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Put your hands up if you are a dog lover because we sure are!
Our fur babies are the best and making sure they stay cute, cuddly, healthy and happy is a top priority. Taking your pawed pal for a walk or giving them a treat is only the tip of the iceberg in how you can take care of them and make their lives the best they can be.
The home and its features is another – for them and also for yourself.
See our tips and tricks for treating your pawed pal to the best pet paradise they’ve ever lived in:
Dog Bath Dreams
One exciting way to treat your pet is by building a purpose-built washing space into the laundry or mudrooms. These are so useful for keeping your pets clean at home and are also a highly practical washing space for over-sized and particularly messy items such as oven racks, BBQ parts, and muddy boots.
Installing a dog bath can make cleaning simple if your pawed baby has been on a messy walk or just needs its regular wash. It’s also so much more comfortable than giving your dog wash in the backyard with the hose, particularly in the freezing winter.
Check out some of these great purpose-built indoor dog wash stations that Beaumonts is part of for inspiration for your next DIY or professional reno project.
Top Tip: From a practicality side of things, when it comes to choosing grout for a dog wash, Luminous grout by RLA is the top choice as it’s long-lasting, easy to clean and maintain, and is mould, mildew, and efflorescence resistant. Luminous Grout is also available in a range of vibrant colours, allowing your creativity to come into play. Luminous Grout is Global Green Tag certified, crafted with the most intensively tested sustainable and ethically sourced materials.
You could also have a little fun with your new dog bath by installing the DogSquad White Matt decorative tile which comes with an assortment of pawed pals ready to grace your walls as pet-centric feature!
Keep Your Home Scratch-Resistant
It’s important to get your fur baby in mind when choosing the flooring for your renovation – the last thing you want is to see scratches or stains on your gorgeous new flooring. Tiles are the perfect solution to keep your renovation looking gorgeous and your pets comfortable inside.
Tiles are resistant to claw scratches, moisture resistant and easy to clean in the event of even the mightiest of mishaps. This makes them a brilliant choice for keeping your floors sparkling in the face of everyday day-to-day foot traffic (or paw traffic) across the home.
A Little Extra Luxury
Underfloor heating is a luxury we all can appreciate in the cooler months – while we love to have toasty toes while we’re walking through our homes in winter our pawed pals also appreciate a nice warm place to snooze.
When installing tiles, including underfloor heating from Hotwire can also be fantastic for both you and your pawed pal as they will delight in the warmth and will love every moment of lying down on that warm floor.
Create a Clever Cleaning Regime
With our pets it’s inevitable that they’ll create a mess at some stage, so it’s important to think about how easy it is to clean up their little accidents or any messes they trapse into the house.
Flooring options like tiles make cleaning up much easier! We also have some cleaning products to make cleaning a breeze such as the Bona Spray Mop Kits – which are consistently voted as one of the world’s best spray kits – and Beaumonts Green Clean range which is environmentally friendly to best clean up after your pets. The built-in cleaner makes them super easy to use, just spray and go and you’re done!
The Green Clean range even comes with a beautiful scent so other smells left by your pawed pals can be history in a snap.