All Hail The Beautiful Parquet Floor!

Ever since I moved to Sweden nigh 14 years agone (wow - that's crazy!) parquet forest flooring has been on my radar. This is because many older Swedish homes characteristic beautiful, master herringbone floors which accept aged gracefully over time. In fact, you lot mightiness fifty-fifty sense a squeak every bit you lot cross the room which all adds to the charm! So what is parquet flooring exactly? The give-and-take 'parquet' derives from the French "a pocket-size compartment' too the flooring is recognised past times it's angular, geometric mosaic pattern inwards the cast of squares, triangles, too lozenges.  Over the past times 5 years, I've noticed a major revival across the pattern basis amongst many people opting for parquet flooring amongst a modern twist. And what wonderful news, don't you lot think? I idea I'd pay homage to the classic characteristic today, here's a round-up of about of my favourites...

 AVW Arquitectura / Whyte Lilja: Impremta Garden,

Alen Cordic

Karel Balas

Henrik Nero

Kalle Gustafsson

Brittany Ambridge

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Eve Campestrini

J Contemporary

Janne Olander

I mentioned the other 24-hour interval that my childhood domicile was built inwards the 60's too nosotros had parquet flooring inwards a foursquare formation . I spent too then much fourth dimension sitting on that flooring every bit a toddler too I think about of the pieces were liberate too made perfect edifice bricks! I'm non certain how pop this was amongst my parents though!
Do you lot accept whatever sense of parquet flooring? Would you lot catch it for your home?

Just inwards representative you're tempted, here's a round-up of about of the beautiful patterns you lot tin cease create:



Not cook to re-do your entire floor? You could ever pigment a beautiful pattern direct onto the forest inwards the meantime! I beloved this geometric formation below created past times a local Malmö store Byggfrabriken who sell the most beautiful classic Swedish items for the home. And don't immature adult woman the hallway flooring inwards this lovely domicile tour!

 If you lot become for something like brand certain you lot add together a link to the comment department below - we'd beloved to encounter it!

Have a lovely day!