Pietra's New London Showroom

Pietra is proud to announce the opening of our new London showroom, within the Fulham area. The London based showroom will showcase our wide range of Engineered and Solid Wood flooring, Classic English Limestones and Handmade Furniture.

To see how the project is developing I will be including some before and after photos of the showrooms progress and a glimpse of what you can expect to see in the future.

Pietra's York Stone Flooring

Pietra has recently been working on a project using our stunning buff grey sawn York Stone, this comes in 400-600mm x random lengths and can be internally or externally. As you can see below the stone was used to create an outside stairway and a large paved area around the property.

We have a large range of English Limestone's available, including Bath, Portland, Marnhull and Cotswold, these are available with a chipped, pillowed or sawn edges.

Pietra's New Products and Customised Design

During the summer we were commissioned by on of our customers to create a statement piece for a new cloakroom within a traditional style home. This was achieved by using Turkish limestone and was designed and manufactured to a custom size. During the course of 2012 Pietra will introduce a stunning range of Solid Stone one-piece basins into the market place to compliment or add a contrast to any stone flooring.
We look forward to presenting more products in the months ahead.

Pietra at Cabana, Westfield.

At last we have some excellent shots of Cabana in the Westfield Centre, Stratford.

Pietra supplied an unfinished 'Scaffold' style board, fitted throughout the restaurant and bar area, creating the authentic, rustic Brazilian style they were looking for. The flooring was finished on site with 3 coats of Blanchon Environment Oil and will be maintained with Blanchon cleaning products. To see what inspired Cabana's interior go to the Cabana You Tube page.

Westfield, Stratford photos coming soon!

Pietra has recently supplied and put down a scaffold style board in the new Cabana restaurant, Westfield, Stratford. We shall have the picture soon, of this exciting new project.

http://www.cabana-brasil.com/restaurants

Recent Walnut Project

Pietra povides Walnut Flooring for 14 luxury apartments on Newman Street, Central London. Our Engineered Walnut flooring was finished with three coats of clear hard wax oil and maintenance oil, providing an ultra smooth finish, running throughout each apartment and 2 luxury penthouses, in the heart of the capital. This beautiful Walnut shows its subtle light and dark tones, providing a contrast between the modern, white kitchen furniture and complimenting light and space. The development is near completion and we are very pleased with the end results and to have been part of the project.

American Black Engineered Walnut Flooring - 20 x 180mm available unfinished or pre finished, prime or rustic grade, with a range of different widths and lengths.

Stone Floor Maintenance

Once you have chosen your perfect natural Stone or Wood flooring, maintaining its appearance is extremely important. Correct sealing and maintenance will will allow your floor to sustain the finish it had the day it was bought.

Depending on the type of stone you have chosen, a sealer will need to be applied once it has been laid, the amount of sealer will depend on how porous the stone is. Pietra uses Fila floor care products, Fila Fob sealer is an excellent product and will protect the floor against liquid and stains, perfect for limestone, marble, granite and terracotta, internal and external and will not change the colour of the material. A Satin or Matt finish can also be applied to unpolished stone to give an extra level of protection for high traffic areas and provide a glossy look with no need to hand polish the surface.

A complete guide and service to seal and maintain your floor is available, please contact, enquires@pietrastone.co.uk or 01225 783527 for further information. Fila Marble Restorer is also a very useful tool, removing any scratches, marks or damage to the surface of a polished floor, this small kit will repair and reseal the stone. To view the full collection go to http://www.filachim.com/en/.

Decorex 2011

Another year over for Decorex and it seemed to be a great success, whilst wandering around some of the stunning interior stands, there were a few that stood out for Pietra.

First being Little Greene's giant space hooper, telephone and toy solider demonstrating their new vibrant range of colours, Retrospectives! All 32 colours have been fully researched and authenticated by English Heritage as part of Little Greene's ongoing commitment to the preservation of England's rich history of decoration and design excellence. Here you can see a small preview of the range, based upon the prolific shift in interior design, in tandem with the many significant cultural and social changes of the time.

We have new colour cards in store and can assist on which of these stunning colours will work with your interior. Topez Blue from the 70's and Milk Thistle from the 60's has to be two of my favourites...

Pietra Parquet & Herringbone Collection

Pietra's Parquet and Herringbone Collection is available in the following sizes,

(4) 14 x 70 x 490mm

(4) 14 x 150 x 750mm

(4) 15 x 150 x 750mm with a square edge.

Available in Select and Rustic A grades,with a range of finishes available, below our Antique Range Burned & Brushed board.

Heavily distressed and aged Engineered flooring, which has the appearance of being almost hundreds of years old. This Herringbone flooring would be perfect for sensitive renovation projects or to create a real statement in a more minimal modern environment. Due to its Engineered ply laminated construction with a 4mm wear layer, these large Herringbone pieces will work in any environment and is suitable for applications that may employee under floor heating.

Stunning Mosaic's at Pietra Wood & Stone.

This incredible innovative cladding product is made up of solid stone wedges, specifically selected to give gentle tonal variation and variety of textures, enabling you to create the ultimate feature wall. The tapered pieces fit together, grout free, to create a woven pattern that takes feature walls to another dimension.

Our range of Linea line stone strips are ideal to be used as features domestically in kitchens, bathrooms and living rooms as well as for commercial environments such as bars and shops. The contemporary look can be used horizontally or vertically as an accent or feature and are available in a variety of materials and textures.