Flooring

Why just have a staircase in prominent position, as with this renovation, when some astutely placed lighting turns it into a surprising sculpture?

This house heads underground to gain living space – metal stairs and accompanying board-formed concrete surfaces create a semi-industrial aesthetic

Admittedly, this ceiling marches to the beat of the architectural roof above it – still, its dynamic form, wood finish and fine joinery will make necks crane

There's a lot going on in this kitchen/dining/living space – recycled bridge beams and granite kitchen surfaces are balanced by a polished aggregate concrete floor

If you can tear your eyes off the views, or the kitchen, this home's raked ceiling with exposed rafters gives off a distinctive Hamptons vibe

Bamboo is a great choice for a wide range of building-related solutions – specialists Plantation Bamboo outline some of the key reasons

... or stairs, if you're not Cockney! This staircase, in a rich rift-cut white oak, is a picture of natural material harmony showcased in a crafted design

Durable, versatile and sustainable, plywood is a material of the future – this soaring, angled ceiling brings warmth and an undeniable presence

The flooring in this open kitchen space is stained oak timber in a striking herringbone pattern – this is in balance with the dramatic cabinetry

Australian hardwood timber ceilings, floors and joinery provide warmth and texture for this apartment, and bring the sense of a crafted design

A long timber ribbon – flooring, walls, ceiling and joinery – leads through this home to a new large kitchen, living and entertaining space 

Your interiors can tell a story, not least the flooring – this floor reflects sustainability, a reworked design and a recurring zig-zag motif

There are stairs and then there are craggy overhangs, and then there's both – the dramatic stair is one of many out-there features in this interior

Riserless stairs and a clear glass balustrade wall both play a part in sunlight penetrating deep into this home's interior

Even the most extravagant jewels would fight for attention in this lush dressing room – features include a rare Alpaca fur carpet

The flooring in this light-filled extension continues the materiality of the home's timber flooring, but with a demarcating difference

A tongue and groove floor was selected in a whitewashed oak finish for this kitchen – contrasting the dark oak and titanium toned cabinetry faces

Bamboo is a great choice for a wide range of building-related solutions – specialists Plantation Bamboo outline some of the key reasons

Love the feel of smooth, warm pebbles underfoot – well this dramatic bathroom floor (with matching bath surround) takes you halfway there

As with that timeless black dress, black generally never falls from favour – take this appealing black tiled shower in a white bathroom

Featuring a dramatic double-deck ceiling, this apartment's spacious living room allows guests to unfold in the utmost comfort

This apartment enjoys spectacular city bay views while the interior is also eye-catching, including the soaring textured ceiling overhead

Contrasting materials can bring out the best in both – here concrete floors give way to warm Sydney Blue Gum in the living zone

This sustainable home makes a focus of timber finishes, including the QuickStep Oak overlay flooring running right through the interior

Here, a polished aggregate concrete floor is low upkeep and creates great thermal mass – it also comes with something of a starry presence

Grand piano meets grand staircase in this entry space – all part of a four-year restoration and renovation to an 1880s-built home

A large warehouse was the perfect canvas to create this urban retreat, including a character kitchen that takes material cues from the existing floors

The homeowners' love of wood doesn't stop at the cabinetry in this kitchen, with eye-catching wood plank floors grounding the whole design

Adding to the layers of interest and detail in this traditionally panelled kitchen, the wood floor was laid in an intricate herringbone pattern

Herringbone tiles on the floor of this bathroom also find their way into a recessed panel in the shower zone – texture and a sense of artisanship result

Furniture, shelving, cabinetry all celebrate wood in this apartment, with the wooded trail continuing into the flooring and built in storage for the walk-in wardrobe

With its elevated position, this home offers panoramic views of Los Angeles – stone accents and wood floors keep things natural and grounded

Affordable, NZ made and luxurious underfoot – here are some key considerations when choosing a wool carpet from Bremworth 

No, a family member hasn't just walked the entire forest floor inside – rather an area rug with autumnal shapes and tones connects visually with the outlook

Plantation Bamboo offers a range of sustainable flooring options – including game-changing Bamboo X-treme Decking

This kitchen area has green/grey shaker-style cabinetry and bench seating while a rustic flagstone floor provides demarcation

Your flooring choice can make or break an interior design – engineered oak flooring from Floorex is one way to dramatically up the ante 

Like with the famous graphic artist's disorienting woodcuts, it's a bit hard to tell what's up and what's down with this refined timber staircase snapped up close

For this renovation, an attractive new floating floor also improved the home's insulation while tactile rugs help delineate areas of use

These concrete slabs split the formal living and functional areas of this coastal home – with sculpture and water views straight ahead

Carpets are not born equal – natural wool carpets from Bremworth tick every box from longevity, to quality, to sustainability, to all important warmth & touch 

Designer: "To further the Hampton style, I specified a bespoke timber floor from Holland that adds an organic, natural warmth – some planks are 3m in length."

