Detroit Floors Go From Gray to ‘Blond’

May 17, 2023

More homeowners in Detroit are preferring lighter, natural tones for their wood floors, says Ernest Sisson.

Gray stains dominated wood flooring projects in the Detroit area for the past two years, says Ernest Sisson of Sisson Hardwood Flooring. Lately, however, Sisson says more and more clients are stopping him from staining after they see their freshly sanded hardwood floors, which are typically 4-inch white oak. “It’s just kind of turned into everybody wanting the blond floor,” Sisson says. Sisson champions the trend. “A lot of times they go natural to make the room feel bigger,” he adds.

Marca Madera installed this teak floor in a boxing gym in Mexico and finished it with matte Bona Traffic HD.

Trendspotting: Teak Makes Popular Flooring in Mexico City

September 19, 2023

Reclaimed Jarrah Parquet Saves ‘Dated’ New Zealand Apartment

These Wave-Textured Floors Are Designed To Massage Your Feet

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Woman Dies From Fall Through Rotten Floorboards Into a Hidden Well

Wood Floor Trend Spotting: Hawaii Residents Get ‘Island Feel’ With Acacia Floors

Acacia is a more affordable option compared with koa, which is used in furniture and cabinets, wood floor pro Paul Didok says.

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Trend Spotting: Herringbone, Chevron Flooring Get Love In Latvia

Herringbone and chevron wood floors have grown in popularity in and around Riga, Latvia, says Rihards Jeske of Parketa Nams.

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Wood Floor Trend Spotting: Brazilian Oak Dominates in Rio de Janeiro

Tauri, also known as Brazilian oak, is becoming increasingly popular as flooring in Brazil.

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Wood Floor Trend Spotting: Switzerland’s Uptick in Long-Length Flooring

For the past two years, this Swiss flooring company has seen an uptick in wide oak boards measuring 9.5 feet in length.

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Wood Floor Trend Spotting: Patterned Floors in Belgium

“I think this is due to an aspiration of architects and floor installers who want to get themselves to a higher level every day," says Belgian pro Che Polfliet.

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Wood Floor Trend Spotting: Protecting the Heritage in a Small Aussie Town

There’s been an influx of folks from the big city of Sydney buying up old homes in this historic town. Here's how one contractor is protecting the town's antique floors.

Phil Waine salvaged this red stringybark from a 1850s cottage.

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Watching Wood Flooring Emerge as Globalization Takes Over

Just a few decades ago, hardwood floors were not part of mainstream flooring. There were limited opportunities for hardwood manufacturers to exhibit and for buyers to view hardwood floors at floor covering shows. Now, the largest hardwood flooring exhibit in the world, a vast 660,000 square feet, is part of DomotexAsia/ChinaFloor, a full-line floor covering show in Shanghai. That exhibition is wooing U.S. suppliers, and the National Wood Flooring Association is facilitating its members to take advantage of this opportunity. My, how things have changed.NWFA-member suppliers of U.S.-made hardwood flooring and lumber products are eligible to receive free exhibition space (approximately 10 by 10 feet) at DomotexAsia/ChinaFloor in Shanghai, March 26-28, 2013. Typically exhibit space costs exhibitors $300 per square meter, but by exhibiting with NWFA, the only cost is a $750 common area fee. Other benefits include group hotel room rates, coordinated meetings with potential customers, exposure to international media and more. These NWFA member perks are made possible by a cooperative agreement between the NWFA, the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) promoting export of American hardwood and hardwood flooring products. For more information on exhibiting with NWFA at DomotexAsia/ChinaFloor, contact Debbie Edgar at NWFA via email at [email protected] or by phone at (636) 519-9663, ext. 104.

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