Six Hardwood Flooring Trends for 2017

Interior design involves more than just paint colours and furniture. Your flooring can also be a beautiful and luxurious extension of your home’s style and décor. From wide plank hardwood flooring, to ash and white oak hardwood flooring, to oiled hardwood floors, the right flooring can make a stylish statement in your home. If you’re […]

Adding Life to Your Hardwood Floors

A brand-new luxury hardwood floor is a beautiful addition to your home, and you probably can’t wait to show it off to visitors. However, you must take care of your hardwood flooring to maintain it’s new appearance. After all, a floor is designed to be walked on. People will walk on it; children will drop […]

Winter Care and Maintenance

The winter season brings with it snow, slush, salt and other dirt, which are some of wood’s worst enemies. The trick is to keep the elements outdoors. Place door mats outside and rubber-backed rugs inside at every entrance of the house to prevent the accumulation of salt, sand or abrasive dust; ensure that the rugs […]

Patterns, Patterns, Patterns!

Since the 18th Century, when the ‘Parquet de Versailles’ was first used at Louis XIVth’s palace in Paris, these stylish boards have been at the height of fashionable wooden flooring. Other patterns such as chevron and herring-bone are also classics and they are all making a comeback. Patterned engineered hardwood flooring is made out of […]

A 100 Year Old Trick

Natural oil finishes have been used to finish wood for hundreds of years yet varnishes have dominated the hardwood flooring industry only in recent decades. Oil is a remarkable finish that offers excellent durability and renewability with a unique finish. It will never crack, blister or flake off. Instead of forming a plastic film, like […]