Kite - Kite Flooring

09 Aug

Designer Tips, Essential Reading, General Knowledge

Beautiful wood floors for less, if you plan ahead

August 12, 2026
By Kite
engineered wood, interiordesign, parquet flooring, wooden floor

Introducing the Kite Forward Order Scheme. Save 15% on selected best-selling floors when you confirm early. At Kite, we know people love our floors and we work hard to bring unique flooring into the UK market. But we're also realistic:...

30 Mar

Designer Tips

Wood Floors and Underfloor Heating: Avoid build anxiety with what you need to know.

March 31, 2026
By Kite

It's one of the questions we're asked more than almost anything else: can I have a wood floor with underfloor heating? The short answer is yes, almost always. But the longer answer is a bit more nuanced, and we thought it was worth writing up properly.

24 Mar

Designer Tips

Seamless oak stair cladding in a London Bridge Mews House

March 24, 2026
By Kite
oak staircase, stair cladding, stair design, stair nosing, stairs that match your floor, timber stair cladding

Seamless oak stair cladding in a London Bridge Mews House

21 Mar

Designer Tips

StairFlow: A continuous wooden stair cladding system. Make your tired stairs beautiful.

March 24, 2026
By Kite
oak stair cladding, stairs that match your floor, timber stair cladding, wooden stair cladding

Tired of mismatched or worn stairs? Discover Kite’s StairFlow system; the seamless wooden stair cladding solution that outperforms traditional nosings.

10 Nov

Designer Tips

Pet-Friendly Floors: More Myths and Misconceptions

November 11, 2025
By Kite

This is Bella (turns out a very common dog name btw). She is a beautiful, 3 year old whippet. Her claws are a little long, and need to be cut, but she hates it. She used to have accidents regularly. Now just occasionally. This is normally, when...

06 Nov

Designer Tips

A Beautiful Floor, That’s Low-Maintenance, Pet-Friendly, and Within Budget

November 10, 2025
By Kite

Recently, during a team meeting, we sat down and debated what people actually wanted from their floors? Surprisingly, after some debate, we realised it wasn’t actually that complicated. Yet somehow our industry has made it super complex? Could it be that working in the...

20 Oct

Designer Tips

Kite Flooring’s Top 10 Most-Loved Floors of the Year

January 8, 2026
By Kite

At Kite, our mission focuses on range curation. But recently, we’ve been reflecting (as many businesses sometimes do…), as we now offer a lot of choice! At Kite we spend many hours debating whether to bring a floor into our range, but even with this discipline, sometimes...

16 Oct

Designer Tips

The big debate. Engineered Oak vs LVT. And something that will really shock you

February 10, 2026
By Kite

When it comes to choosing a floor, the options can feel endless and overwhelming. One of the biggest decisions homeowners face today is whether to go for engineered oak flooring or Luxury Vinyl Tile (LVT). At first glance, LVT might seem like a practical...

01 Sep

Designer Tips, Essential Reading, General Knowledge

Should you worry about Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and wood flooring?

October 11, 2025
By Kite
engineered wood, interiordesign, sustainable wood floors, wooden floor

A few months ago, we had a client who came into our showroom after they had had a vinyl floor fitted by a local flooring shop in South East London. Immediately after the floor had been fitted, they noticed a strong noxious, plastic smell that made them feel...

25 Aug

Designer Tips

Soho House Flooring Design; How to get the members club flooring look into your home.

August 25, 2025
By Kite

At Kite, our Shoreditch showroom is less than 100m from the Shoreditch branch of this famous members club, so it’s a question we often get asked. We’re also not the first people to be inspired; last month, “How to get the Soho House look” was covered by...

09 Jul

Designer Tips

Falling in love in Paris; the wood parquet flooring of the Louvre

July 10, 2025
By Kite

At Kite, we often get asked “What our favourite floor is?” . The floor that keeps you looking down, when you should be looking up. But, here’s the thing. It wouldn’t be a Kite floor. And actually, given the history of wood flooring, and the...

18 Jun

Designer Tips

The Epping Natural; the ultimate wood floor for families

June 19, 2025
By Kite
bespoke flooring, engineered wood, interiordesign, parquet flooring

At Kite, we get asked a lot for family friendly floors. These need to be practical for busy family life (think dogs, kids, a busy kitchen etc). But also design-led, so they look and feel awesome. At Kite, we’re a little different from other...

03 Apr

Floor Choice, General Knowledge

Our Hackney Showroom; Large Sample Boards and Design and Technical Advice. The best way to start your flooring journey.

April 4, 2025
By Kite

We launched Kite off the back of a frustrating experience trying to find a floor, since then, we’ve helped 100s of families get the perfect floor. Like any new business, in a competitive sector, we’ve had our ups and downs, but we’re pretty damn good at it...

21 Jan

Designer Tips, Floor Choice, Project Management

Introducing The Solid Floor Trio; Laminate, Vinyl And Wood

November 11, 2025
By Kite
engineered wood, oakflooring, parquet flooring, wooden floor

The flooring industry is a master at confusing people. Firstly, we love our acronyms; LVT, SPC, DPM… you get the idea. Also, on every flooring website there always seems to be a new fancy product that has just been launched, that promises to be both your perfect...

29 Jul

Designer Tips, Essential Reading, Floor Choice

How much should I budget for my new flooring?

November 11, 2025
By Kite

OK, so this is one of the most common questions we get asked. So rather than being cagey about pricing (which seems to be the way in our industry), we thought we would try and answer it. Pricing up a flooring project is...