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Brighten Up Your Home with a Feature Area from Amtico
At Hudson Flooring, we love helping people find new flooring that brings personality to their homes. The new Décor collection from Amtico does exactly that, and is the perfect way to create a feature area to highlight certain parts of your room.
Authentic vs Synthetic Flooring
Here at Hudson Flooring, we have found that a large number of our clients struggle with this conundrum. The choice when browsing our Sevenoaks showroom essentially boils down to real wood vs Amtico luxury vinyl. We thought it might be useful to point out the differences to aid you in your decision. Real Wood: It…
Flooring inspiration from around the world – Africa and Latin America
In the first of this two-part blog series, we began by looking close to home with European-inspired flooring and then turned eastward to explore floors with an Asian persuasion. If the rustic hardwood floors of Scandinavia or the traditionally jute carpets of India weren’t quite your cup of chai, we’ll continue our global expedition. In…
Flooring inspiration from around the world – Europe and Asia
When looking for interior design inspiration, many people look no lower than the skirting board. This is a grave mistake. Too many people will saunter through an exotic building on holiday, admiring the intricacies of the wallpaper or gazing at ornate ceilings, whilst ignoring the subtle beauty that lies beneath their feet. It isn’t a…
Busting the myths around vinyl flooring
‘Vinyl flooring’ it’s an off-putting concept for many people who can’t help but associate it with grimy 1970s kitchens. Unfortunately, there are countless myths surrounding vinyl flooring, the majority of which associate it with cheap, old-fashioned homes decorated with especially ugly flooring. It is a shame that, for many, vinyl has a bit of a…
How to maximise the impact of stone effect vinyl
Stone. It’s classic, durable and a real statement maker. We’ve been building with stone since, well, the stone age and it’s remained a really popular flooring choice for centuries thanks to its beauty and durability. Even so, a lot of the time stone just isn’t quite what it’s all cracked up to be. It can…
Everything you should know about real hardwood floors
There’s a reason that homes with real hardwood floors are more likely to sell for higher amounts. Not only do they provide a sense of timeless class, they’re also long-lasting, practical and, quite frankly, a statement. However, sometimes previous occupants have changed things up a little, fitting a new floor or neglecting the existing one.…
How to successfully use colours in flooring
There’s a saying that you can learn more about someone by looking at their room for ten seconds than by spending 10 years in their company. While this might be a slight exaggeration, the colour and decor of a room tend to reveal the kind of character who owns it. From the shade of the…
What is underlay and why is so important?
Listen to any speech at the Oscars, and you’re virtually guaranteed to hear the recipient tearfully thank the film crew, the director, their family, their hairdresser, their dog… the list goes on and on. The point is that behind the glitz and glamour, there’s a whole team doing the unseen work, the unfussy jobs. Likewise,…