FLOOR PLAN
Founders of Oak & Orange divulge everything they know about flooring – and where to find it
Channelling years of experience, the interiors experts behind Oak & Orange share their thoughts on how to make a house feel like home. Both wives to builders, Heather and Sarah really knows the ins and outs of a home build from start to finish. “We have been friends for over 17 years now. Eleven years ago, our builder husbands started their own home building company. Since then, together with our husbands, we have designed and built over 20 homes in the past 10 years,” says Heather.
The Oak & Orange duo delight in designing homes for the modern family.
“We love letting others in on our hot tips and believe gorgeous family homes should be low maintenance and easy to clean, leaving you more time to spend with your loved ones,” says Heather. With family-friendly design in mind, Heather and Sarah lean towards vinyl planks as their top pick from Andersens.
“We love how durable and hardwearing it is, making it a perfect choice for a family home. There are so many colour choices with real authentic-looking timber styles,” says Heather. “What makes it stand out over timber or hybrid flooring for us is the way that it is laid – the planks are loose laid or glued straight down and do not interlock, which means it is so simple and easy to replace just one single piece if it ever happens to get damaged.”
When it comes to flooring nonnegotiables, Heather and Sarah emphasise the importance of colour and maintenance. “Since flooring takes up a large percentage of the surface space in a room, getting the colour right will have a great impact on the overall outcome of your design. We are all for low-maintenance flooring so with a little bit of research and some helpful advice from Andersens it’s possible to have the colour you want and a low-maintenance floor that suits your family’s needs,” says Sarah.