THE CARPET GUY VIDEOS
We know that buying a new carpet can be a daunting experience especially if you have hundreds of ranges and thousands of colours to choose from. To help Darrell Smith, aka The Carpet Guy, came up with the idea of producing a monthly video to share tips, trends and guidance. We will be adding a video each month so please come back and visit.
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Commercial Carpets
In this month's Carpet Guy, Darrell Smith focuses on our commercial customers, particularly those from the hospitality and leisure sector. So, if you are a hotelier, a restaurant owner or running your own coffee shop, this video is for you. In it, Darrell looks at three ranges from JHS Carpets, Brockway Carpets and Lano.
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Cormar Carpets
In this month's episode of The Carpet Guy, we return to Cormar Carpets (see episode 5) to look at their Primo Tweeds and Home Counties Plains ranges. With Primo Tweeds being the more rustic of the two this carpet is great if you're looking for that country house feel. With the neutral palette of Home Counties Plains, this carpet is very versatile in that you could have it in any room of the house.
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BOLD Carpets
This month we go bold with a look at a selection of bold carpets. These are carpets that are either colourful or use striking designs - or both! In this episode, Archway Carpets owner Darrell Smith takes us through Crucial Trading's Audrey range; Cavalier Carpets Sprectrum and Lifestyle Floors Maison Chic. Read our Bold Carpets blog here.
The Carpet Guy Q&A #7
With Ali Watson from Home-Start in Suffolk
In our latest Carpet Guy Q&A, Ali Watson from Home-Start Suffolk asks for tips on keeping your carpet looking fresh. In the past, Ali has bought an expensive carpet only for it to flatten within the first year. Darrell advises regular cleaning with a good quality vacuum cleaner along with suggesting wool carpets for long-lasting looks.
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Brockway Carpets - Gatsby & Salcombe
In this month's Carpet Guy, Darrell features Brockway Carpets again (see Episode 27 and Episode 7 for our previous Brockway videos). In the video, Darrell takes us through to new ranges from Brockway called Gatsby and Salcombe. If you like herringbone carpets or colours inspired by the British coastline then these are for you.
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Jules Button from the Woodbridge Emporium
In this month's Carpet Guy Q&A, Darrell takes a question from Jules Button from the Woodbridge Emporium who enquires about flooring that contains no plastic. Darrell suggests a British-made wool carpet along with plant-based options that include seagrass, jute and coir.
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Crucial Trading - Enigma
In the second video on Crucial Trading, The Carpet Guy, Darrell takes us through a new design from Crucial Trading's wool range called Enigma. Enigma is an eye-catching two-tone design available in nine colourways. In this video, Darrell focuses on four of them.
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Lucy Keany of Woodbridge Yoga
In this month's episode, we take it outside with a question from Woodbridge Yoga's Lucy Keany who wants to know about outdoor rugs for a newly landscaped garden. The Carpet Guy suggests Unnatural Flooring who make natural-looking coverings out of polypropylene. They look great, they are durable and easy to clean.
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Flirtatiously Soft Carpets
In this month's episode of The Carpet Guy, Darrell takes us through some of Lifestyle Floors' flirtatiously soft carpets. These carpets are luxuriously soft so great for bedrooms. Imagine, your first step of the day out of bed being welcomed by something feeling this good.
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Craig Grew of KeaKreative
In our latest Q&A, Craig Grew of graphic design and creative agency, KeaKreative, asks the Carpet Guy, aka Darrell Smith, what to do when you only want to carpet one room. How then, does this fit with the existing carpets in the other rooms. The Carpet Guy, as always, has the answers here.
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Striped Carpet
In this months episode the Carpet Guy, aka Darrell Smith of Archway Carpets in Woodbridge, takes us through a sample of striped carpets. The Carpet Guy looks at stylish examples from Crucial Trading, Brockway Carpets and Cormar Carpets. Watch the video to see both bold and subtle striped flooring designs along with suggestions where they might work best in the home. For more on stripes, please visit our blog here.
