A quick tip: if you’re planning on laying a new floor in a large room, it’s best to choose a large fishbone pattern. If your room is on the small side, a smaller fishbone pattern would be better.
A fishbone floor is a great way to bring a bit of that classic look and feel into a modern style house. Just have a look at this beautifully balanced interior of Joyce.
Did you know that this was an immensely popular pattern in the 17th century? Monarchs and sovereigns of the times, known for their bombastic baroque style, had a great love for this floor pattern and had it laid in important parts of their castles. But it’s not only a pattern for the ballroom — the Hungarian point works just as well elsewhere, giving any work or living space an immediate sense of timelessness.
With its almost mathematical pattern, the Hungarian point is the brother of the fishbone pattern, but with one major difference: on fishbone floors, the left and right sections are placed at a 90° angle to one another, while the short side is set perpendicular to the long side of the adjacent plank. On Hungarian point floors, the sections are set at 60° angles and the short sides match up.
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