Monday, December 29, 2008

Coir Natural Flooring


Coir is rustic, rugged and offers excellent wear at reasonable prices made from the outer husk of the coconut, softened in fresh water then spun into yarn coarsely woven with thick chunky fibres giving a strikingly ethnic appearance available in 2 colours and three styles inherently anti-static

Coir is an inexpensive way to achieve a natural, stylish country look. The fibre used is removed by hand from the coconut husk after softening in salt water. Stones are used to pound the husk and the fibres combed out and dried. This superior fibre is woven on both hand-operated and power looms. The former gives a weave which is available in natural coconut, bleached colours and combinations of the two. The power loomed option offers a tighter, more uniform weave.

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Monday, December 22, 2008

Sisal Natural Flooring


Sisal is the hardest wearing of all the natural floorings made from the leaves of the Agave Sisalana plant; a sub-tropical spiky plant related to the cactus very closely woven due to the fine stranded nature of this fibre allowing fine texture accepts dyeing well giving the best range of colours of all the natural fibres inherently anti-static - vacuums well and is relatively unabsorbent, ideal floor covering.

Grown in Brazil and East Africa, Sisal is a fibre which is obtained by crushing the leaves of the Sisalana Algave plant and then separating the resulting pulp. It is washed, dried and graded before being spun into yarn. Used in ropemaking, the same qualities of strength make it ideal for floorcovering.

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Sunday, December 21, 2008

Jute Natural Flooring


Cultivated in the hot, damp regions of Asia, Jute is the fibrous inner bark of a large herbaceous plant.
Harvested by hand, the plant stalks are softened in water, the fibres removed and sun dried. The dried fibres are then spun into yarn which has a silky lustre in a variety of natural shades, making it a very effective choice for many homes.

Jute is one of the most luxurious natural flooring
made from the stems of the tropical herb Corchorus; a member of the Linden family closely related to hemp. After harvesting, the stems, tied in bunches, are soaked in water for two to three weeks and then pounded with wooden mallets to soften the fibres prior to drying and weaving closely woven due to the fine stranded nature of this fibre allowing fine texture closely woven due to the fine stranded nature of this fibre allowing fine texture, care with heavywear areas.


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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Wool Natural Flooring

Probably the most familiar of natural fibres, wool has been used to make carpets for nearly five thousand years. Its resiliency, softness, warmth and the ability to maintain its luxurious appearance make wool an ideal, natural material for floorcoverings. We add nothing to it apart from dyes in natural tones then flatweave it to produce and exciting and texturally interesting range.

Offers a softer yet hardwearing alternative to the firmer sisals and coirs made from Pure New Wool, not recycled inferior yarns three distinct varieties of design ~ boucle, ribbed and panama
available in soft earth shades as all wool carpets - vacuums well but is relatively absorbent.

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