Engineered Flooring

  Veneer oak flooring is a wood flooring solution that more and more people are choosing. This type of flooring is often referred to as engineered wood flooring too. You’re sure to have seen it around. In fact, much of the flooring you see in restaurants, shops and hotels, as well as in homes is engineered or veneer wood flooring...

  If you have an engineered wood flooring project on your agenda, you’re almost sure to be familiar with all the terminology that goes with the decisions you’re facing. You’ll no doubt have come to terms with things like wood species, grade, finish, board thickness and width. Some of these terms are self-explanatory and most are easily understood. One that...

  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 ways to create the perfect...

  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 best and why. 1...

  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. Why is 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 to write this article. Rustic...

  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 feel of your room. Real...

  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 Wood and Beyond, we’re such...

  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 is going to resemble a...

  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 thankfully, people are starting to...

  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 absolutely right. Don’t get us...

  Chalked oak flooring is a choice that’s growing more and more popular with our customers right now and to be honest, it’s easy to see why. A really versatile choice, it not only serves to make dark rooms look immediately brighter and more luminous, but it also makes small rooms seem bigger. Chalked oak flooring today takes many forms...