Parquet & flooring
A flooring store near you in Glendale: parquet, laminate and oak
Looking for a flooring store that can also show you cabinets and stone? At our Glendale showroom you can lay German parquet, WoodMax laminate and SPC vinyl plank next to kitchen fronts and tile, and settle pattern, plank and finish in one visit.
Illustrative interior
01Choosing a floor
Why a flooring store should also show kitchens and stone
Most homeowners pick a floor from a small sample in a big store, then discover at installation that it fights with the cabinets. A flooring store that also shows kitchens, stone and tile solves that: you can stand a front against a plank, under the same light, and see whether the undertones agree before you commit.
We supply German parquet and Republic Floor's WoodMax laminate for Los Angeles homes. Patterns and formats — herringbone, chevron, long planks — vary by collection, so ask which are current when you visit. For engineered hardwood and wide plank oak, ask our team about current collections. Where water is a daily fact, browse Republic Floor's SPC vinyl plank flooring — every collection and color, with SKUs and samples on request.
Our designers help with the practical side too: how a floor handles strong sun through west-facing glass, dogs and kitchen traffic, how it sits over the concrete slab many Southern California homes sit on (older homes often have raised wood subfloors), and how it meets stone or tile at thresholds. Book a showroom visit and bring a sample of anything you have already chosen.
02Patterns & formats
Parquet, plank and laminate for every room
Herringbone
Rectangular blocks laid at right angles in a zigzag — timeless in living rooms and hallways. See herringbone flooring.
Chevron
Blocks with angled ends that meet in a clean point — more graphic and directional. See chevron flooring.
Wide plank oak
Long, broad boards with fewer joints that make open-plan rooms calm. See wide plank oak.
Waterproof laminate
Republic Floor's WoodMax: hard-wearing wood looks for busy households, rentals and secondary rooms.
Finishes
Natural, brushed, oiled and matte lacquered surfaces that change how the grain reads and how the floor ages.
Planned with your kitchen
Floors chosen against your fronts, worktop and tile so undertones and transitions work.
03Before you buy
Flooring numbers worth knowing
- Waste allowance
- About 5–10% for straight planks; 10–15% for herringbone and chevron
- Acclimation
- Boxes on site with the HVAC running, typically 48–72 hours or as the maker specifies
- Indoor humidity
- Wood floors are happiest at roughly 35–55% relative humidity
- Expansion gap
- Around ⅜ in (10 mm) at walls and fixed objects for floating floors, hidden by the baseboard
- Slab flatness
- Commonly within 3/16 in over 10 ft, or the tolerance the product specifies
- Laminate wear class
- AC4 for busy homes, AC5 for the heaviest traffic
04Parquet with a kitchen
Where the floor meets the cabinetry
A herringbone floor beneath a black island and white tall units shows how much the floor carries a design: it adds warmth and movement that the furniture deliberately leaves out.
When you plan a German kitchen with us, we look at the floor in the same 3D model — so plinth heights, transitions and the direction of the pattern are decided before installation day. You can start sketching in our kitchen configurator.
05Wood tones
From pale to smoked
- Light oak
- Natural oak
- Smoked oak
- Walnut
- Concrete look
- Light oak
- Pale and Scandinavian; brightens north-facing rooms
- Natural oak
- The warm all-rounder for Californian light
- Smoked oak
- Deep brown with tailored character
- Walnut
- Rich and dark for formal rooms
- Concrete look
- Mineral laminate for lofts and studios
06Process
Choosing your floor with us
- 01
Bring the room
Photos, a floor plan and any cabinet or stone samples you already have.
- 02
Compare samples
Lay parquet and laminate side by side under daylight and warm LED light.
- 03
Measure and plan
We confirm square footage, pattern direction, transitions and waste allowance.
- 04
Order and coordinate
Your floor is ordered, and we can coordinate delivery and installation with you and your installer.
In this section
Parquet & flooring
German parquetParquet flooring is real wood laid in a pattern, and German parquet is known for precise milling and stable multi-layer…
Engineered hardwoodEngineered hardwood flooring puts a real wood surface on a stable layered core, so it behaves better than solid boards over…
Laminate flooringLaminate flooring is a tough, photographic wood or stone surface on a high-density fiberboard core. We show Republic Floor's…
SPC vinyl plank flooringSPC flooring is rigid-core luxury vinyl plank: a stone plastic composite core under a printed wood look and a clear wear layer…
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Is laminate a good choice for a kitchen?
Can I bring my cabinet or stone samples?
Do you install flooring?
Showroom
Visit us in Glendale
See Nolte kitchens, bathroom vanities, flooring, tile and stone side by side — and plan with a designer.
614 W. Colorado Street
Glendale, CA 91204
- Monday – Friday
- 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
- Saturday
- 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
- Sunday
- 10:00 am – 6:00 pm