These white stairs appear to grow out of the white wall and might be suitable for Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves – Cher lived in this apartment and designed many features

This coastal home is clad with board and batten slats, setting up an exterior & interior palette of wood throughout – kitchen, ceiling and floor included

Pale wood floors and treads, a transparent glass bannister and see-through riserless stairs all contribute to this home's refined, visually expansive interior

A beautiful Prime Grade American Oak Floorex floor over a piped underfloor heating system sets the scene for this character-rich kitchen 

This kitchen reflects a minimalist look – that is until you let your eyes drop to the ornate herringbone flooring underpinning the design

There's no better recommendation than when a design team chooses your product for their own space – Bremworth wool carpet graces Yellowfox's Auckland studio

Western red cedar covers the floors and ceiling of this gabled home's interior – in part a celebration of the owner's business in the timber trade

Board-formed concrete walls with their tell-tale patterning meet oak stair treads and floorboards in this canyon home – the rugged materials a match for the setting

A quality rug will bring your interior to life with one gesture – Bremworth offers Custom, Readymade and Handcrafted rugs exclusively in 100% natural New Zealand wool 

Polished concrete floors and white kitchen cabinetry both contribute to the light-toned palette in this Scandinavian feel home

Specialist bamboo importer and distributor Plantation Bamboo offers high quality, sustainable bamboo products – including game-changing Bamboo X-treme Decking

Plank flooring matches the decor and colour palette in this open-plan volume and also adds to the sense of length & spaciousness

This Matakana home is the picture of refinement with Floorex Engineered European Oak Leather wide plank flooring playing a starring role

You can have it all – stairs to upstairs and long views downstairs – just choose riserless stairs, as seen in this individualistic Manhattan townhouse 

BT Bamboo Eco Flooring features in this reinvented, now sustainable home which is light on energy use – the bamboo floor provides warmth and texture

This renovation delineates old values from new work – as part of this, the existing bare staircase is in part retained with a modern perforated zinc stair starting 95cm above

Some surfaces really do speak for themselves. A spectacular black and white marble lays the groundwork for this exotic bathroom

For this renovation, the interior circulation edge is lowered while the pool surrounds are lifted, setting up a garden edge where previously fall protection was required

Reflecting the raw nature of the architecture, this kitchen features a breeze block dividing wall, steel frame shelving and an aggregate concrete floor underfoot

A house of angles can make it tricky to line up floor boards. The answer? Add a distracting element where the board orientation changes, as seen here

These interiors celebrate contrast and layering – highlighting the beauty of each element and material – while a concrete aggregate floor connects the all

The island/dining table in this kitchen is so attractive it's given its own catwalk with a waterfall end running down, and then back under 

When the subject of flooring comes up, do you ever think about simply heading for the woods? These great floors will provide inspiration

Not just for residential, The Tile Depot also provides advice and product for a wide range of commercial applications – from retail to luxury accommodation

Honey-toned Strip Allegro Oak Terra herringbone floors by Haro Flooring are just one of many stand-out features in this character-rich home

For this renovation, the interior circulation edge is lowered while the pool surrounds are lifted, setting up a garden edge in the zone previously required for fall protection

Beautiful timber stairs come down to meet herringbone patterned tile flooring in this seaside home – all part of a transformative renovation

For this design, an aggregate concrete floor connects with cinder block walls while plywood ceiling panels link with warm laminate cabinetry 

Glass-look acrylic floors on the mezzanine level of this master suite are not for those afraid of heights (also not suitable for dressing gown-only attire)

This clifftop master ensuite is finished in large-format marble-look tiles, floor included – the pale tones accentuating an already spacious feel

Durable Kahrs wooden floors are ideal for giving commercial venues presence, as exampled in this beautifully floored inner-city office 

Not always. Sunlight floods this living space, landing directly on the polished concrete slab which acts as a thermal mass, absorbing the heat, and releasing it back into the interior as temperatures cool

Not a single fish part to be found in this sculptural powder room featuring an elegant herringbone tile floor and concrete texture wall surfaces

Marble-look surfaces in this kitchen are ideally complemented by French oak floors – and the wood ceiling overhead also comes to the party

For this entry space, a riserless timber staircase precedes the use of wood throughout the interior and lets a dramatic feature behind shine

How do you define areas in an open-plan master suite? Here, it’s with the flooring – wood floors for bedroom and tiles for bathroom wet areas

Engineered French Oak floor boards are matched by a beadboard ceiling in this Shaker-style kitchen with understated modern functionality

