Wall Bros

The Carpet Specialists

Worthing: 01903 503638
Storrington: 01903 744748

Things to know before buying a rug

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Now that the weather’s getting colder keeping your home cosy is at the top of your priority list. Rugs are an effective answer – especially for those of us with hard flooring – but they can also be laid over fitted carpet too.

So why choose a rug? Rugs are brilliant for bringing together all of the elements of a room – for example, they can pull together the colours used in the decor and other soft furnishings. Rugs also offer other significant benefits besides style. Here are some more reasons to choose a rug:
 

1. Noise Reduction

A rug can significantly decrease the noise in your space. Not only is carpet quieter to walk on than a hard surface floor, but it also absorbs sound from the air. Does your room with hard flooring has a slight echo? That is because the hard surface floor does not absorb sound in the same way that carpet does. Put a rug in the room and listen to the difference.

2. Comfort

Carpet is a lot softer than hard flooring, and most people will agree with the statement that it’s also more comfortable to stand on than hard flooring too. Not only does the carpet feel softer to the  skin, but its flexibility allows the carpet to absorb some of the impact from your footsteps. This literally takes some of the pressure off your body. 

For most people with hard flooring, the idea of carpeting your home just for the winter months just isn’t practical. However, a good rug can be an affordable alternative that works just as well and looks just as good! In addition a rug can have greater insulating value, especially if it has a pad underneath it.  These can also help against the rug slipping as well as with insulation.

4. Grounding 

Any interior designer will tell you that placing a rug in the room can help the space to feel grounded. When properly placed, a rug can help anchor the furniture in a room, which helps to create a cosy and more intimate space. For example, a living room or family room rug should be large enough that the main pieces of furniture (sofa, chair, coffee table) are all sitting on the rug, or at minimum have the front legs on the rug. Without the rug, it can feel as though the furniture is ‘floating’ in the room.

This rug reflects into the mirrored furniture and is the heart of the room.

So how do you pick the right one?

1 – size of your rug

Measure the space. If you want the rug for a particular use – such as in the hall as a runner, or in front of the fireplace – it will have to be a specific size. If you want the rug to fit inside a room then you have more leeway. Bear in mind that the more floor that is not covered by a rug, the more heat can be lost through the floor which is not cost effective for your heating bill. Having a rug that covers a lot of floor is essential to keeping your home warmer in winter.

2 – your rug material

You wouldn’t wear a t-shirt when it’s snowing, so why get a thin rug in the winter. Making sure that your rug has a dense pile is great for winter. The more fibres the rug has, the more warm air it will trap and ultimately keep you home warm. if the rug is for a high-traffic area, such as a hall-runner, then choose a shorter and more hardwearing pile.

We would recommend a mixture of wool and man-made material to ensure the least amount of shedding from your rug. The man-made material from the rug can also help it keep its shape and become slightly more durable – perfect for the main room of the house!

Both our Worthing and Storrington stores have a wide selection in stock and can also order in even more, just talk our friendly award-winning team and let them guide you to the right choice for your home.

 

What Easter means for carpets…

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This time of year there tends to be a huge spike in carpet cleaning. Not just because it’s Easter, but for a variety of reasons;

  • more light means winter stains get noticed
  • It’s time for another large family gathering and the home needs to look lovely for the guests
  • kids receive lots of chocolate and some of it ends up on the carpet and not in their mouths!

So what’s the best way to get ground-in Easter Egg out of your lounge carpet?

If you know you have bleach-cleanable carpets (we sell lots of these – especially to families with young children!) then you can use most domestic cleaning products to get the stain out – although we would always recommend reading the label and following the instructions before using them. If, however, you’re not sure, then it’s best to start with some warm soapy water, a clean dishcloth or scrubbing brush and some kitchen roll. 

 

 

  1. Wet the cloth/brush and work it into the stain, taking care not to spread the mark out further. Try working in from the outside to the centre of the stain.
  2. Blot the damp patch with the kitchen roll
  3. Repeat process until the stain is gone.
  4. Leave to dry and then vacuum

Of course some  stains are more stubborn and in these cases it might be best to either hire in a professional carpet cleaning machine or a reputable carpet cleaning company. These can be especially effective if you have large or high traffic areas of carpet that needs cleaning such as the hall, stairs and landing or a through lounge-dining room. 

