Underfoot Style You’ll Love
Fashions come and fashions go, but great flooring lasts. Your choice of floor sets the tone of your home’s character, comfort and convenience for years to come, but unlike the hottest hues or textile patterns and prints, you won’t be changing your foundations every season. Nonetheless, it’s critical to consider the emerging megatrends influencing modern lifestyles and design to select flooring that’s fashionable and functional.
Here are a few factors shaping modern society and style according to Eva-Last, the experts in composite flooring solutions:
SUSTAINABILITY
Environmental consciousness is driving consumer decisions across every sphere of life, no less in our choice of flooring. No longer the domain of tree-huggers and activists, flooring must now not only enhance consumers’ comfort and convenience, but also actively decrease its environmental footprint. From high-power execs to housewives, savvy consumers are increasingly opting for more eco-friendly floors made from renewable or recycled materials, not only for the “feel-good factor” but out of real concern for the planet.
Responsible buyers are holding flooring manufacturers to account, supporting suppliers that provide sustainable flooring solutions with a traceable, transparent value chain.
Flooring made from recycled plastic combined with renewable, eco-friendly bamboo fibres and a natural stone-mineral compound, like those from Eva-Last, are produced with the future in mind.
Using clean, renewable solar energy in their production processes, flooring that is produced sustainably can also be stunning, and highly efficient. The advanced composite material technology from Eva-Last is engineered for ease of maintenance offering authentic alternatives that outperform natural wood. These ingenious inventions reduce concerns about deforestation and pollution, eliminating the mountains of waste plastic devastating the planet, whilst simultaneously reducing chemical use for treating wooden floors.
And if that’s not enough, the extended lifespan and warranties of composites reduce the need for repair or replacement and consequently, prevent unnecessary manufacturing or consumption. Now that’s sustainable!
WOODEN IT BE LOVELY?
The wood-look is still very much in vogue with rare exotics such as mahogany and walnuts finding favour in luxurious homes and offices in the form of patterned parquet or herringbone floors and furniture. Of course, timeless oak is an age-old favourite, which also takes ages to grow. However, the demand for real wood is tempered by eco-consciousness and a growing preference for flooring made from renewable resources such as stone, cork or bamboo, or engineered floors like bamboo-plastic composites (BPC) or stone-polymer compounds (SPC).
Eva-Last’s Tier Classic and Element ranges offer a variety of Stone Polymer Composite (SPC) floorboards that mimic the look of wood, in a fabulous array of popular colours, with excellent performance and eco-friendly credentials.
These SPC boards are a hybrid between hard ceramics and soft vinyl – a rigid CarbideCore made from a patented mineral polymer compound, which provides enhanced strength and stability, while the decorative embossed wear-layer lends design versatility to emulate the beauty and charm of natural wood. Its integrated backing of the insulating IXPE underlay adds sound and thermal insulation enhancing comfort underfoot.
The convenient 2G click-installation system provides a sleek, seamless tongue-and-groove profile that simply clicks together for a watertight, heat-resistant floor. The protective wear-layer ensures your floor won’t scratch, scuff or “delaminate” ensuring a stunning slip- and water-resistant surface that’s super easy to keep clean.
VERSATILE APPLICATIONS
The versatility of composite flooring is a significant trend, with products designed to seamlessly transition from commercial spaces to living areas, to kitchens and bathrooms. This adaptability can allow for cohesive design schemes throughout a space, enhancing both aesthetic appeal and functionality.
“Be careful to select the floor best suited to the demands of your space,” advises Ruan Kraft, TIER Flooring Product Manager at Eva-Last.
“Don’t only think about the look or foot traffic, it’s also important to consider changes in sunlight exposure at different times of day, exposure to heat or water, and of course the cleaning and care needed,” he concluded.
Eva-Last’s extensive collection of TIER Classic and Element SPC floors are the perfect complement to every project. They not only achieve the beautiful decorative effect but are specifically designed to be low maintenance and durable for many years to come.
TEXTURED SURFACES
Texture is a key element in composite flooring design with the EIR embossing and now digital replication technology really coming into its own. Options range from light emboss finishes to more tactile surfaces. These textured surfaces not only enhance safety but also contribute to the overall visual interest of the flooring.
WARM, EARTHY COLOURWAYS
In line with our desire to reconnect with nature, the warm earthy colourways are overtaking the monochromatic greys of days gone by with a subtle transition to greige. TIER Classic’s gorgeous Restored Fir Silver or Rustic Oak grey is the perfect foundation for a calm, neutral palette. Natural tones and timber textures blend easily with accessories and furnishings in soft, pastel tones or occasional pops of colour such as luscious greenery or sparkling metallics to provide a great foundation for changing fashions.
Brown, tan, beige, greige, taupe and terracotta are finding favour in floors internationally while the colour-washed treatment of popular species such as TIER Classic’s Washed Oak Blonde, Caramel or Natural, and Washed Walnut are modern twists to an old theme. TIER Element’s digital replication technology means there is little repeat patterns, as with natural wood, and satisfies our craving for more exotic species such as Golden Hickory, White Ash and variations of Honey Oak, Danish Oak or European Oak, complete with 3D printed authentic texture and tactile appeal.
The trends in indoor SPC flooring reflect a broader movement towards sustainability, aesthetics, and versatility. As technology continues to advance, companies like Eva-Last will continue to innovate, making more options available to consumers and making composite flooring an even more appealing choice. Whether for a cosy indoor space or an expansive commercial area, composite flooring from Eva-Last offers a blend of style and functionality that meets the demands of modern living.
