We were appointed to supply and install a luxury wood laminate floor specifically from our Designer range ‘Treescapes’ - colour Umkhaya, in a classic Sea Point apartment for one of our elderly clients. She is a lovely lady with a sense of style and for whom ‘nothing but the best’ would suffice. Although the [...]
As we enter into another year we don’t know what it will hold. We have come to expect the unexpected in the past couple of years but fortunately, some things have remained consistent and constant. One of these is flooring which, although it has evolved and gone through some significant changes, in essence, certain [...]
Many people think of laminate flooring as just one type of product that you decide on against the other popular choices of Vinyl, Solid wood and Engineered wood floorings, but nothing could be further from the truth. Laminate flooring, as one expert says, “looks better, performs better, and feels better underfoot than ever before [...]
With so many more people working from home now and the price of new property in Cape Town still rocketing, renovations are the order of the day. Office spaces, Granny flats, rentable apartments and entertainment areas, both indoors and out, the demand is high for people to renovate their homes or offices as opposed [...]
As we go into 2021 flooring is being revolutionised with new types, looks, colours, patterns and textures. This mini-series of 2 articles will give home renovators, builders and decorators a few ideas of what will be trending this year and beyond. Because of their popularity and tried and tested durability the four main flooring [...]
When trying to think of ways we can give useful advice we often overlook some of the technical terms with which we in the industry are so comfortable, but with which our valued customers are not. One of these, and an important one if you are in the market to purchase Laminate flooring, is [...]
One of the most frequently asked questions when we are installing vinyl or laminate flooring for our clients is; “Why do we need expansion joints?” Many feel that they may not be necessary and just a money spinner for the flooring suppliers. This is definitely not so, and in the case of pretty much [...]
Many people don’t really think of rugs as enhancing their flooring surface. They are traditionally known as investment items, as in the choice of Persian carpets, which are often hung on the wall, or even more often, placed over damaged floors or old carpets. Well, it’s really all about matching the right rugs to [...]
