Category: Flooring

Wood floors If you want to create a sleek interior, a new wood floor can add considerably to the overall look. You can choose between soft wood, hardwood or veneered wood (also called engineered floor), but before you pick your floorboards from a catalogue carefully consider the following issues: traffic, style, maintenance and price.. Traffic…

Rubber Flooring Rubber floors have been used for years in hospitals, schools and factories because rubber is hard-wearing, practical and easy to clean. Rubber floors are made from polyurethane.. Poured rubber Poured rubber floors have a seamless finish – they are perfect for a modern interior.However, to install a poured rubber floor is a long…

Polished Concrete Floor Polished concrete is the one of the must materials to use in a modern interior. Yet it’s a very old finish, the Romans used it extensively. It is an ideal choice for creating a sensual and seamless floor, particularly if you want to connect an inside space with an outer space. Finishes…

Leather flooring Leather is the latest luxurious material to use for floor covering. It looks good, it feels good, it smells good…but is it practical?.. Pros: durable absorbs sound warm under the feet hard wearing Cons: not suitable for heavy trafficked areas needs regular waxing not suitable for heavy trafficked areas Where to use it…

Wood is like wine – it matures and improves with age. If you live in an old house and have the original floorboards in good shape – you are lucky. There is nothing more beautiful than old, good–quality floor boards or an old parquet floor. Old floorboards fit or complement any design style, or can…

I keep going on about not using carpets in a home. Why? Because unless you’re a single, obsessively tidy individual, carpets are impractical, unhygienic and require hard maintenance, as they get dirty/spoiled/ burned and wear out easily. So what is the alternative? The best material to use on floors is wood. In the following articles…

Why use bamboo? Because bamboo is one of the most environmentally friendly materials we can use for building, furniture making and floor covering. Bamboo is not a tree – it’s a grass. It grows very fast and matures in five years. Comparatively, hardwoods grow slowly and take from 30 to 100 years to mature. Also,…

Bamboo & wool rugs  Bamboo Rug Bamboo is one of the most eco-friendly materials because it grows and matures fast and the same plant can be cropped many times. It’s also strong (stronger than many hardwoods), hard-wearing and water-resistant. Read more about bamboo flooring if you want to find out more about it. Bamboo rugs…

Natural Rugs Sisal, seagrass, jute & bamboo rugs have been popular with the ecologically minded for some time, whilst wool rugs have been made for thousands of years to warm and soften up interiors. Most natural rugs go with almost all interior design styles, adding texture and a touch of nature to a space. Most…