Monaco is a soft, balanced oak, developed with SOJO Design as part of our Icons Collection. It sits between warm and neutral — a floor that reads calm in a coastal home and composed in a city apartment. It comes as a wide plank, with a matching herringbone milled in the same factory.
The brief was restraint. SOJO Design — the Auckland studio of Julie Rees and Amelia Budd — build interiors that feel elevated but grounded, and they brought that same sensitivity to a floor: a neutral tone with no yellow cast, and a heavier brushed surface that lets the oak grain show without shouting about it.
A colour developed, not chosen from a chart
Named for the quiet luxury of its Mediterranean namesake, Monaco balances warmth and restraint. SOJO worked through subtle shifts in hue and finish until the tone sat right across a range of settings — from warm, timber-heavy rooms to cooler, contemporary palettes. The result is a considered design element, not a catalogue afterthought.
It is finished in a European super-matt lacquer — low-sheen and hard-wearing — over a light feature grade, where small, infrequent knots are filled to keep the surface refined.
About SOJO Design
SOJO Design is a boutique Auckland studio led by Julie Rees and Amelia Budd, known for interiors defined by texture, proportion and calm sophistication. On Monaco, they brought a rare sensitivity to colour and finish — refining the depth of brushing that draws out the oak’s character, and the neutral warmth that makes the tone so versatile.
A toolkit for the drawing set
Specifying from the Icons Collection means starting with a material already shaped by one of your peers — a shortcut to better outcomes and easier conversations with clients. And because the technical documentation specifiers ask for — Building Code statements, test reports and certification currency — is published at our resources page, with the ranges each report covers stated plainly, there’s no compromise between compliance and creativity.
See Monaco in your own light
View the range, order a free sample, or talk to us about a project. It’s an easy floor to specify and a calm one to live on.
A Vienna Woods Collection
As a natural timber product, some variation in colour, tone and grain between boards — and against samples and on-screen images — is normal and to be expected.