homes get. This is important to consider when you’re looking into Christmas flooring renovations, as foot traffic can impact the flooring, especially in older properties.
If you’ve got a lot of guests coming to celebrate, then protecting your wooden staircases with stylish stair runners, for example, can work to keep the foundations beneath safe from damage.
Book In Early
Christmas seems to appear in conversation earlier each year. It’s easy to ignore it until winter has truly settled in, but when it comes to flooring installation, that could be too late.
Winter renovations are popular. Everybody wants to get their home Christmas party ready. So it’s a good idea to head into a showroom soon and get your flooring installation booked before all the slots are gone.
Trust The Professionals
It can be easy to think that any renovation job is safe to try and DIY. For your Christmas renovation, it’s worth placing your trust in the professionals.
At Taylord Carpets & Flooring Studio, our team has years of experience and skill. We can measure your home, remove the old flooring, and install your new winter flooring with minimal stress and disruption.
Visit our showroom today to take a look at the luxury high-end carpets and LVT flooring options available.