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‘Creating a feature of your floor is an easy yet eye-catching way to change the feel of a space,’ says Ruth Mottershead, creative director at Little Greene. ‘To create impact, use an all-over vibrant single colour, smart stripes or a chequerboard pattern, as featured here in bold bright shades.’ Her brand’s intelligent floor paint is quick drying, environmentally safe and very hard wearing. GET THE LOOK Wall in Hicks Blue intelligent matt emulsion, £56.50 for 2.5ltr; floor in, from left to right, Shirting, Hicks Blue, Purpleheart, Tivoli, Narcissus and Debutant intelligent floor paint, £78 for 2.5ltr, all Little Greene