Unless you've got hours of spare time, I would avoid reclaimed parquet. I've just spent untold hours cleaning up a mix of reclaimed parquet I had in the loft (hard bitumen) and recently lifted parquet (wet bitumen) from our old extension before it was demolished. Although you can get glues that work with bitumen, you still need to ensure the blocks are relatively flat and clean. Worst thing is, although it looked like I had more than enough, some of it was unusable due to damage, so I'm now 3-4 sq metres short, and it's proving impossible to find the correct size and wood type. I didn't have a choice as the whole ground floor is herringbone parquet, so had to match it up, otherwise I'd have gone for new, it's not much different in price to reclaimed, and you don't need to clean it or sand everything level.

All the photos look great! But we have to say we love the look of the Former Vicarage. Elegant and classy room with wonderful attention to detail. Flooring looks beautiful!

Hi Hilary, We can't help but imagine a beautiful parquet floor in that hallway - we agree with colourhappy about having a durable carpet on the stairs too to add contrast. Hallways in old houses just ask for parquet, and you could go modern or traditional with the colour. Here's some inspiration: Goodrich Salted Oak Goodrich Coffee Oak Goodrich Espresso Oak You can order free samples from our website if you'd like to take a closer look. Best wishes, Hannah | Woodpecker Flooring

Thanks for the love Richard! That's a vertical herringbone layout which we agree is particularly stunning. You might be interested in our metro tile style guide if you want to know more about metro tile layouts: https://blog.opun.co.uk/home/2018/4/6/the-subway-tile-style-guide