Vintage View: Why parquet flooring has stood the test of time

Parquet flooring has trended for over four centuries, says Kya deLongchamps

Parquet was created to deliver not only elegance but to overcome certain installation and maintenance issues. Picture: iStock

IN WOOD flooring, trends move slowly. Parquet is a leading choice tickling everyone’s ribs going into 2022, and you might be surprised to know just how old this woodblock system actually is. 

It was created to deliver not only elegance but to overcome certain installation and maintenance issues. Those talents have not changed in close to four hundred years. Built up of individual thick blocks of solid timber, parquet can be lifted out in single blocks or whole sections and be replaced with relative ease.