Wood Floor Pros Share Top Projects From 2023

Jan 10, 2024

Dave Marzalek

Dave Marzalek

WFB asked followers on Facebook to share their favorite floors from 2023. Below is how they responded. Have a favorite project from the past year? Enter it in the 2024 WFB Design Awards.

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Craftsmanship Across the Globe: Introducing the Winners of the 2024 WFB Design Awards

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Recognizing Retail Excellence: Enter the 2024 WFB Outstanding Retailer Awards

Recognizing Retail Excellence: Enter the 2024 WFB Outstanding Retailer Awards

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An ‘Easter Egg Hunt’ of Elegant Flooring Details

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Meet the Repairman Turning Edgers Into Artwork

This 7-inch-wide, 5/8-inch-thick engineered rift-and-quartersawn red oak floor was coated with Bona Natural Seal and Bona Traffic HD Satin waterborne finish. (Photo courtesy of Floors by the Shore)

White Oak vs. Red Oak: As Pressure Increases on White Oak, Red Oak Is a Versatile Alternative

Craftsmanship Across the Globe: Introducing the Winners of the 2024 WFB Design Awards

Hailing everywhere from Italy to Portugal to Cincinnati to Washington, D.C., to Brazil to Chicago (by way of Poland), the recipients of this year’s WFB Design Awards prove, through sweat and creativity, that true craftsmanship has no borders.

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Extraordinary Floors

An ‘Easter Egg Hunt’ of Elegant Flooring Details

“Rarely do I want my floors to be the hero of the room,” says Greg Schenck, “but the more you look, the more elegant details you see.”

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Meet the Repairman Turning Edgers Into Artwork

Aaron Stieferman takes broken edgers and turns them into sought-after works of functional art.

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White Oak vs. Red Oak: As Pressure Increases on White Oak, Red Oak Is a Versatile Alternative

Demand for white oak, and specifically quartersawn lumber, has drastically increased in recent years, but red oak is still a viable alternative—and more versatile than many people realize.

This 7-inch-wide, 5/8-inch-thick engineered rift-and-quartersawn red oak floor was coated with Bona Natural Seal and Bona Traffic HD Satin waterborne finish. (Photo courtesy of Floors by the Shore)

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Historic Private Club Gets a Flooring Facelift

This historic private club in Boston is known for being art-oriented, boasting at least one Picasso on its lavish walls. During a multi-million-dollar rehab of the 1888 building, they decided to bring the art to the floors, too.

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Readers Respond: Share Your Friday Flooring Job Site Photos

WFB asked followers on Facebook to drop a photo from their job site on a recent Friday.

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Log Rounds Are a Bullseye for Outdoorsman’s Floor

When asked to create a special floor for a family friend, Matt Phillips of Indianola, Iowa-based Phillips’ Floors Inc. did what many wood floor pros do: “I did a Google search for cool-looking wood floors!”

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Wood Floor of the Week: Aussie Pros Create Illusion of Floating Stairs

What do you do when the client wants a floating staircase but doesn’t quite want floating stairs? If you’re in Sydney, Australia, you give the job to the creative team at Platinum Flooring Solutions.

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Readers Respond [Photos]: Your Favorite Fall Wood Flooring Projects

Wood Floor Business asked its followers on Facebook to show off their favorite wood flooring projects from fall 2023, and we were impressed.

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Pantone Color of the Year 2024: Peach Fuzz

The Pantone Color of the Year 2024 is Pantone 13-1023 Peach Fuzz, which is says is "nestled between pink and orange."

Pantone says that using Pantone Color of the Year 2024 Pantone 13-1023 Peach Fuzz in home interiors 'infuses our most personalized worlds with a comforting presence.'

Reclaimed Jarrah Parquet Saves ‘Dated’ New Zealand Apartment

To renovate a “dated” apartment in central Wellington, New Zealand, James Henry Ltd. turned to a species native to Western Australia: jarrah.

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These Wave-Textured Floors Are Designed To Massage Your Feet

One of Austrian floor manufacturer Mafi’s slogans is “Walk on art,” and with its 3D “wave”-textured Fresco Sabbia collection, it wants to give you a foot massage in the process.

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