Tawny Oak is not tawny. The name suggests a warm orange-brown, but this is the darkest board in the Preference Floors Oakleaf range and it is a smoky grey-brown: cool rather than warm, with strong dark striation running the length...

Spotted Gum in the Preference Floors Oakleaf range is a rich golden-amber with strong grain movement: a warm, confident reading of the species, which in reality runs honey through amber to mid brown with considerable plank-to-plank variation. It is the...

Nordic Oak is the palest board in the Preference Floors Oakleaf range: a whitewashed grey-white with very faint grain, closer to limed or bleached oak than to any natural timber tone. It is the floor to choose when you want...

Mystic Oak is the grey of the Preference Floors Oakleaf range: a mid cool grey with just enough brown underneath to stop it reading blue, and a weathered grain that gives the surface something to do. It is the board...

Maritime is the quietest board in the Preference Floors Oakleaf range: a soft pale warm greige with very low grain contrast and almost no tonal shift between planks. It is the one to choose when the floor should recede entirely...

Ivory is not the near-white the name suggests. It is a light warm greige-tan with visible knots and honest grain movement: a soft, natural pale board rather than a bleached one. That is worth saying plainly, because customers reading "Ivory"...

Classic Oak is exactly what it says: a light golden-tan oak with clean, even grain and no stain pulling it grey or red. It is the most conventional colour in the Preference Floors Oakleaf range and, for a lot of...

Blackbutt in the Preference Floors Oakleaf range is a rich golden-amber, noticeably more saturated than the species actually lays. Real Australian blackbutt is a paler gold with a soft olive cast; this is a warmer, more golden interpretation of it....

Aspen is the neutral of the Preference Floors Oakleaf range: a light warm greige-tan with soft grain movement and moderate variation from plank to plank. It sits almost exactly between the warm golden colours and the cool greys here, which...