Oak plank floors and wood cabinetry help this kitchen tie in with its surroundings of board-formed exposed concrete walls and an oak ceiling

This contemporary home's use of vertical timber screening at entry and over the outdoor room runs on into the feature interior stairwell 

If visitors can tear their eyes off the views they might notice this home's change in wood floor type between blurred indoor and outdoor spaces

This living room's Natures Oak, Matterhorn Plank flooring is echoed by similar-look decking, as if the home is stretching out the landscape

For this interior, Strandboard’s low weight to density ratio made it an ideal light and strong material option – both underfoot & overhead

The floor is your home's largest surface – with the biggest impact. A Kährs wood floor adds a warm, natural character to your interiors that you'll appreciate every day – available from The Wooden Floor Company now

Cool stone tiles in varied sizes and patterns run through this tropical home, while exposed concrete and a marble benchtop also feature

Beautiful French oak floors connect with open shelving in the same lustrous wood for this seaside Hamptons-meets-modern kitchen

On this lux seafront home, the steel stair hit an expensive hiccup as council dictates meant it had to be craned in from the far side of the home

Top tip: use area rugs on your main flooring surface to help define different zones, as with the seating area in this open penthouse apartment

Amongst a raft of green strategies, the architect of this home started with a concrete floor slab that absorbs the sun's rays by day and releases that heat back into the interior by night

This mid-century brick cottage has been transformed. Discover how the lofty lounge and kitchen space was created by removing the floor above

Engineered wood floors are durable, healthy, quiet, affordable, oh, and beautiful, as with this Kahrs Oak Nouveau Black floor, from The Wooden Floor Company

Tasmanian oak floors run right through this renovated home, blending in with the original sandstone cladding and contrasting the new black joinery

Right from the entry, the warmth and natural charm of wood flooring draws you forward. Then there's the wood front door, stairs and cabinetry. 'Would' this look suit your interior?

The cool look and touch of matt stainless steel on the island cabinetry is balanced with an organic, natural and wide plank French oak floor in this Italian-influenced kitchen.

The concrete-look epoxy flooring in this house neatly ties together the kitchen and living areas. It also elevates the modern architectural feel

It’s almost inevitable that a carpet will get stained at some point. No matter how careful you are, it only takes one spilt drink or accident from your pet to cause an unsightly stain. Fortunately, removing stains is often easier than you think. Here are 5 tips for common stains.

With a light, sophisticated palette, this home's interiors maximise natural light and external views to the pool and yard. The double height family room has a cathedral like presence

This home blurs the line between indoors and out. The same concrete floor tiles are used in both areas – polished inside, matt outside. Meanwhile, the wood ceiling extends out to form the soffit on the canopy

A sculptural stair is just one strong, dextrous move in this refined transformation. To update an existing home in Forest Hill, Toronto, Reigo & Bauer executed a total renovation and interior design that unifies formerly disparate areas, modernising them functionally and aesthetically

Babe Ruth once walked the floors of this apartment but it's unlikely he would recognise it now. A transformative interior design interwoven with exotic wall treatments and artworks has given this riverside eyrie a rich, opulent air

This home came out tops as our most popular renovation story of 2020. Step inside to see why. 

After years of muddled renovations and ad hoc alterations, Bijl Architecture stepped in to overhaul this inter-war cottage

Part of a home that celebrates strong simple materials to complement the intimate river views beyond the windows, the Neo-brutalist kitchen at its heart more than follows suit

Wow! Clever behind-the-scenes design allows this curvaceous limestone staircase to appear to hang and twist in mid air. Explore the rest of this breathtaking clifftop home

Building up the land in front of the front deck avoided the need to have balustrades on this new home, thus keeping costs down and leaving views uninterrupted. Check out the home's other savvy architectural moves that optimise connections to the land

This kitchen in a dramatic mountain home is set back to provide uninterrupted lines out to the scenery. From this vantage, the long benchtop and choice of rich Oak Tobacco Grey, wide plank flooring lead the eye out to the spectacular landscape

There's more options to tiles than tile colour or grout colour. There's also their layout. Herringbone-patterned tiles add interest and texture to this hotel bathroom

OK, so you’ve done your best with your beautiful front garden and attractive street-facing cladding – now it’s your entry space’s turn to wow your guests. Here are 10 ways to make your entry space look more dramatic, upmarket and welcoming

Natural surroundings – on this kitchen and house design, the beech ceiling is complemented by American Oak wood flooring. Granite kitchen countertops continue the emphasis on natural materials

Smooth character – for this bathroom, by Arc Seven 1, smooth plaster walls work well with a polished concrete benchtop and polished concrete floors

Rich timber flooring provides a natural and quiet contrast to dramatic black veneer cabinetry and iridescent wall tiles in this stand-apart kitchen. For more flooring inspiration visit the Trends Flooring Hub

In pursuit of views and effective demarcation of spaces, this home has a sculpturally organised interior – well grounded by clean, simple concrete floors.

