What a beautiful staircase! It is stunning! Project Home UK suggested a stair runner going down the middle of the steps would perhaps be more effective than a fully fitted carpet. We supply carpets and floorcoverings throughout the UK and Ireland and can also offer a bespoke stair runner service where you choose any one of our floorings or carpets (as long as suitable for stairs of course) and pick a border to go around the edge. We have some beautiful examples of customers 'in-situ' runners in our 'in-situ' ideabook which may give you some inspiration? We recently did a photoshoot in a location with a similar staircase to yours, photo below, where we used a bold striped runner in 100% wool, with a simple whipped edge. The second photo is of a grand central staircases in one of our retailer showrooms which has the new Quirky B Fair Isle Reiko by Margo Selby running down the centre - beautiful! Take a look at our website, www.alternativeflooring.com, to see our full collection of floorcoverings and have a play with flooring and border combinations using our 'Make me a rug' designer. Have fun!

Hi, a rug sounds like a good option but just be aware that some rugs and deeper piles will be incompatible with a wheeled desk chair. Also make sure you are not in danger of the chair falling off the edge every time you move. You are absolutely right to be thinking seriously about your personal comfort, it is a really important and relevant consideration if you will be spending long periods of time in your study. Enjoy your new space :) Lorraine

Help! We are building a vaulted ceiling extension off our kitchen and having grey aluminium bifold doors and a grey 'triangle' of aluminium window frames above. At the side we are having two long thin windows frames, also in aluminium grey. The problem is the fascias on the existing house are all white. My husband says we can't have two different coloured fascias, as this would mean down the 'side' of the extension where it meets the original house, you would go from grey to white? However I'm worried grey aluminum with white fascias would look odd - everything I see seems to match. Any thoughts or advice gratefully received. Thanks!

Hi Charlotte, It is tricky when a large area and a big expense. Your floor covering obviously needs to be fit for purpose so the rooms you've mentioned have differing requirements. Anything on the stairs needs to be hard wearing therefore carpets are usually a little more robust than whats needed for a bedroom. Of course you can still have one size fits all but it opens more options to you. As many 1930's have central hallways, transitions to the rooms are usually visible therefore you could choose similar tones or have bedroom carpets with a deeper pile to give a more luxe feel if you don't want too feel the space is too chopped up. Many striped carpets have good longevity if more muted so you could use a runner up the stairs and select one of the colours from the runner to do plain upstairs adding some interest to your hallway. As you mention you like neutral I don't feel you can got too wrong with what you chose. Just loan out some larger samples from you carpet shop lay them next to each other and see what feels good to you. Good luck with your project.