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It was our mate\u2019s fiftieth \u2014 big one. The sort where most people pitch up with a fancy bottle of red or some gadget he\u2019ll never use.
We thought we\u2019d do something useful<\/em> instead.<\/p>\n

See, his old stair runner looked like it had survived the Blitz \u2014 loose threads everywhere, a proper trip hazard. And that front door mat? Bit of old carpet pretending to be coir. Absolute state.<\/p>\n

So we did the decent thing. Gave the runner a proper fix-up, edges tight, stairs looking mint. Then swapped that sad mat for a new 17mm coir beauty<\/strong> \u2014 neat fit, sharp corners, cleaner than his kitchen worktops.<\/p>\n

Cost us a fair bit too. Proper materials, proper job.<\/p>\n

He comes home, glances down, and goes:
\u201cHmm\u2026 something\u2019s different.\u201d<\/p>\n

That was it. No thanks, no \u201cyou shouldn\u2019t have\u201d, just vague curiosity<\/em>.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s what happens when your mates live off Northcote Road, Battersea SW11<\/strong> \u2014 you could pave their hallway in gold leaf and they\u2019d say, \u201cOh\u2026 did you change something?\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, the coir mat knows and maybe we could have even stretched and made a made-to-measure stair runner<\/a>. But that\u2019s enough for us!<\/p>\n

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