We have a lovely big Edwardian hallway and my dream is Edwardian tiles but as they’re going to cost £2000+ and I’m not too sure what my job/income is going to be like in September (I have about half a year’s salary saved for renovations but may have to use it to live!), I was thinking we could carpet for now. Currently the hallway and stairs are carpeted with a v good quality dark red carpet that the previous owners put in, it clashes horribly with the dark blue that I’ve painted under the dado rail though! My idea is that we should just carpet the stairs and then leave the original floorboards /maybe paint them and cover with rugs, until we know what finances are like and can do our lovely tiles, however partner is very against this idea and would prefer we carpet for now and then replace carpet with tiles 5/10 years down the line.
So does anyone know of any super hard wearing/always clean looking carpets? We also get lots of foot traffic with clients coming into the home (they can take shoes off but still!) and our dog looooves mud so much and as much as I try to clean her paws after her walks they will undoubtedly still harbour some mud!