The Flooring Centre Blog | Inspiration and tips for your home
Lay back, put your feet up, and take a leisurely browse through our blog posts for some inspiration. From our beautiful Feature Home posts, looking at our clients amazing new builds and renovations - through to commercial projects and our hottest flooring tips. Check it out below >>>
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Feature Home: Modern Design Meets Timeless Style
November 14, 2024
We’ve had the privilege of visiting some absolutely beautiful homes lately and featuring them here on this blog. The latest is no exception – a stunning home in tranquil Tai Tapu that ticks all of the boxes!
Feature Home: Perfectly Polished and Practical
October 7, 2024
Our most recent feature home, tucked away on a quiet tree lined street in Papanui is petite but packed full of quality finishes and timelessly stylish materials. Designed with busy individuals in mind, this home is highly practical and low maintenance with a clean and minimalistic aesthetic. Let’s take a closer look!
Luxury Flooring
July 17, 2024
Building or renovating your dream home and wanting to create a real sense of luxury and style? We have an impressive collection of luxury flooring options including wool carpets, premium solution dyed nylon carpets, and stunning timber flooring. In this blog we take a look at the features of these products and highlight a few of our favourites.
Feature Home: Made for Easy, Stylish Living
June 11, 2024
From soft and stylish carpet through to stunning laminate and vinyl floors, this new build in sought after Cashmere Park ticks all the boxes, especially when it comes to flooring!
Flooring for your First Home
May 7, 2024
Selecting flooring for your first home, whether you’re building or renovating, is a delicate balance of finding products that offer functionality and that suit your personal style as well as fitting within the all-important budget! In this blog we take a look at juggling quality, style and budget while also offering some other helpful tips and recommending some of our longstanding favourites which we’ve installed in many a first home for our customers.
Flooring Trends for 2024
January 15, 2024
With a new year come new ideas, trends and styles. Flooring is no different, whether it be new product developments or a trend from years gone by making a return. Mid way through last year, we looked at some of the flooring trends that had emerged in 2023 and to start the year off we’re going to explore the products and styles tipped to be winners this year.
Timber Flooring in NZ: Where it Began & Where We Are Now
October 25, 2023
Timber Flooring. Loved by Kiwis throughout the country, for many of us it takes us back to our childhood homes where matai and rimu graced the floors of the houses built in the 1940’s and 1950’s. Since then, many advances have been made in timber flooring in terms of sustainability, performance and installation meaning there are now more options than ever. Let’s take a look at where timber flooring started here in NZ and where it is now.
Carpet Pile Types Explained
September 19, 2023
When selecting carpet for your home, it sure can be hard to choose! With so many options in colour, style, fibre and pile type – where does one begin? We previously explored fibre type and now we’re going to delve into pile type – what’s the difference between them all?
2023 Flooring Trends Thus Far
July 28, 2023
With products and trends constantly developing, there’s always something new when it comes to flooring. Whether it’s a style from decades gone by making a comeback, or a timeless design still holding its own, the latest flooring trends are a great starting point when thinking about your floors and offer an endless amount of inspiration
Flooring - You Get What You Pay For Right?
July 10, 2023
It seems like everything is only going up in price right? From groceries to petrol and utilities, nothing is immune to the endless price increases we’ve seen over the last couple of years. As a result of this, many consumers are looking to cut costs wherever possible and undoubtedly this includes floorcoverings. We’ve all heard the old adage of “you get what you pay for” but does this ring true for flooring? Let’s take a look.