Whisky Barrel Wine Rack

January 27, 2012

The brief to find creative ways to put reclaimed whisky barrels to use marches on with the introduction of these simple but stunning rustic wine racks made from whisky barrel staves.  Conceived and manufactured by the ever inventive craftsmen at GalGael we’re selling them through our showroom for a very reasonable £50 per item. As [...]

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‘Gie him strong Drink until he wink’

January 26, 2012

Before you all consider recovering from your Burns night celebrations hold on for one last Whisky fuelled hurray and a chance to win a bottle of 18 year old  ’The “Glenlivet’  single malt. In conjunction with our sister site ‘ Whisky Barrel Flooring’  we are giving away a bottle of this fine malt to one [...]

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I Feel the Earth Move Under My Feet….

January 26, 2012

Recently in the sleepy town of  Bourge, France the locals were bemused by the sudden appearance of a big bumpy foot hazard (or a playful urban art installation as the artist who created would prefer it to be perceived). La ville molle (part III) from Raum Raum on Vimeo. From a distance the bump looks [...]

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Wood flooring with a Marble Effect

January 25, 2012

Copenhagen design studio SnedkerStudio have repurposed a traditional marbling technique which ‘engages in a dialogue with the natural growth rings of the wood‘. We’d love to be involved in a project using this unusual flooring  idea – please get in touch for an installation quote for this one-off design.

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Helping Kiva.org with our Flooring Business (part 1)

January 25, 2012

Since February 2009, McKay Flooring have been helping fund international small businesses and individuals through microfinance loans via Kiva in our small bid to help alleviate poverty. Since that date we have made 42 loans to people in Ghana, Afghanistan, Costa Rica, Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Bolivia, Cambodia, Mali, Burundi, Nicargua, Iraq, Uganda, Liberia, Senegal and [...]

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Outstanding Wood Interior in this Concert Hall

January 25, 2012

Hardwood Flooring Magazine is the bible of wood flooring magazines and the periodical of the National Wood Flooring Association.   Without doubt the most knowledgeable and informative publication for the wood flooring industry it is packed with info as well as features on stunning wood flooring projects. Decembers issue had a great expose on the new [...]

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Reclaimed Flooring to Stairs – Awesome

January 24, 2012

Regular readers of this blog will be aware of how we are regularly commissioned to install reclaimed flooring often to staircases. This photo from StairPorn illustrates the stunning effects when getting creative with reclaimed wood.  Bravo! If you would like us to achieve this look for your project then please contact Richard McKay for a quote [...]

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Drawers to your Flooring!

January 24, 2012

We absolutely love new innovations in flooring. Creative Japanese architects 403architecture utilised the existing floor void in this apartment in Hamamatsu to create a huge chest of drawers. We’re currently working on some of our own designs for underfloor storage solutions so interested to see another’s take on this growing trend.      

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Skin Rugs

January 24, 2012

Miami based artist Agustina Woodgate has been redefining her surroundings for years now and fashioning high end objects out of low end and discarded materials such as her chandelier out of defective fishing line. Her latest project ‘Skin Rugs’ has taken 2 years to complete and  involved dissembling stuffed animals (toys, teddys etc) and attaching [...]

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