Customer Homes - @fiftyfive.revive
The Jacksons have been renovating their 1930s home, aiming to create a bright, sophisticated, and inviting space. After searching for their dream floor, they fell in love with Thorpe Spring Oak - a timeless and classy solid wood.
Floor used in this project:
Thorpe Spring Oak
Why did you choose Luxury Flooring?
We had an idea of what we were looking for and began researching and ordering an excessive amount of flooring samples. We were instantly drawn to the samples we received from Luxury Flooring, the quality seemed superior yet the price was really reasonable. We also loved the online Room Visualiser that allows you to see the flooring in your home, it massively helped us make the right choice. In the end we decided on Thorpe Spring Oak, it brings warmth without being too orange, we’re so happy with our choice!
What was most important to you when designing your room?
Before we even bought the house, we both knew we wanted to have a timeless parquet floor in the living room. We really aimed to create a bright, warm and cosy atmosphere - the perfect place to relax and wind down.
What's your story?
As the restrictions were easing in 2021 we started the crazy journey of house hunting during a particularly manic time for the property market. We were lucky to have the first viewing on the 1930s house we now call our home, otherwise we would have missed out.
The house definitely tested our imagination when we first saw it, but we both recognised the potential and jumped into our renovation journey. With Michael being a builder he’s able to do a lot of work himself, including fitting our Luxury Flooring, which we decided to make more difficult by choosing to have a double border when we have a large curved bay window!
As for me, I’m in charge of the creative jobs: the research, planning and mock ups - although I don’t shy away from getting stuck in with the messy jobs! The house is very much still a work in progress, with many rooms left to tackle and an extension on the cards. It’s a long way off being finished, but it’s so rewarding seeing it all come together.
What does your home situation look like?
Currently it’s just the two of us in our home, but we’d love to expand our family by introducing a furry friend. I’ve always wanted a cat but Michael’s allergic (it was almost a deal breaker!), luckily he loves cats so we’re going to see how we get on with a hypoallergenic one.
How do you prepare your home before hosting?
At the moment, we don’t host very often as the rest of our house is still in the middle of being renovated. When we do have visitors, I tend to close off the rooms yet to be renovated and make the rooms that have been decorated look their best with a quick declutter and clean.
Which rooms do you use for hosting?
The living room is the place where we all congregate, we can shut the door on the rest of the house and enjoy one of our most finished rooms, as long as everyone has taken their shoes off! 😉
What qualities were you looking for in your new flooring?
We wanted something high quality that had longevity. As well as durability, we also wanted a timeless colour and classic herringbone pattern with double border to bring a sense of sophistication to the room.
Have you ever had a ‘panic moment’ with your floor while entertaining? If so, how did you handle it?
The one that springs to mind is when we had a little one over who found some car keys and started shaking them, I had visions of them flying out of her hands and onto our new flooring. The keys were quickly confiscated and replaced with a soft toy to avoid any trouble.
What advice would you give to someone looking to transform their floor?
I’d say do plenty of research and order lots of samples, I even ordered multiple samples of the same flooring to see the variations across multiple planks.
How has your floor improved your home?
The transformation from bare untreated floorboards to gorgeous solid wood parquet flooring was amazing, it really finished off the room and made it feel like a home.