The uniform use of veined marble-look tiles on floors and walls creates a luxurious aesthetic for this master ensuite

The largest surface in you bathroom is a powerful part of your design story. Black and white tiles in a classic pattern are a feature of this bathroom design

This bathroom needs a non-slip floor, dripping in sheer luxury as it is. And the intricate parquet floor itself is more than a match for the setting

Pale wall and floor tones let the timber elements stand out in the master bedroom and ensuite of this home by designer Janik Dalecki

Not always but often, big is better. Large format Italian floor tiles connect with adjacent spaces in this kitchen design

Despite the hard surfaces such as the concrete floor and steel staircase in this home for a family of six children, this living area is remarkably quiet. Find out why.

How many ways are there to connect your interiors to your setting? Answer: many! Wide plank floorboards offer a hard-wearing flooring surface and connect with the natural environment in this mountain home

Cool tile to the left and warm wood to the right – here quite different floors, one indoor one outdoor, are connected through tone to each other and the wider landscape

Wood and white cabinet surfaces pick up on this home’s riverside setting, while the tile floors have the tones of river stones. See more underfoot ideas at the Trends Flooring Hub

Where the stairs go, the cabinetry follows in this zoned entertainer's kitchen. The result is a convenient leaner space on the outer edge of the kitchen with tall glass storage cabinetry right to hand.

The long lines of natural timber floorboards in this comprehensively renovated home add a feeling of space to the entertaining/kitchen zone

Wood floors, wood-finished walls and a feature timber ceiling, together with a stone fireplace, all connect this contemporary home with its spectacular lake and mountain setting

A stone wall beyond this home achieves an immediate connection with grey-toned rugs indoors – pulling the indoors and outdoors all together

This major renovation by Higham Architecture places a strong emphasis on natural materials and sustainability. The wrap-around wall and ceiling feature was made from recycled wood freed up by the refit and ties in with the rich timber floorboards.

In this home by Dalecki Design, a cast-in-situ concrete wall with all imperfections retained offers a rugged counterpart to the polished concrete floor. The latter acts as a heat sink – soaking up the day’s rays to then release the warmth back into the interior at night, when the air is cooler.

Limestone tiles provide an elegant floor surface to complement the Corian surfaces and Navurban veneer in this contemporary kitchen by Craig Steere Architects.

Your floors are part of the personality of your home so it pays to put them to good aesthetic use. The wood board flooring in this kitchen by Studio Italia has an old-world charm in keeping with the lavish kitchen surfaces of a rich wood veneer and veined marble.

Deep in thought might take on a new meaning in this airy study space – the transparent acrylic floor offers a giddying perspective on the living area below

Whether viewed on approach through glass cladding or from the interior, the stairwell in this seaside home has a strong sculptural impact

A home office trained on a great river view may not be conducive to putting your head down. Still, maybe that view is worth a failed paper or two...

The interior of this coastal home references the setting with pale wood cabinetry accommodating the tv, storage and display shelving. A limestone evoking the grain and hue of beach sand features on the floors

A major renovation project is not just a chance to replace a dated decor scheme – even more important is the opportunity to right the wrongs of the original space planning and circulation pathways

For this bathroom, the timber is a favourite of one owner while the blue is a favourite of the other – the rich-toned wood even makes an appearance as the ceiling

Specialist bamboo importer and distributor Plantation Bamboo offers high quality, sustainable bamboo products – including game-changing Bamboo X-treme Decking

Bamboo X-Treme decking – the next generation in sustainable decking; this durable, stable, eco-friendly decking, with 'invisible' clips/screws for quick installation, is now available throughout New Zealand

A dramatic cladding rethink and manipulation of internal spaces, including raised ceilings, has brought this home a more contemporary sensibility

Taking its cues from the architecturally designed rural home it forms part of, this clean-lined kitchen reflects personality and modernity, with its extensive functionality downplayed visually

Natural light plays on the marble and oak surfaces in this modern, airy entertainer’s kitchen where clutter is banished from sight

This home renovation emphasises natural materials and sustainability with the wrap-around living area feature in recycled wood left over from the upgrade

An old villa in Mt Eden provides a convenient new home for The Wooden Floor Company

Stable, easy-to-install floors made using environmentally sustainable timber species are the speciality of The Wooden Floor Company

Harvested in Sweden, timber floors that will enhance every room in the home are available from The Wooden Floor Company