Historical Roots and Design PhilosophyThe Influence of Wabi-Sabi on Interior SurfacesThe Japanese phrase "kintsugi" describes repairing broken pottery with gold, yet the same reverence for damage shapes their flooring. Wabi-sabi, a worldview centred on impermanence,...
Root Causes of Gaps in Wood FlooringHow Humidity and Moisture Imbalance Widen FloorboardsIn South Africa's coastal provinces, relative humidity frequently swings by 40 percentage points between winter and summer. That movement is enough to change a wooden floor gap...
Exploring Wickes Wooden Flooring CollectionsFloors get walked on. That is their fate, and the wooden floor wickes range understands this better than most. It offers planks that look like they survived a century, and others that look manufactured yesterday with...