Renovating your home? Don’t forget the floors. Here’s everything you need to know about hardwood flooring types, like costs and styles, for the best upgrade.

Robert Walsh, founder of Ted Todd, specialising in engineered and solid wood floors, says he has seen a demand for white and light-coloured wood flooring.

For a Manhattan loft, Jane Kim, an architect in New York, chose engineered eight-inch-wide rift- and quarter-sawn white oak flooring from Carlisle Wide Plank Floors.

Small kitchen flooring ideas don't have to mean playing it safe - there are plenty of eye-catching ways to finish off a compact space in style ...