A timber floor and ceiling, in one board
Running the same timber across the floor and ceiling ties a room together and pulls warmth into a modern, high-contrast interior. In this Auckland character-villa renovation, homeowner Dan Szczepanski laid Oak Pureline in the Esther tone top and bottom, softening a crisp white-and-black scheme and making a 3.3m stud feel even taller.
Modern, without the cold
Dan’s home is a villa on an Auckland special-character street, but he did not want it to read like one. The goal was the open-plan, Scandinavian feel, minus the severity that a lot of white and black can bring. Timber was the fix, and plenty of it. The same board on the floor and across the ceiling warms the clean lines and gives the 3.3m stud something to hold.
Oak Pureline, in the Esther tone
The floor is Oak Pureline, a prime grade engineered European oak, engineered overseas to Vienna Woods’ specification. In the Esther tone it reads clean and consistent, with the refined natural colour Dan was chasing. He rated it on the look first, then on price and how straightforward it was to build with.
Three things the timber did
Warmth against white
The timber breaks up the crisp white and black and adds the warmth the scheme was missing.
A ceiling that feels higher
Carrying the same board overhead draws the eye up, so the 3.3m stud reads even taller.
Character, kept
One material top and bottom gives the room a feature to keep, without leaning on the old villa detail.
One timber, top and bottom
The move here is restraint. The same Oak Pureline runs across the floor and the ceiling, so the room reads as one continuous material instead of two finishes competing. Against white walls and black joinery it does the warming without adding clutter, and it makes a tall room feel taller still.
See it in your own light
Order the Oak Pureline tone as a free sample and check it against your walls and joinery before you commit.
The floor used here
Full detail on Oak Pureline, the prime grade engineered European oak in this home.
What a timber floor costs
A plain guide to what an engineered timber floor runs to in New Zealand.
Get this look in your own home
Order the Oak Pureline tone as a free sample, or talk to us about your project. We are Newmarket-based and here to help you spec it.
