When designing her new family home, Sarah wanted to incorporate practical family living with a Pinterest-worthy European aesthetic design. Sarah's vision was to incorporate the natural warmth and texture from timber in her home but remain within budget.

The warmth and character of natural timber is something many designers strive to bring indoors. However, the cost and maintenance of timber flooring can sometimes stand in the way.

Inspired by traditional french floors, chevron flooring is a timeless interior trend. However, as it is traditionally installed plank by plank, this can make the timely installation quite costly.

That’s where Woodland Lifestyle’s Zenku Artec offers the perfect solution, delivering the authentic look and feel of timber, with the added durability and much more accessible price point of a laminate floor. Zenku Artec is also installed as planks rather than individual panels, which also saves time and installation costs.

“We weren’t initially looking to use laminate as I assumed the product would look too fake. However, when I was introduced to this particular laminate, I couldn’t deny how realistic it looked and how practical of an option it was for our family life, so we swapped our original choice for the Woodland Lifestyle laminate," says Sarah Pickersgill-Brown, Homeowner.

Laminate flooring is comprised of a HDF core, a decorative layer and a durable wear layer. Quality laminates are crafted using advanced printing technologies that replicate the intricate grains, textures, and colours of real wood on the decorative layer. From rich oaks to soft ash tones, each décor layer is designed to mimic the depth and beauty of natural timber, making it almost indistinguishable to the eye and touch.

Key features of Zenku Artec Laminate:

• Abrasion resistant
• Low maintenance
• Easy and quick installation with press bevel click together fitting
• Compatible with most underfloor heating systems
• Stair nosing available