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Laminate Flooring
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Quality
Home& Lifestyle Magazine | Spring 2017 7
They say about buying a property
that “Location” is key. With different
types of flooring expanding in colour
and texture range and pushing the quality
boundary, you are no longer limited to the
type of flooring in the same way as you
might have been in the past.
For example, who would have thought
laminate would be produced in a
water proof surface format! (see:
quickstep-laminate/). With retailers and
customers hard pressed to tell by touch
alone the difference in the types of floors,
you can now more safely focus on what
style you are trying to create in your home.
In the past only timber may have met your
requirements for what you were trying to
create visually. Now you can create the
same impression and texture with other
types of flooring without compromising
stability, durability or wow factor.
Technology really has been well applied to
flooring options and the real winners are
customers.
Of course a wider range of choice has
the disadvantage of making your decision
harder! That’s where a focus on style will
help you every time. When you walk into a
show room, take note of the flooring that
you are drawn to first. Regardless of all
your plans and advice, what do you like
the look of? This might seem simple, but
you have to look at it each day, so notice
what you like from the start. Secondly, be
clear in your mind of what sort of style
are you creating in your house? Have you
looked through brochures and cut out
rooms that you want to imitate or copy?
In general there are three main styles to
follow:
1. Stark/Blank canvas - This style is plain
painted colour such as white or black
with little of the timber features visible.
2. Traditional – This style is gloss finish
over recognizable new timber.
3. Rustic/ Reclaimed/ recycled – This
style is a rustic matt finish with more
distressed/ reclaimed timber.
You can meet each of these styles
with flooring from the laminate, bamboo
or timber ranges! This allows you to pick
a style and then match it to a variety of
products with different price points that
still all meet the effect you are trying to
create! You no longer have to compromise
the style you want because of budget
constraints. 258 West Street, Umina
Beach, Phone 4342 6666
When selecting your next floor
consider “style” as your guide
by Guy Thornycroft
Traditional – This style
is gloss finish over
recognizable new timber.
Rustic/ Reclaimed/ recycled – This
style is a rustic matt finish with more
distressed/ reclaimed timber.
Stark/Blank canvas - This style
is plain painted colour such as
white or black with little of the
timber features visible.