When you are searching for a solid wood worktop, one of the questions you’re likely to face is what thickness of worktop would work best for your kitchen. While the length and width of your worktop is likely to be determined by basic things like the size of your kitchen together with whether or…
When you’re buying wood flooring, there are plenty of things to take into consideration. Nevertheless, the whole buying process is exciting because you’re looking forward to your new floor being in place and your room looking its very best. However, certain wood flooring decisions can be tough to make. One such decision is whether you…
If you’re yearning to create that sought after white wood floor look that more and more of us drool over in interior magazines but are holding back because you’re frightened; let us reassure you. White wood flooring is an option that can be used throughout the home without necessarily needing to worry about every footstep…
When it comes to buying solid wood worktops, the wood you choose will be graded into one of four categories: prime, select, natural or rustic. The category that wood is graded into depends on three things: the number and size of knots, the colour variation present in the wood and the amount of sap it…
At Wood and Beyond we meet lots of clients who love the notion of black wood flooring but are frightened to choose it because they think it could be a restrictive option that they might tire of. That said, in our experience, the people who do choose it never look back and get almost hooked…
As any regular reader of this blog will know, wood flooring boards come in three main edge styles: bevel, micro bevel and square. In a nutshell, beveled edge wood floor boards are floor boards that have a pronounced ‘v’ shape on each edge of the board; a micro beveled floor board has a significantly less…
The days are getting longer and we’re all waking up to the birds singing outside. It’s a great time of year to spend lots of time outdoors, but if you’re stuck inside a lot of the time and are yearning for more natural light or the illusion of more space in your home, strategically using…
If you’re re-fitting your kitchen or installing your first kitchen in a new build, you’re likely to be spoilt for choice when it comes to cabinets and to worktops. This can be great news, but it can also be a bit overwhelming, causing you to plump for a solution that you know and are familiar…
If you’re in the market for a new floor and for some reason have rejected the notion of wood flooring because you think it’s all about brown, brown and brown, today’s the day to think again. Wood is a completely natural product and wood flooring, like a whole host of things in nature comes…
Ebony is both a type of wood and a colour. A heavy blackish timber that comes from a tropical tree, ebony wood is relatively uncommon in flooring solutions, but that doesn’t mean you can’t achieve the look of ebony with a very dark wood floor. Commonly associated with ivory, thanks to the Paul McCartney and…
A deck is a great way to get more mileage from your outside space. No matter whether you choose to extend your deck directly from your home, place it around a pool or situate it in a particularly sunny spot in your garden, making the right choice for your decking won’t only enhance your…
Most people who lay solid wood flooring assume that they can get away without an underlay. While in many circumstances, excluding underlay from your solid wood flooring installation won’t cause a major problem; in certain cases, there are advantages to going the extra mile and including it. Here are some of the great reasons to…