There was a time recently when engineered wood floors were outselling solid wood floors by quite a margin. Recently that gap has closed up significantly and solid wood has come back to the fore. At Wood and Beyond, although we’re still huge fans of engineered wood flooring, and always will be, we’ve seen a real…
Honey oak flooring is in big demand right now, and it’s not just a winter/spring trend. The signs are that this is a craze that’s with us to last. There are few things nicer than coming home after a hard day’s work and relaxing in a comfy, cosy room. And there are few better…
If you’re searching around for a wood flooring solution right now, it’s highly likely that you’re asking yourself the question “what’s the difference between 1 strip vs 3 strip wood flooring?” And you’re quite right to ask this question. In this article, we’ll explain both and give you our recommendation on which we think works…
Although engineered wood flooring has dominated centre stage over the past few years, there has been a real trend back towards solid oak in the past few months. The most popular flooring option until not so very long ago, solid wood has really come back into big demand. Although a high quality engineered wood…
Veneer flooring is made up of a highly stable core board created by bonding layers and layers of ply together. That core board is then topped off with a solid wood top layer or lamella. And it’s that hardwood veneer that makes this product look so good and gives rise to the name veneer flooring.…
Dark rustic engineered wood flooring is something that more and more people are searching for. However, we’ve found that when we speak to some of these people, when they ask for rustic, it’s not necessarily the grade of wood that they’re meaning – it’s more the look of the wood. That’s what inspired us…
Almost everyone is aware that colours create atmosphere and provoke emotions. Even from a very young age, for example, we associate red with danger. But what people often forget about is that even in a natural colour palette there are a whole host of subtle colour differences that could change the entire look and…
White painted floorboards are in big demand right now and it’s easy to see the attraction. A clean, light and bright flooring solution, white painted floorboards bring the smallest, darkest, dingiest room to life immediately – so you can imagine what they do to a room that already has a load of potential! At…
If you’re planning a room where you have decided to make a real statement, either by using bright coloured furnishing and accessories or a real rustic look, getting your flooring right is paramount. It may well be that you have decided that your room is going to be a real power-statement of colour or…
Timber herringbone flooring has seen a real surge in popularity in recent months. A wood flooring option that has roots going back centuries, this, along with lots of other parquet solutions had been more or less forgotten about for a long time. And at Wood and Beyond, we think that’s a real shame. But…
Reclaimed oak engineered flooring is in big demand. People who have reached the end of the road waiting for the old floor of their dreams to be dragged from a factory that’s about to be demolished, are turning to reclaimed oak engineered flooring as a great alternative. And from our point of view, they’re…
Herringbone floors are in big demand. More and more people are on the lookout for floors that resemble the parquet flooring that was so commonly used in castles and stately homes across Europe centuries ago. When speaking about herringbone floor types and prices, it’s important to acknowledge that some people use the term ‘herringbone’…