Your floor may look sparkling clean, but it retains odours that permeate the entire room. A floor’s ability to trap smells comes from prolonged exposure to moisture, liquids, pet accidents, dust particles and cleaning agent buildup. While this buildup can rest on top of your floor, many common flooring materials absorb smells into the seams […]

Rooms with identical wall colours, furniture, and lighting can still have completely different feelings based solely on the floor choice. Pale reflective flooring can help a room feel cleaner, brighter and more open. Dark matte flooring can temper the light, making the same room feel warmer and more grounded. Floor reflectivity is what makes all […]

Floors can appear to change colour throughout the day. Warm morning light can make pale oak look golden. Cool overhead lighting can make grey flooring seem warmer by sunset. And that perfect shade you fell in love with at the showroom might look completely different in your own home. Your floor isn’t actually changing colour […]

Memory-foam floors that adapt to your weight and walking pattern sound like the ultimate smart home showroom gimmick. However, it’s already here. Well, sort of. Some floors and flooring surfaces respond to your body weight by compressing, cushioning each step, and making standing or walking feel less strenuous on your feet, knees, and back. The […]

Outdoor effect flooring aims to recreate natural surfaces found outdoors inside your home. It creates the appearance of stone, wood, slate, concrete or patio-like finishes without using exterior flooring. Indoor flooring that replicates outdoor surfaces should achieve that authentic ‘outside feel’, whilst still being comfortable to stand on, clean and practical for daily living. Ideal […]

Floors won’t alert you to the presence of airborne viruses right when they appear, floating around in the air… at least not just by themselves. The floor isn’t where we monitor for airborne viruses. We detect these hazardous pathogens with air sampling, biosensors, and other indoor air monitoring devices. However, sensors in smart flooring still […]

Imagine walking into a room where the floor beneath your feet isn’t a solid wood floor or tile, but instead an ocean. Or maybe swirling galaxies. Or even walking imagery for your retail brand. That’s holographic floors. These mesmerising designs are popping up in retail stores to literally catch customers’ feet and make them stop […]

Robotic vacuums map your home while they clean. However, the type of flooring you have impacts how effective mapping is. Sensors struggle to read dark hardwood floors. Smooth, shiny tile throws navigation off. The carpet pile style even determines whether your vacuum creates a map at all or just keeps falling into the same holes. […]

Step into a room and smell lavender. Walk across your bedroom floor and breathe in eucalyptus. Sound like science fiction? These aroma-emitting floors actually release calming scents when stepped on. Microencapsulation technology traps scents in small capsules that are infused into the flooring’s surface. Pressure from footsteps causes the capsules to break and release scent […]

Walk across a floor and power the Wi-Fi around you. It sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie, but researchers are actually working on it. The idea is simple: every time your foot hits the ground, that pressure gets converted into energy. Instead of disappearing into thin air, it powers wireless signals. This isn’t […]