Know the facts before choosing your next floor covering

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After 12 years in flooring and soft furnishing care business I have restored many floors and many soft furnishings. I have seen so many amazing items of great quality that has been cared for very well. I have also seen many items that needed a lot of work to restore.

One thing that stand out and breaks my heart has always been the wrong floor covering installed for the wrong use.

My name is Pierre de Wet and after I started Art of Clean in December 2005 I made a promise to myself that I wish to serve our clients really well. I would be open and honest – When I can clean or restore an item I would, though if I cannot I would be open about it. In the last 12 years, I have sadly seen several home owners that bought carpets that are “Bleach Cleanable” though sadly after 6 months they felt very unhappy with the floor they got advised to buy. To make it better they asked if we can restore it for them. Sadly, this is not always possible due to the nature of the fabric. Sadly, the retailer that sold the floor covering only focused on one presumable advantage of the floor covering and not the item.

Wood floors have had their fair share of miss-selling – Some engineered floors have such a thin top layer that you can only sand the floor once and even then, you must be so careful not to sand through to the lower layer.

All these experiences frustrated me a lot. Do not get me wrong – There are some amazing flooring retailers in and around Cambridge and they do an amazing job. Sadly, some are not.

I chose to do something about it. We open a lovely little retail shop on Milton Road next to Cambridge Floral Design. Art of Flooring is a flooring retailer supplying high quality carpets, wooden floors and luxury vinyl. We have two amazing team members with outstanding experience in their fields who care for the flooring side at Art of Flooring.

We choose to only sell floors we know will serve the owner well and last for a long time. As all floor coverings require maintenance and care we can offer this through Art of Clean. By offering both the supply and maintenance we will be able to provide a much more bespoke product and service and this is turn will mean a product that will last for many years to come.

If you are about to or in the process of choosing a new floor covering please come in and see Sam and Neil at Art of Flooring at 141 Milton road in Cambridge for a fresh new approach to choosing your next floor.

Pierre de Wet
www.ArtofClean.co.uk
www.ArtofFlooring.co.uk