Wood floors are finally set to get their 15 minutes of fame, as more and more interior writers are realising that wood flooring is no longer only for the wealthy.
The latest piece on the qualities of wood flooring is in the Deccan Herald, by an author called Chethana Dinesh. She highlights the benefits of wood flooring, which, she says turns a floor from drab to dramatic. According to Dinesh, the benefits are its beauty, versatility and ease of maintenance.
This followed an article last month in the Independent, which – after opening with a quip about the British love of pine panelling -- highlighted the use of modern and exotic woods, as well as reclaimed period woods can provide an excellent look in the home.
Of course, we at Mckay Flooring have our own experiences of this: we recently fitted a floor in the famous old Ayrshire hotel at Turnberry. They chose Wenge wood for their 600 square meter floor.
Wenge is a beautiful dark timber from West Africa, used both for flooring and cabinet making. It requires a lot of skilled workmanship and we spent many hours laying the intricate herring-bone pattern then sanding and sealing it.
Colin and Justin, the famous TV interior designers also chose the herringbone pattern for their wood floors earlier this year; with 10mm unfinished solid oak parquet battens.
For the environmentally friendly among us reclaimed wood flooring is very big at the moment as well. From reclaimed flooring recycled as a new floor, to reclaimed railway sleepers, and joists turned into floors, it is not lacking in choice either.
Keep it coming we say. Wood flooring is absolutely gorgeous, in fact I have never seen a wood floor that didn’t make me stop and go wow. Glad everyone is finally noticing.
Regular readers of this blog will have seen the flooring in focus series, which covered some of our favourite brand/species/stain combos, but here is a brief recap of our top 3:
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