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Sue Hall of Maid2Clean Suffolk
Darrell Smith, aka The Carpet Guy, of Archway Carpets in Woodbridge takes another question, this time, from Sue Hall from Maid2Clean Suffolk. It's an out-there question in that the flooring in question is not for inside the home but out! Darrell takes us through artificial grass options by Namgrass.
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Virtual Tour
In this month's Carpet Guy, we're at the shop but this time virtually because we are showing off the new virtual tour. Darrell 'walks' us through the door and explains how it works; how to access the carpet brands we work with, and where to watch previous episodes of the Carpet Guy. So if you cannot make it to our real shop on Church Street in Woodbridge, or if you just want to have a look around before visiting, the virtual tour is a great way to see what we, at Archway Carpets, have on offer.
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With Ruth Leigh
Darrell Smith, of Archway Carpets in Woodbridge, is back for a second instalment of the Carpet Guy Q&A. This month, Darrell is joined by Ruth Leigh of Ruth Leigh Writes and author of The Diary of Isabella M Smugge. In this video, Ruth asks for advice on stairs carpet for a busy family home in the Suffolk countryside.
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Associated Weavers
At Archway Carpets in Woodbridge, we sell a wide range of carpets and flooring from budget carpet ranges right up to high-end bespoke designs. This month The Carpet Guy, Darrell Smith, focuses on a budget range of carpets from Associated Weavers.
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With Mary Gregory
The Carpet Guy is back with a new feature. Each month, alongside our usual Carpet Guy videos, the Carpet Guy (Darrell Smith) will take questions from Archway Carpets' loyal customer base. To kick us off, Mary Gregory of Office Assist (the virtual assistant for the modern business) asks the Carpet Guy which carpet is best for a dining room that opens up into the garden when you have a dog.
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Zoom Interview 2
In our second Zoom interview, Jason from marketing talks to the Carpet Guy, aka Darrell, about what a customer should expect when they have a video appointment to discuss flooring. Video appointments are a great way, under the current conditions, to get a conversation started on carpets for the home. Make your video appointment here.
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Zoom Interview
With the UK in lockdown, this month the Archway Carpets Marketing Dept took to Zoom to interview The Carpet Guy aka Darrell Smith. In this video, Darrell explains that he is receiving flooring enquiries and can measure and fit carpets but must do so under the current restrictions. Darrell explains there are delays in ordering and fitting carpet of up to four weeks.
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Brockway Carpets
It's our last Carpet Guy of 2020 and we finish with Brockway Carpets Lakeland Herdwick range which is a 100% wool carpet - not an 80/20 mix as Darrell suggests in take one. Please keep watching until the end to see Graham, who makes a rare appearance, to correct his son on this point.
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Fells Carpets
If you're looking for stylish patterned carpets then you will love this latest episode of The Carpet Guy. Darrell Smith, of Archway Carpets, introduces us to Fells Carpets whose aim is to fuse high fashion with the latest colours and tones. Darrell takes us through a few examples which include hexagonal-shaped designs along with tartan and geometric patterns.
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Gift Certificates
This month the Carpet Guy, aka Darrell Smith of Archway Carpets, talks about the gift of gift certificates. They are available in any monetary value you wish and can be given to a friend or family member for Christmas. The lucky recipients can then get in touch with us to discuss their carpet, flooring or bespoke rug needs. So if you're stuck for gift ideas this year, then please get in touch with us for more details.
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Rob Reeve - UK Carpet Care
In last month's video (see below), the Carpet Guy, aka Darrell Smith of Archway Carpets, interviewed Rob Reeve from UK Carpet Care at the shop in Woodbridge. It turned out to be such an in-depth discussion on how to look after your carpet we had to split it into two parts. Here is the second and final instalment with Darrell asking Rob what are his most challenging enquiries are and what do you do when you spill red wine on your carpet.
