Home & Lifestyle Spring 2017

When selecting your next floor consider “style” as your guide by Guy Thornycroft

T hey 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: www.premiumfloors.com.au/brands/ 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

Stark/Blank canvas - This style is plain painted colour such as white or black with little of the timber features visible.

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.

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258 West Street, Umina Beach | P:4342 6666 | email:info@proflooring.com.au

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