Carlisle Wide Plank Floors

Classic parquet floor designs make a big comeback

Floors with elegantly shaped parquet patterns arrived on the home décor scene in 16th century Europe. Craftsmen would use light and dark wood to create one-of-a-kind designs that involved an intense amount of labor. After all, each piece had to be hand-cut and fit into place. Only the wealthiest could afford theseone-of-a-kind floor designs. However, some of the patterns created that century live on in what are now known as “classic” parquet designs—Versailles, herringbone and chevron..

In the century just passed, parquet enjoyed a period of popularity in the 1970s and 1980s because the ability to mass-produce floor boards made them affordable and because they were seen as an alternative to wall-to-wall carpeting. However, discerning homeowners soon shunned the mass-produced variety as predictable and of low quality.

Today, the dramatic and customized look of parquet is once again being used in some of the finest homes in the country. Our Carlisle Custom Shop offers that same hand-cut, labor-intensive attention to the classic patterns— Versailles, herringbone and chevron—and in the variety of different woods that are at our disposal.

We can work with your design ideas to come up with your own one-of-kind pattern. Once the boards are milled, the patterns are carefully pre-finished by hand. We can do this to create a border for a floor, or a center focal point, or a whole, customized look.

Posted on January 14, 2010 at 07:18 PM in Home Decor • (0) Comments

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