Chocolate. Even the word alone makes us feel happy and comforted. Whether it’s a hot chocolate on a cold winter’s day or a chocolate ice cream to cool down from the heat of the sun, there are so many associations we have with this simple word. When it comes to interiors, chocolate is hot…
When choosing new floorboards, one of the top items on most people’s agenda is the colour that’ll work best in their room. Often fearful of very light whites or very dark blacks people think that natural wood colour is their only option. When they think of this, they veer naturally towards mushroomy oak colours.…
Wood is a naturally beautiful product and that’s why so many people are attracted to using it in their homes. No matter whether you’re choosing wood for flooring, furnishing or fixtures and fittings, one of the best ways to get the most from your wood is to have it in the closest you can…
Painted floorboards are in big demand. No matter whether your home is traditional in its style or highly modern, a wood floor that blends in with your décor and your furnishing is a great backdrop to any room. When it comes to choosing the right painted floorboards for your project, the secret is choosing…
How solid parquet flooring measures up against engineered wood parquet is a question we’re being asked more and more often at the moment at Wood and Beyond. Parquet flooring has seen a real rise in popularity over recent months and it’s easy to see why when you see it fitted. But the burning question…
For anyone who has already bought and installed a wooden floor, you’ll know that choosing your floor is only one step in the process. Once you’ve chosen your floor (or ideally even before you make your choice), it’s important to think about which installation methods would work best for you. One of the biggest dilemmas…
As the name suggests, medium oak flooring is oak flooring that is neither too light, nor too dark. At Wood and Beyond we have a broad selection of natural shade wood flooring that fits nicely into this category. The great thing about medium oak flooring is that you’ll never tire of it. It’s a…
You’re here because you’re in the process of choosing a new wood floor. You’ve (more or less) decided that engineered wood flooring is going to be the best option for your project. And now you’re at the point of making the selection between single and multi-plank. Single plank versus multi plank wood flooring is a…
Criss cross wood flooring is a wood flooring solution that’s growing in popularity all the time. Also known as Herringbone and Chevron, this flooring style dates back centuries and used to call for extremely crafted wood smiths to create it. Thankfully, this is no longer the case and you can have a great looking criss…
Reconstituted wood flooring is a much misunderstood flooring solution. While everyone is familiar with the look and feel of a great wood floor, people are realising that to find what you’re looking for can be more complicated than expected. There’s solid wood floor, there’s engineered wood floor, there’s laminate floor and there’s a whole host…
Black wood flooring is a really popular choice with a whole range of different people. A versatile, stylish and classy choice, black is a colour that simply never goes out of fashion. That’s why at Wood and Beyond, we always make sure we have an extensive and varied range of black floorboards in stock…
Most people these days have some element of monochrome design in their home. Anyone who’s anyone has embraced the whole black and white movement with enthusiasm at some point in recent years. Black and white is a real style statement. But what we’ve seen happening in the last few years though is that the…