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Rob Reeve - UK Carpet Care
This month, the Carpet Guy, aka Darrell Smith interviews Rob Reeve from Suffolk based company UK Carpet Care. In this video, Rob talks about the importance of regularly maintaining your carpet. By doing so, ensures your flooring may last decades rather than just years. For more information on Rob and UK Carpet Care please visit their website here.
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JHS Carpets
In this month's video, the Carpet Guy takes us through commercial flooring supplier JHS Carpets. JHS Carpets provide flooring for hotels, restaurants and the medical/nursing home sector and in this video, Darrell shows off examples of carpets suitable these sectors while also looking at a selection of office flooring options.
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NEW SHOP!
Since Archway Carpets reopened we've spent some time updating the shop. Here The Carpet Guy, aka Darrell Smith, talks about that while reminding people we are open for one-to-one appointments and in-home consultations. For more details on this and the social distancing measures we have put in place, please visit our home page. We look forward to seeing you soon!
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BACK OPEN!
With lockdown easing and with non-essential shops allowed to reopen, The Carpet Guy returns to tell us that Archway Carpets is back open for business! In this episode, Darrell visits a new potential customer in Woodbridge for an in-home consultation. These are free and no obligation.
Darrell gets to see the home, how it is used and takes measurements so he can make his suggestions while sticking to your budget.
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Volunteering & DIY Update (Lockdown Part 2)
With the Archway Carpets shop closed the Carpet Guy (Darrell Smith) updates us on the volunteering he is doing for the NHS, Age UK Suffolk and Home Start Suffolk. Darrell also finds time to catch up on some reading with The Levelled by local author John Bryant (bought from Dial Lane Books in Ipswich) while also helping out with The Woodbridge Emporium's Book Hug campaign.
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Volunteering for the NHS (Lockdown Part 1)
Since the Archway Carpets shop in Woodbridge closed in March, the Carpet Guy - aka Darrell Smith - has been keeping busy. When Darrell is not answering customer enquiries (yes, we're still open for them), you will find the Carpet Guy volunteering at a call centre at Ipswich Hospital. Stay tuned for more updates from the Carpet Guy.
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The Coronavirus Edition
This month The Carpet Guy, Darrell Smith, updates us on how Archway Carpets is dealing with the Coronavirus. In the video, Darrell explains that, for now, Archway Carpets is open but is changing the way they work by offering, amongst other things, video meetings with customers to discuss any flooring needs.
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Manx Tomkinson
The Carpet Guy is back with his first video of 2020! It's on carpet & flooring company Manx Tomkinson. In this video, Darrell takes us through two of their carpet ranges - Cotswold and Tomkinson Twist - while suggesting where these might work around the house.
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The Carpet Guy Christmas Special (Q&A)
In our last episode of the year, we ask The Carpet Guy, aka Archway Carpets' owner Darrell Smith, about his Christmas plans. Does he eat carrots or sprouts; what exactly are his feelings on Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas and do you get the Carpet Guy for Christmas? It's all here and more in our last video of 2019. Merry Christmas to all our viewers and wish you all the best for 2020.
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Lifestyle Floors
In our latest video, the Carpet Guy (Darrell Smith) takes us through a selection of flooring solutions from Lifestyle Floors. Lifestyle sells a massive range of carpets, vinyl, laminate, solid and engineered wood and LVT flooring. In this episode, the Carpet Guy focuses on examples from their vinyl, manmade and wool flooring options.
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Westex Carpets
This month, the Carpet Guy (aka Darrell Smith) returns to talk about Westex's vast array of colour options available for their plain carpets. There are a staggering 120 different colours making it even easier to match your carpet to any existing furniture or soft furnishings. Visit the Westex Carpets page here.
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Cavalier Carpets
The Carpet Guy returns to talk about Cavalier Carpets and takes us through a few of their ranges. The first of which is the Pennine Heathers range of carpets which has a delicate finish and is perfect for every room of the house. And the Country Classics Collection which is heavily berbered (flecked) to give a country cottage rustic feel. The Carpet Guy concludes with Cavalier's Strata range which is a collection of striped carpets.
