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What is the most beautiful wood flooring?
10 Stunning Hardwood Flooring Options
- Reclaimed Pine. Most reclaimed pine comes from historical buildings.
- Maple Plank. The HGTV Urban Oasis 2011 powder room’s maple flooring brings warmth against the black-and-white linear mosaic tile wall.
- Red Oak.
- Ebonized Hardwood.
- Reclaimed Wood.
- Brazilian Cherry.
- Eucalyptus.
- Douglas Fir.
What type of hardwood floors do I have?
The Wood Database online can show specific grain types, color variations and hardness to help in the hardwood floor identification. If you aren’t sure, then a wood identification app can help you identify hardwood by its color, appearance or other features.
Which is better maple or oak flooring?
In a nutshell, oak is more expensive, offers more choices in grain patterns and is very durable. Maple is less expensive, durable, doesn’t offer many choices in grain patterns and can stain unevenly.
What type of wood flooring is best?
What Species Is Best? The best hardwood floors are made with wood species that are readily available and — you guessed it — very hard. Oak flooring, maple flooring and cherry flooring are all good choices. Other species include bamboo (which is actually a grass), walnut, ash and mahogany.
What color hardwood floors are most popular?
Light Brown. Brown has long been a favorite color for hardwood floors but with some experts predicting a move toward lighter shades for hardwood floors in 2021, light brown is becoming a more popular alternative.
Do oak floors scratch easily?
Wood Floors Scratch Easily Oak flooring is tough enough to resist scratches from dog claws, as well as dents from dropped pots and pans. Your local flooring store can help you pick out the right hardwood species for your home. It’s important to understand that all flooring shows wear over time.
What is the most durable wood flooring?
The most durable flooring woods will be hardwoods such as oak, walnut, ebony, maple, ash, and pecan. Softwoods such as fir, pine, and hemlock rarely work well as flooring materials, except in a shop or utility area. For the hardest woods, you need to look for exotics, not domestics.
Where can you buy hardwood flooring?
You may also be able to buy hardwood flooring materials wholesale through a timber or lumber distributor. Depending on the type of businesses to which they usually sell, some timber distributors may carry boards that can be used for hardwood flooring, particularly if you’re buying solid wood boards.
What are examples of hardwood?
Hardwood comes from deciduous trees or angiosperms. These are trees whose seeds have covers and they shed their leaves annually. Some common examples of hardwoods are: maple, oaks, mahogany, ebony, birch, cherry, holly, balsa, beech and more.
Who manufactures hardwood flooring?
Johnson Hardwood is one of the leading manufacturers of premium hardwood flooring with distribution to the United States and Canada. We produce on-trend, high-demand flooring options by sourcing durable hardwood species from around the globe.