Kustom Timber Opens New Melbourne Showroom

Nov 27, 2024

Kustom Timber's new Melbourne showroom.

Kustom Timber's new Melbourne showroom.

Courtesy of Kustom Timber

Wood flooring retailer Kustom Timber (Cremorne, Australia) opened a new 6,300-square-foot showroom in a suburb of Melbourne.

The showroom features an industrial design to display the company’s engineered and cork flooring collections.

It also features a consultation room for clients to meet with designers and plan out their floors.

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