Assholes and grudge purchases

Picture this: you are excited to get to a function, there’s no time to waste because you’ve already spent a little too much time getting ready. You jump in the car and off you go; just a little too fast when you see him sitting next to the road and you know: that camera’s pointed straight at me…

Now, picture this: you are excited about making something beautiful in your home, there’s no time to waste because the sooner you can have this, the better; it’s almost year-end, and it’s going to look absolutely stunning. You make the decision to purchase it, and low-and-behold, there is a problem…

Exactly like with a speeding fine, a problem with a project in your house will lead to money thrown in the water. You could have bought a couple of CD’s or taken the dog for grooming (in the case of a speeding fine), or taken a vacation (in the case of a renovation project). You could have done anything wasteful – that you would not usually justify – but that would have been better than spending it on failure.

So, how do you fix these two problems? Simple! Here’s the two answers:

• Speeding fine: drive slower at all times! (Sorry, I had to)
• Renovating your home: make sure that you use qualified people, companies with good reputations, who invest in themselves, their equipment, and their image, and – extremely important – try using beautiful products that are not so dependant on the quality of your building or substrate.

Examples of these products would be Wooden floors and Sandstone clads.

Wooden floors do not have to be fixed to your screed, and can be done as a floating system. We use the Elastilon® system.

Sandstone or other stone clads are extremely forgiving when it comes to movement in the substrate, and as such, if cracks do form, you will never notice them.

Here’s the deal: We have the equipment, the people with the know-how, and we can do it really quickly for you. It is not particularly cheap, but neither are you, so go on, look at some areas that you think will look nice as a feature with a product in one of these pictures, take the measurements and click here to fill in the “request a quote” (Click here) form.

I will take it from there. We can usually do a decent sized wall or floor in one or two days, so the disruption to you will be minimal.

Caramel Wheat special

Spoil yourself, and impress everyone coming over for Christmas, with warmth, originality and exquisiteness.

This will not become a grudge purchase. That I can assure you.

We are running a special on our French Oak Oxford range as indicated in the picture.

Request a quote.

See our range of Wooden floors

Look at some of our Sandstone and stone clads

About the author: Michael Pretorius is an experienced interior designer and owner of Creative Touches interiors. For more information you can visit www.creativetouches.co.za or call him directly on 082-392-3336