Kahrs Smaland Collection Guide

The Kahrs Smaland Colour Range

Smaland uses a stain-and-oil surface treatment, which lets Kahrs create very different colours on the same underlying oak. The nine products cover the full spectrum from transparent whites through amber mid-browns to fully smoked dark tones.

Oak Klinta. The palest Smaland product. A transparent white stain applied over hand-scraped oak. The white stain sits over the wood grain rather than obscuring it, so the underlying oak character shows through as a subtle grey-cream palette. Suits contemporary interiors where the floor should read as very light without stepping into pure-white lacquered territory.

Oak Vista. A misty white stain, slightly warmer than Klinta but still in the pale end of the range. The colour balances light and dark contrast in the oak, keeping the grain visible while softening any extreme colour variation across the board face.

Oak Sevede. A subtle amber stain over the hand-scraped surface. Sits at the light-to-mid end of the Smaland colour spectrum. The amber tone brings out warmth in the underlying oak without pushing to full mid-brown. Sevede works well in rooms where the floor should have visible colour presence but stay in a neutral-warm palette.

Oak More. A cold-stained Smaland with the rustic scraped, flowing surface treatment that enhances the natural grain structure. Sits in the mid tone range. The cold stain gives the oak a slightly cooler cast than Sevede, which pairs well with grey-tone furniture and cool interior schemes.

Oak Aspeland. Mid-tone Smaland with a natural oak stain: a straightforward mid-brown option without the colour push of Sevede or More.

Oak Finnveden. A warm mid-tone Smaland, on display at Grosvenor. Finnveden is the historical name for western Smaland. The colour gives the warm mid-brown of a traditional oak floor. It is our reference for buyers who want the Smaland look in a warm rather than cool direction.

Oak Tveta. A rich coffee stain on a fully smoked oak base, delivering the darkest option in the collection. On display at Grosvenor. Fully smoked means the oak is treated with ammonia gas that penetrates the wood, transforming the colour throughout the wear layer rather than sitting only on the surface. The result is a deep, complex charcoal-brown with nuances that read differently in daylight versus lamp light. Tveta is our reference dark Smaland for interior schemes where the floor should be a heavy visual anchor.

Oak Vedbo and Oak Ydre. Two further Smaland stains in the current catalogue. They are not on display, so we can talk you through them from Kahrs’ specifications and photographs.

Smaland Installation Options

Smaland’s Woodloc 5S joint supports two distinct installation methods:

Floating installation. The Woodloc joint locks the boards to each other without adhesive to the subfloor. This is the standard specification for retrofit projects, over existing wood subfloors, or where the subfloor’s future use or removal may require accessing what’s underneath. Floating installation over UFH requires an appropriate underlay that supports thermal transmission while providing acoustic and cushion properties.

Glue-down installation. Every Smaland board can be fully glued to a suitably prepared subfloor. Glue-down tends to specify in commercial installations, on very large floor areas where board movement should be minimised and in specific UFH commissioning specifications where full contact with the heat source is preferred.

Grosvenor’s supply-and-fit quotes on Smaland cover both installation methods. The choice tends to be driven by subfloor condition and project spec rather than by aesthetic factors; the finished visual result is identical either way. Full installation guidance for 3-layer parquet in our engineered wood installation guide.

Smaland and Underfloor Heating

Smaland is one of the most UFH-friendly collections in the Kahrs range. The 3-layer parquet construction delivers superior dimensional performance under thermal cycling compared to 2-layer builds, which makes Smaland a good candidate for whole-floor UFH installations. UFH commissioning envelope stays at Kahrs’ standard 27 degrees C surface temperature ceiling with the appropriate subfloor RH before installation.

For very large floor areas or projects with variable UFH commissioning conditions across different room specifications, Smaland’s floating installation option lets the floor accommodate small dimensional movements more forgivingly than a glue-down 2-layer collection would. This matters on multi-room UFH projects where different rooms may have different commissioning profiles. Full UFH protocol in our engineered wood + underfloor heating guide.

Kahrs Smaland Pricing

Smaland sits in the design-led tier of the Kahrs price ladder, above Ingresso and Life Authentic but below the Piazza CD grades. Prices vary a little by colour: the fully smoked boards cost slightly more than the transparent stains. We quote Smaland on request, supply only or supply and fit.

For fitted-project budgeting, Smaland’s Woodloc joint gives you the choice of floating or glue-down installation. Every fitted quote we issue is calculated against the specific project (room shape, subfloor condition, installation method and any peripheral work), so we quote the fitted total against your brief rather than a per-m2 rate. Send your project details through and we come back with a fitted quote. Full pricing context and Smaland’s price positioning in the Kahrs range in our Kahrs flooring prices guide.