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We’ve selected the very best photos from our editorialpages in 2011 which demonstrate that style, quality andcreativity is alive and well in the UK flooring industry.

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2011Adam Castlemead: Velvet Stripe Adam Carpets continue to enhance their reputation as manufacturers of innovativeproducts by adding an additional seven colours to their successful Castlemead Velvet Stripe collection. Made at their own factory in

Kidderminster, these seven new colours have proved to be an instant classic.T 01562 829966 www.adamcarpets.com

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Alternative Flooring: Rock ‘n’ Roll Aretha Franklin made her version of Respect a hit in 1967; featured here is the trendsetting retro Respect, one of the award winning Rock ‘n’ Roll, 100% wool carpets,

by Alternative Flooring. Yet another hit! T 01264 335111 www.alternativeflooring.com

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2011Balta: Funky Stripes Bring rays of sunshine to the home with The Funky Stripes collection from Balta Broadloom. Bold and beautiful

colourways combine to bring an eye-catching carpet range that delivers the very best in style, performance and ease of maintenance. Availablein a four-metre width, made with 100% Stainsafe® bleach resistant polypropylene and in 8 fashionable colours, Funky Stripes backs its striking

design with a 5 year wear and Stainsafe® warranty. T +32 55 335252 www.baltagroup.com

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Bond Worth: The Boisdale Group specified a tartan axminster to compliment their baronial themed establishment famed for fine Scottish food, whiskey and cigars.

T 01562745000 www.bondworth.co.uk

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Cormar: Avebury Cormar Carpet’s striking Avebury Plains and Stripes wool loop pile collection offers five striped designs and 12 stylish plains that can be teamed together to accommodate the trend for a streamlined look in the home. The Woolmark branded rangeis made from 100% pure new wool in a quality 3 ply yarn with a level loop pile surface and provides consumers a new and different look

that is still within the confines of an ‘easy to decorate with’ colour palette. T 01204 881234 www.cormarcarpets.co.uk

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Crown Floors: Bayswater The luscious shaggy pile and striking on-trend colours of Bayswater from Crown Floors make it areal head turner to consumers looking for the latest in fashion-focused carpet for their home. Available in a four-metre width,

Bayswater forms part of a 10 strong collection that includes a range of polypropylene and wool rich carpets that represent quality,diversity and value and which are backed by a strong brand identity. T 0800 077 33 01 www.crownfloors.co.uk

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Heckmondwike: Supacord Tough, durable yet highly cost competitive, Supacord, designed by Heckmondwike FB, hasalways been a popular choice. And now architects are recognising the design opportunities to cost effectively create the ‘wow’ factor.Supacord can be cut to any design, in any number of the 40 colours available and has an environmental rating that is unsurpassed,

with an A+ BRE Global Rating. T 01924 406161 www.heckmondwike-fb.co.uk

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Vorwerk: Esprit The Esprit Home Islands collection from Vorwerk Carpets is a new way of thinking in flooring, encouraging engagementand play in a way never possible before. The self-adhesive carpet tiles are available in a unique shape derived from the contract Scale®

TEXtiles® product and in a range of colours and textures that feature in Colour Splash, Selected Nature and Modern Poetry worlds. T 0870 0104484 www.vorwerk.com