In our experience, chocolate stains do come out of carpets with a little elbow grease most of the time . Just be wary of the red wine and the berry cheesecake at the big family Easter dinner though!

Happy Birthday to Us!

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We officially celebrate our Diamond Anniversary

We turned 60 this year and like most of us who are getting older, we have never been so busy! We’ve been sorting out all the new branding bits and pieces, winning awards and seeing our newly designed advertising bring in lots of you lovely people to our Worthing and Storrington stores which has been great. But we promised ourselves a party for the team and some special guests and last week we finally got round to holding it! 

Of course it was held in our original Worthing store – where we have traded continuously for the past 60 years. It’s the place where original founder, Cyril Wall and his 2 brothers, saw a business opportunity to sell fitted carpets in the late 1950’s when many homes were first having central heating fitted and yet still had draughty floorboards. They purchased a single shop in Tarring Road and we are still based here today. 

We’ve had a brilliant 60th year so far, we have completely rebranded and it’s been really well received, plus we won the 2017 Adur & Worthing Business Award for Best Small Business and were also Highly Commended in the Customer Service category too. We have also raised thousands of pounds for Guild Care, which is a charity we have supported for nearly as long as we’ve been open – Cyril Wall started as a volunteer driver for the original hospital charity back in the early 60’s and we’ve been helping out ever since. 

As you can see from the picture, we had a great time and wanted to thank our friends and families for supporting us, it was lovely to see everyone. 

Here’s to many more years to come!

Hands up who wants cake?!
Photo: Martin Bloomfield / Seaside Creative Ltd

Time for an update!

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Being 60 years old this year focused our attention on something that was perhaps a bit dated… our image!

We had not changed the shopfronts or the logo since at least the mid 1990’s so we knew it was time to bring ourselves up to date. Once we looked at the project we realised that we needed some help to keep everything on track and in line, so we worked with local agency, Ask for the Moon, to help us get everything sorted.

Kelly O’Haire, Director at Ask for the Moon, says, “Many clients don’t realise quite how much time and trouble a big rebranding project can take – let alone all the extra things that are involved. We have worked on everything from the very obvious things like the two shopfronts in Worthing and Storrington, to the tiny things like the envelopes. We’ve helped with the new design, advertising, website, social media, business cards, uniforms, invoices… Basically, if it’s got the new Wall Bros logo on it then we’ve sorted it out!

We even got Wall Bros involved in the Adur and Worthing Business Awards – which, at time of writing, we’re not sure of winning (that’s another blog entirely!). It was really gratifying to hear from customers about how much they loved the service and to see them get involved in the nomination process too. We asked them to nominate Wall Bros for one particular category (best retailer) and they ended up nominating them for 3 different categories too!

It’s great to see a project like this through from start to finish. The immediate results and feedback alone have been well worth all the hard work so far.”

You can see from the pictures just how much has changed. Wall Bros is now firmly in the 21st Century and ready for the next 60 years. Bring on 2077!

new Wall Bros logo

Our new branding has been designed to bring us bang up to date

 

 

What were you doing in 1957?

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Well, if you weren’t born, that’s OK, but Wall Bros was just starting up! Cyril Wall opened his first shop in Tarring Road back then and we are proud to be still here today. We had a look at what other important stuff was going in 1957 and here’s what we came up with.

1957 top ten facts:

  • Russia launched Sputnik and really galvanised the space race
  • John Lennon met Paul McCartney for the first time
  • Elvis Presley purchased a mansion in Tennessee and called it Graceland
  • Ian Fleming published his novel ‘From Russia with Love’ about a spy called James Bond
  • The Queen delivered her Christmas message on TV for the first time
  • Bridge on the River Kwai came out in cinemas
  • Diana by Paul Anka was the best selling single in the UK
  • Harold MacMillan was the British Prime Minister
  • Singapore gained Independence from the UK
  • The average price of a house was £2000

Of course things have changed a bit since then – but according to some surveys, 1957 was also the happiest year ever too. I don’t suppose a new carpet shop appearing in Worthing had anything to do with that do you?