Parquet flooring is a great way to add interest and style to any room in your home. In the good old days, parquet flooring would have called for a craftsman to invest significant amounts of time cutting wood and fitting it painstakingly into the parquet pattern you’d chosen. Thankfully, the advent of engineered parquet flooring has put paid to all that.
Engineered wood flooring is a clever construction of layers of ply that are bonded together to create a stable core board. On that core board, a layer of real, solid wood is then applied. It’s this combination of stability, strength and great looks that makes engineered wood flooring so incredibly popular. In fact, it is so stable, you can even lay it in bathrooms and kitchens where you’re likely to get significant fluctuations in moisture and temperature levels. In this sort of setting, solid wood flooring is likely to develop problems through the constant expansion and contraction it will go through. But because engineered wood flooring doesn’t expand and contract to nearly the same extent, it will stand up to the stresses and strains experienced in kitchens and bathrooms without batting an eyelid.
When you’re choosing your parquet engineered flooring, one of the biggest decisions you’ll be faced with is whether to go for a light or dark option. Choosing the right flooring option can make a real difference to the end result you achieve in your room and in this article we’ll share some great light and dark parquet engineered flooring ideas with you.
Sunny White
The perfect solution for small rooms that are lacking in natural light…
This Sunny White is a stunning light coloured parquet engineered flooring solution, designed in a herringbone pattern that will really boost the proportions and illusion of light in a room that you’re keen to make seem bigger and brighter. Because this floor has been finished in a brushed and UV oiled, sunny white colour, it reflects light like no other solution. Combine this floor with light paintwork on walls and doors and you’ll transform a small, gloomy room into a real haven of light and space. No matter whether your home is modern or traditional, this style of parquet flooring won’t disappoint.
Dark Smoked Oak
Intrigue, interest and charm all rolled into one…
There are any number of reasons why you might want a dark coloured floor. Unlike the previous example, it may be that you’re trying to bring a big, cavernous room more into proportion, or maybe your room is awash with natural light and you don’t need the help of the floor to create a bright illusion. Either way, this prime engineered oak herringbone parquet floor that has been dark smoked and then brushed and UV oiled is perfect.
At Wood and Beyond we’ve seen this floor fitted in everything from tiny dining rooms to loft apartments, and without exception it looks stunning. A real classic, it works with any sort of furnishing, modern or traditional and will never, ever go out of fashion. Add to this the peace of mind that you get from knowing that the UV filter will help protect this lovely dark floor from fading in the sunlight and you really couldn’t ask for more.
White Oiled
This one’s brilliant…a super light, but not brilliant white solution…
Another great option for smaller, darker rooms is this prime engineered oak flooring in chevron parquet style that has been brushed and white oiled. Slightly less white than the Sunny White solution above, this flooring makes a really calm and neutral backdrop for pretty much any style of furniture. A real classic, it’s an option that will brighten up the darkest of spaces and yet won’t provide such a WOW statement that you risk tiring of it.
Coffee Brushed
An interesting dark and light effect that will delight…
This dark chevron parquet engineered wood flooring has been coffee brushed, which makes it a really dark and interesting solution for any room in the home. Although the overall effect of this flooring option is dark, there’s sufficient contrast in each parquet strip to make it a really interesting end look.
No matter whether you’re looking for light or dark parquet engineered flooring, we’ve got it covered. Add to that the experience and knowledge that the whole team at Wood and Beyond brings you and you can see why more and more people are finding their perfect wood flooring solutions right here.