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5 Top Tips for a Successful Herringbone Installation

There’s no question just how stunning a herringbone floor can look when installed correctly – those striking patterns will truly transform any room. However, herringbone can also be surprisingly unforgiving for the inexperienced installer, which is why we’ve put together our 5 top tips for successfully laying a herringbone floor.

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Transforming a 1950’s House into a Striking Modern Home

See how a couple from Leeds transformed their traditional 1950’s home into a modern & striking house with the help of our engineered chevron wood flooring.

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Juniper Homes – Redlands Court Girls School

An exceptional landmark development introducing a collection of new build and exquisitely refurbished and architecturally unique homes set within landscaped grounds.

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What Is Smoking In Wood Floors?

Most of our wood floors are specially treated to further intensify their naturally beautiful colours. Using this process, we play with the tannins in the timber to enhance or invoke tones.
Read on to see how this process originated…!

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What Is Distressing In Wood Floors?

Distressed flooring is a particular style of flooring that undergoes certain processes to give it more character and to replicate an old, worn feel.
Distressed boards tend to come with a textured finish to enhance the grain of the wood.

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What Is Colour Variation?

All floors feature beautiful colour variations which naturally occur in real wood. Depending on the grading will depend on how much sapwood…

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