STEP INSIDE LIVING SPACES
A Spring in Your
Quick-Step
Spring is on its way, bringing a new beginning for nature and, as Quick-Step explains in its latest trends piece, it’s time for most homeowners to make changes too.
Feeling comfortable in your home has a major impact on your mood and wellbeing. So it’s about time we all left the winter blues behind and allowed a fresh breeze to blow through our interiors.
Fresh Start
During the short and chilly winter days, we’re mainly looking for a familiar, warm and cosy environment. It’s the spring that brings out the best in us year after year and a wind of change blowing through our interiors is all part of that.
A complete makeover can work wonders. Perhaps the look and feel of your customers’ home could do with just a touch more luxury? Urge them to work with earthy, darker shades and luxurious fabrics like velour and velvet. People who always like their house to be sunny can go for a brightly coloured interior. Think of the Memphis style, a trend in which daring colours and striking shapes liven up a space in a very unique way.
Small changes always bring a sense of the season into the house, but you can increase the effect in combination with wood.
Decisions, Decisions
Floors make or break an interior. Your whole furnishing is supported by the floor, literally and figuratively. However, the overall effect will only work if you get the basics right; so start at the beginning. But what floor will suit the interior? It is a difficult choice, but we are happy to help.
Functionality: The Real Thing or an Imitation
Parquet remains the top pick: the scent of wood, the feel of the grain, the guarantee of the very best quality... It’s a gut feeling, a kind of nostalgic love at first sight, which makes many people choose the real deal.
A solid-wood floor is definitely impressive, but it’s not always the most practical choice. Multi-layer parquet from Quick-Step offers a perfect alternative: 100% wood and extremely stable. The composition of the floorboard (different layers of solid wood with a backing of spruce veneer) prevents the floor from
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warping due to changes in humidity. The quality is enduring thanks to the superior authenticity and the craftsmanship that lies beneath the boards.
But imitation is fantastic too: these floors are now unbelievably realistic. The look and feel of real wood or natural stone is effortlessly combined with the advantages of laminate and vinyl. Anyone who wants a floor that can survive a bit of rough use and is also water-resistant will find what they’re looking for in both categories.
Aesthetic: Large or Small
Every room in a house is different. There are a lot of factors to take into account. The shape and placing of the boards is an important decision, since the flooring has a major impact on the feel of the space.
“If your room is quite big, don’t hesitate to chooe long, etra-wide
floorboards. Weathered designs will look best on these boards as well as creating a sense of luury in an interior.”
If you want to make a long, narrow space look wider, lay floorboards across the width of the room rather than lengthways. Placing the floorboards along the length of the room can create a feeling of depth.
Short floorboards work wonders for a small room! As you need more to fill the whole area, they create the illusion of a larger room.
Colourful floorboards with lots of knots and colour variation, also come into their own in smaller rooms, whereas they can appear very busy in larger spaces.
If your room is quite big, don’t hesitate to choose long, extra- wide floorboards. Weathered designs will look best on these boards as well as creating a sense of luxury in an interior.
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