Moments of appearance deepen with a hint of urban sophistication when dark brown is accompanied by a distinctive grey wash. It’s as if each night was made for entertaining in casual elegance — a visual invitation to reverie Turn the dial down a notch and watch the mesmerising glow of mild brown yellows of gold […]
Maples & Birch are to participate at this year’s Grand Designs Live, as it returns to Birmingham’s NEC from the 19-23 October 2016. Maples & Birch will be show casing many unique types of real wood floors from our Designer Collezione which includes the Curv8 oak wood floor to the Navylam+ exotic wood floor which […]
Recently we reported our representatives were going to the world floor covering trade show at Domotex, in Hannover, Germany. Well they returned and have reported that they have some great new products coming which will be added to our range this year and as well as a couple of unique looking floors. Here’s a couple […]
Having purchased their flooring elsewhere people often ask our advisers how they should install their wood floor, instead of referring people to our Q&A’s page or to read the instruction we try and oblige as we know that trying to find a simple answer online is hard or from the store where the wood floor […]
Through the years the question if real wood flooring could be used in wet areas like a bathroom, the professional answer has been a resolute no due to the nature of real wood and in some retail sectors selling Bamboo the answer has been a yes to close a sale. Well, we can confidently shout […]
Last month we wrote about how the difference between solid and engineered wood floors, so we follow that with a few pointers regards the final finish? There are a variety of pre-finishes that you select from when purchasing your real wood floor soto give you a simple guide we have made a note of the […]
A number of times we get asked how do I choose a floor? Now to many this may sound like a stupid question but in reality it’s a good question and it needs to be answered by good information which is clear and concise. With so many retailers and websites offering huge discounts on cheaply […]
We get asked many times, what is 3 strip flooring? 3 strip flooring is traditionally of an engineered structure where the top layer (often referred as veneer) of 3-5mm thickness of different sized lengths of wood in equal-sized widths applied across the width of a plank. Ecologically this type style/design and structure is proving sound […]
People are often confused as to how a room should be measured for installation of realwood flooring, so please use this easy to follow guide on how to measure a room. Theseinstructions are supplied as a general guide to help you. To eliminate doubt on room floor measurements just sketch the room and write down […]
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