Kavala

Nancy Kenwood invited CRAFT into her newly renovated living space, a townhouse she purchased two decades ago. The renovated space exudes effervescent natural warmth, with a bold and carefully considered aesthetic.

With it’s lineal features and bare simplicity, a Kavala floor is a wonderful expression of modern design, while at the same time embodying the magical beauty of real wood. It was Kavala’s contrasting cool medium brown heartwood with sapwood highlights that captured Nancy’s attention as she searched the hardwood flooring market to find the perfect floor.

Q: Please tell us about your first meeting with your floor.

A: For each selection of our reno (floor, backsplash, counter, cabinets) I think we looked at over 100 samples of each. The floor was the first we had to select. I knew I wanted light floors but we just couldn’t find the right one, even though a good friend of ours runs a large flooring company in Toronto. We went everywhere and looked at everything! It couldn’t be too yellow, or too grey, or too busy, or too plain or too “normal”. And then we saw the Kavala! We both fell instantly in love with it. When we asked the price, the funny look on the sale rep’s face indicated it was out of our requested price range. So we continued for another month, going from one end of the city to the other. Twice more we saw “our” floor and reluctantly moved on. Until….we couldn’t stand it anymore, nothing measured up after seeing the Kavala so we re-worked the budget and bought it. Not for one second have we been sorry about the decision.