The finished dining room at plates, Shoreditch, with the new smoked wood floor
Sunlight across the new wood floor by the windows at plates restaurant
Close-up of the smoked, textured engineered wood plank fitted at plates restaurant
Finishing the new wood floor along the banquette seating at plates restaurant
The bar and dining room at plates restaurant with its new wood floor
The old uneven slate tile floor at plates restaurant, Shoreditch, before the renovation
The front of plates restaurant, Shoreditch, with outdoor seating

Shoreditch. plates Restaurant.

Michelin-starred food. A floor that looked like a newsagent’s stock room.

This summer we refloored plates on Old Street, the UK’s first vegan restaurant to win a Michelin star. Beautiful food, beautiful joinery, and an uneven tiled floor that made the tables wobble.

The old tiles were structurally sound, so we didn’t rip them out. That would have meant noise, dust and more days closed. Instead we levelled over them with compound to get a flat, solid base. A floor is only as good as what’s underneath it.

On top went a smoked, textured engineered plank from our Highbury Range, picked to look like it had always been there, with an extra coat of oil to stand up to a full service every night.

Four days later, the floor was done.

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