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Namgrass Artificial Grass
Sick and tired of cutting the grass? The Carpet Guy returns this month to talk through something a little different: artificial grass by Namgrass. It has a luxuriously deep feel to it and it's ideal for families and is pet-friendly. So confident in their grass Namgrass offer a ten-year warranty on all of their products.
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Kingsmead Carpets
After a summer break The Carpet Guy, aka Darrell Smith, returns to talk about Kingsmead Carpets. With it being such a glorious late summer day, we decided to film on location; well, up the road at the top of Church Street in Woodbridge.
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Commercial Flooring - Desso
In this month's episode, The Carpet Guy, aka Darrell Smith, focuses on flooring for the workplace. That could be retail, offices, restaurants and even the health sector. Darrell takes us through Desso, who make high-quality carpet and carpet tiles.
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Unnatural Flooring
The Carpet Guy is back! This month Darrell Smith of Archway Carpets celebrates the synthetic with Unnatural Flooring. They are the UK’s leading supplier of woven vinyl and synthetic fibres. Unnatural Flooring is ideal for homes that need easy-to-clean floor coverings. Their products are water-resistant so ideal for bathrooms and rugs for outdoor spaces.
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Archway Carpets Celebrates 35 Years
This month The Carpet Guy takes a break from sharing tips and trends from the world of flooring to focus on celebrating Archway Carpets' 35 years in business. Darrell's father Graham started the business in Woodbridge, Suffolk with his wife, Barbara, in 1984.
In the video Darrell hosts the evening event for friends, family, customers and suppliers and delivers a moving speech on how and why he joined the business. Read the full story here.
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At The Sleep Studio / Brockway Carpets II
Following on from our previous location shoot in Darrell's attic, our latest episode on Brockway Carpets comes from The Sleep Studio, at Sycamore Farm just outside of Ipswich. The Sleep Studio sell luxury wool bedding made from the finest British Wool. In this video, we meet Niki who talks to Darrell about the benefits of wool bedding and the impact that has on sleep. Also in the video Darrell takes us through Brockway's Lingdale range.
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Darell’s Attic / Brockway Carpets & Spring Bond
In a first for the Archway Carpets production team, we've left the shop in Woodbridge for our first filming on location. Where did we go? The Carpet Guy's house. Darrell recently had work completed on a loft conversion and got his trusted carpet fitter, Bill, to come and the carpet. In this episode, Darrell takes us through his choice of flooring. SPOILER ALERT! Brockway Carpets & Spring Bond underlay.
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Cormar Carpets
In our first video for 2019, the Carpet Guy (aka Darrell Smith) takes us through Cormar Carpets who make manmade and wool flooring for the home. In this episode, Darrell focuses on Cormar Carpets Primo and Home Counties ranges. As always, he provides tips on where they might work best in the home.
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Crucial Trading
In this month’s edition, the Carpet Guy (aka Darrell Smith) takes us through Crucial Trading who make flooring entirely out of natural products like wool and seagrass. Eternally stylish and kind to the planet, Crucial Trading is an excellent choice for those looking for something completely natural and different. For more on Crucial Trading and the other brands we well please visit our carpet section here.
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Monochrome Carpets
In this month's video, The Carpet Guy, takes us through a range of monochrome carpets. For those who don't know monochrome is a design that uses one colour. For example, black or white is presented in different shades or as a single colour. Darrell presents a number of designs ranging from the very bold to more subdued patterns and suggests where they might work well around the home.
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Heavily Patterned Carpets
The second instalment from Archway Carpets' owner Darrell Smith, aka The Carpet Guy. In this episode, Darrell takes us back to the heavily patterned carpets your grandma had in her house. They, along with tartan carpets, are very much on trend and The Carpet Guy shares examples of both in different colours.
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An Introduction
This is the first in the series of videos with co-owner, Darrell Smith, taking centre stage.
The video introduces us to Archway Carpets, The Carpet Guy himself and their values.
Read more about us here.
