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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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8 Tips To Create A Great Showroom

Through experience, we know that a great showroom can make all the difference, it creates a lasting impression as well as inspiring visitors. But what makes a great showroom? See our top tips…

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What is Stratex?

A guide to help you understand what Stratex is and how it differs from an ordinary laminate or LVT floor…

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Features That Make a Great Showroom

All of our customers have great showrooms, but there are some features which further enhance the customer experience and we’d like to share these with you….

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A Visual Guide On How Engineered Flooring Is Made

The construction of engineered flooring makes it a practical choice for modern spaces. Learn how its made with this handy guide…

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A Handy Guide To Know Your Underlays

We’ve created a handy infographic to introduce you to our range of underlays and to explain the key benefits and suitability of each one…

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A Guide To Wood Floor Trims

Our profiles will give your naturally inspired flooring a clean and attractive finish. Take a look at our handy guide for our range of flooring trims…

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What is the Future of Home Design?

We asked some of our favourite home style experts what they think is on the horizon for interiors.

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Wonderfully Whitened: Katie’s Isleworth Home

Katie’s home has been completely transformed with Goodrich Whitened Oak. Take a look at the lovely results and hear about Katie’s floor journey…

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Carpet or Wood Flooring?

Carpet or wood flooring? The two options bring with them their own styles, warmths, textures and colours, and with that their own pros and cons.

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Wood Floor Finishes: Video Guide

Get to know our 8 different wood floor finishes and choose your ideal style…

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Types of Wood Flooring: Video Guide

Wood flooring is a beautifully natural choice. But do you know which type is right for you?

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Wood Flooring Grades: Video Guide

To choose your wood floor, you’ll need a little understanding of our wood flooring grades. Get to grips with the differences in our handy video guide…

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The Benefits of Sourcing Wood Responsibly

We’re committed to taking care of our beautiful natural environments and supporting the livelihoods of forest communities.

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Underfloor Heating and Wood Flooring

Underfloor heating helps to make a room feel warm and comfortable. But can you combine it with a cosy natural wood floor?

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Engineered Wood Flooring: The Fantastic Benefits

When the time comes to update a floor, most people are drawn to solid wood. So when we say that ‘engineered wood flooring’ has a whole array of benefits you might not have considered, an eyebrow or two is often raised in suspicion…

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Guide to Wood Floor Finishes: Infographic

Surface finishes enhance the natural look and feel of your wood floor, and can provide long-lasting protection from wear. So we’ve put together a handy infographic to take you through the range of fantastic finishes we offer to suit various interior looks, environments and lifestyles.

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Wood Flooring Grades Explained

Natural knots, cracks and colour variations are what make a wood floor so distinctive. Learn about the categories we use to control the character in our wood floors.

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Wood Species: What Makes them Unique?

Each type of wood species offers a slightly different look, giving you the chance to choose from a variety of naturally beautiful styles. Get to know what makes each species unique in our simple guide.

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